RX 480 upgrade?

[aturnipisaswede]

Basically, I've started doing some light gaming again (assetto corsa, F1 games) and I'm rocking a pretty outdated system and I need something a bit beefier to get some decent frame rates. -

AMD 8120 (4GHz)
750ti W/acw
16 GB ram (1866)

Basically my question is - is it worth upgrading my GPU without upgrading any of my other components? - will I be able to get a stable frame rate with decent graphics if I upgrade my card to an RX 480 for example (when it gets released)

Finally - I've never owned an AMD card, I've just had a 560ti and then the 750ti - what can I expect if I do go down the AMD route?

 

[Barty1884]

From what I've seen, the RX480 is in the same kind of performance space as the existing GTX970-GTX980 from nVidia (likely somewhere in the middle of those two anyway).

The 8120 is likely to be a significant bottleneck. That's not to say your frame rates won't be pretty decent, and an improvement over the 750ti, you just won't be able to fully utilize that GPU with the 8120.

Considering the price, I don't think the RX480 would be a bad buy at all - I assume you'd be looking to upgrade your CPU+Mobo+RAM sooner than later?

As for the differences, there's not too many. They serve the same purpose afterall. Remember to fully uninstall your GPU drivers before removing it & installing your new one (realistically, that applies to any GPU upgrade, regardless of whether you're going AMD to nVidia or vice versa).

 

[Colethelion321]

it would improve performance. but its time for a new computer using Intel. Amd cpus are out now a-days

 

[aturnipisaswede]

Thanks for the response guys - I know that the CPU will be a bottleneck, especially in racing games due to the AI or other number of cars so I'll maybe look into getting a new mobo/intel CPU sometime soon.

Thank you - Johnny.