Well, my GPU finally took it's last breath and I didn't even get to take it out for cheeseburgers one last time.
I built this PC back in 2012, and I'm debating replacing the GPU or building a new one (for a better PCI 4 slot, and CPU.) I just hate spending money I don't REALLY have, but I can make it happen if that's the most logical step.
my current PC looks like this:
I currently game on 1080P 24" monitors, but if there were a way to game at 1440P I'd upgrade the monitors as well.
My main question is, what is the lowest GPU I can buy that will shift my bottleneck over to the CPU? and is it worth buying that vs building a new one.
I could realistically spend 1500 or so, but would like to keep this alive and continue to game with it as I'm a cheap ass and hate spending money where not needed.
I figured out that my GPU was dead because all of a sudden today my PC would randomly hang for a few seconds sometimes a minute with no response and the screens would go black sometimes and come back and then immediately hang again. Nvidia Container was showing a ton of CPU usage.
I pulled the GPU and disabled it and running on integrated graphics my PC is running top end again with no freezing or black screen flashing. I also factory reset windows before thinking to pull the damn card, but that didn't fix the issue. It only stopped and returned to expected function with the card removed.
I built this PC back in 2012, and I'm debating replacing the GPU or building a new one (for a better PCI 4 slot, and CPU.) I just hate spending money I don't REALLY have, but I can make it happen if that's the most logical step.
my current PC looks like this:
- windows 10
- intel i5-4670k
- OC'd to 4.5 on an AIO and currently even under max loads with stress tests and gaming doesn't seem to get past 60c.
- 16GB DDR3 RAM
- (just bought another 16GB that's on it's way in the mail literally yesterday before the GPU died, since I was maxing it out trying to play a game called Rust.)
- GIGABYTE Z87X-UD3H-CF
- Corsair AX760i PSU
- Samsung EVO 128GB SSD
- Purchased another 2TB that's also on it's way in the mail from the purchase yesterday
I currently game on 1080P 24" monitors, but if there were a way to game at 1440P I'd upgrade the monitors as well.
My main question is, what is the lowest GPU I can buy that will shift my bottleneck over to the CPU? and is it worth buying that vs building a new one.
I could realistically spend 1500 or so, but would like to keep this alive and continue to game with it as I'm a cheap ass and hate spending money where not needed.
I figured out that my GPU was dead because all of a sudden today my PC would randomly hang for a few seconds sometimes a minute with no response and the screens would go black sometimes and come back and then immediately hang again. Nvidia Container was showing a ton of CPU usage.
I pulled the GPU and disabled it and running on integrated graphics my PC is running top end again with no freezing or black screen flashing. I also factory reset windows before thinking to pull the damn card, but that didn't fix the issue. It only stopped and returned to expected function with the card removed.