Hello, noobish computer guy here.
I was thinking about purchasing a few new components for my PC, just got into PC gaming a couple of years ago.
I have:
AMD Athlon X4 840 quad core processor
AMD Radeon r9 270 2 GB GPU
300 watt stock power suppy
MSI A88xi AC mobo
8 gb of ram
so I was looking at one of these RX 460's Fairly inexpensive, as I seemed to be having issues with my gpu, long story short, I'll attempt to play something that is a little more graphics intensive, like Warframe, or The Long Dark, atleast for my rig anyways, and after a few minutes my fan is spinning pretty fast, and then will slow, back and forth like it's not cooling, and i'll get frame stutters, and usually a crash to desktop. I'm assuming my gpu is going to crap. could the psu also be affecting this?
Anyways, the other question I had was would say a Gigabyte Radeon Rx 460 Windforce OC 2GB GDDR5 be compatible with my other components? would I lose much in the way of graphical capability? If I were to purchase one of these cards I could save enough money to purchase a decent PSU and possible a new cpu down the line. If the 460 isn't compatible could I ask for some help in finding a decently priced gpu in place?
Thanks in advance ladies and gent.
EE
I was thinking about purchasing a few new components for my PC, just got into PC gaming a couple of years ago.
I have:
AMD Athlon X4 840 quad core processor
AMD Radeon r9 270 2 GB GPU
300 watt stock power suppy
MSI A88xi AC mobo
8 gb of ram
so I was looking at one of these RX 460's Fairly inexpensive, as I seemed to be having issues with my gpu, long story short, I'll attempt to play something that is a little more graphics intensive, like Warframe, or The Long Dark, atleast for my rig anyways, and after a few minutes my fan is spinning pretty fast, and then will slow, back and forth like it's not cooling, and i'll get frame stutters, and usually a crash to desktop. I'm assuming my gpu is going to crap. could the psu also be affecting this?
Anyways, the other question I had was would say a Gigabyte Radeon Rx 460 Windforce OC 2GB GDDR5 be compatible with my other components? would I lose much in the way of graphical capability? If I were to purchase one of these cards I could save enough money to purchase a decent PSU and possible a new cpu down the line. If the 460 isn't compatible could I ask for some help in finding a decently priced gpu in place?
Thanks in advance ladies and gent.
EE