Hello gamers , I am looking to do a one time and final video card upgrade from my 2010 build. I do some online gaming, shooter type, but probably more often on sale games playing on story mode. I would like to know what card would give me a substantial benefit for the extra cash compared to the next more economical card.
GTX 760 was the goal as I just finally installed the CPU cooler off sitting on my shelf. Should I perhaps go with GTX 660 TI, 660, or GTX 650 ti even. I would of course put overclock on gpu. A cpu upgrade seems out of the question at this point, unless it falls in my lap. I am still running my abused GTS 250, it does not like to get overclocked anymore, but is still doing the job. ( I have not tried amd gpu yet, but a good deal in price range would be considered < $250.)
-I maxed my CPU at 3.78GHz (AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz Quad-Core ) stable and cool enough to game.
-PRIMARY OS Western Digital WD Green WD20EARS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
-CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) RUNNING AT 1344 mhz 7-9-7-20 dram 1.66V ( per bios).
-ASUS M4N98TD EVO motherboard
I would like to know:
[b]Where is the bottleneck for the GTX 760, if there is one? [/b]
Would a secondary SSD be advised to install games on? (No way to wiping my hard drive)
And most important, what is the best GPU that I should buy?
I hope to be satisfied for a few years prior to ripping mobo, oem OS, and slapping new cpu and gpu. I hope others can benefit from my post as well (too much info, I know.)!
Thank you much for reading, and any input on this matter would be much appreciated!
Bob K
3/4/14
GTX 760 was the goal as I just finally installed the CPU cooler off sitting on my shelf. Should I perhaps go with GTX 660 TI, 660, or GTX 650 ti even. I would of course put overclock on gpu. A cpu upgrade seems out of the question at this point, unless it falls in my lap. I am still running my abused GTS 250, it does not like to get overclocked anymore, but is still doing the job. ( I have not tried amd gpu yet, but a good deal in price range would be considered < $250.)
-I maxed my CPU at 3.78GHz (AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz Quad-Core ) stable and cool enough to game.
-PRIMARY OS Western Digital WD Green WD20EARS 2TB 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
-CORSAIR XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) RUNNING AT 1344 mhz 7-9-7-20 dram 1.66V ( per bios).
-ASUS M4N98TD EVO motherboard
I would like to know:
[b]Where is the bottleneck for the GTX 760, if there is one? [/b]
Would a secondary SSD be advised to install games on? (No way to wiping my hard drive)
And most important, what is the best GPU that I should buy?
I hope to be satisfied for a few years prior to ripping mobo, oem OS, and slapping new cpu and gpu. I hope others can benefit from my post as well (too much info, I know.)!
Thank you much for reading, and any input on this matter would be much appreciated!
Bob K
3/4/14
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