Shoud I upgrade? or will I be fine with modern games?

[SubZeroFlsh]

Hello!
Thanks for taking some interest.
First of all, here is my build. If your wondering it is 5 years old it used to be a graphic designing PC.

GPU: Geforce 8800GT
CPU: Intel core 2 Quad 2.40Hz
Memory: 8.00 GB RAM
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

I am wondering because my friends are building modern PCs for gaming, and I am wondering if I will be OK for the latest games or should I build a modern PC.

Thanks for helping me out and please ask any questions you might have!

Thanks!

SubZeroFlsh

 

[RobCrezz]

Unfortunatly not. You can play many indie steam games and older games, but you would need to do a new build for modern games.

 

[blacksheep123]

you have a good medium grade system

you only need a gpu upgrade atleast...

whats your mobo model?

 

[uthvag]

that is a decent rig , but as you said outdated. if i am not mistaken this used to be the min req for games released in 2011 (witcher 2 for an ex)

however with a medium range GPU your processor should andle it (gtx 750ti would be good)

however if you want ultra 1080p @ 60 FPS you better build a new system

any budget?

 

[SubZeroFlsh]

Ok, here is my board

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5K/

Hopefully I am just really hopping that the PCIE is compatible with latest cards.
My budget for a new PC is about probably £300 (I do have a good solid state and a good power supply)

Thanks for the support and thanks for the fast replys!

 

[blacksheep123]

Ok, here is my board

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5K/

Hopefully I am just really hopping that the PCIE is compatible with latest cards.
My budget for a new PC is about probably £300 (I do have a good solid state and a good power supply)

Thanks for the support and thanks for the fast replys!

i suggest an r9 270x
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127761

its the max your system can handle ... i hope your psu is 500w psu or more

 

[SubZeroFlsh]

it is 600w which is good

 

[blacksheep123]

it is 600w which is good

excelent, then buy a 270x ... happy gaming

 

[SubZeroFlsh]

Is my motherboard good for modern cards?

 

[uthvag]

it is 600w which is good

excelent, then buy a 270x ... happy gaming

i agree with black sheep.

But remember you might need to upgrade your rig soon enough with the advent of ddr4 and better multicore processors(and surprisingly , games which start using it)

 

[blacksheep123]

it is 600w which is good

excelent, then buy a 270x ... happy gaming

i agree with black sheep.

But remember you might need to upgrade your rig soon enough with the advent of ddr4 and better multicore processors(and surprisingly , games which start using it)

i certianly agree.. ddr2 will be completely obsolete

 

[blacksheep123]

Is my motherboard good for modern cards?

yes it is good, it will work flawlessly

 

[uthvag]

Is my motherboard good for modern cards?

even todays cards dont fully utilize even a pcie 2.0s bandwidth , so for now you can handle it.

but with a lga 775 processors andd dr2 ram , you certainly are going to bottleneck your games

hope it helps!

 

[SubZeroFlsh]

Does my motherboard support the latest PCIE slot? because if I did want to upgrade my stystem the it wouldn't be a whole new build so I would only need to spend £200-£300 beacuse I have the storage and a power supply.

Also won't my GPU be bottlenecked by the CPU?

Thanks for your fast responses and useful advice!

 

[blacksheep123]

Does my motherboard support the latest PCIE slot? because if I did want to upgrade my stystem the it wouldn't be a whole new build so I would only need to spend £200-£300 beacuse I have the storage and a power supply.

Also won't my GPU be bottlenecked by the CPU?

Thanks for your fast responses and useful advice!

your mobo has pci-e 2.0 which is still in use today and is not obsolete yet... even with the latest pci-e 3.0 it wont be obsolete anytime soon...

i particularly suggested the r9 270x because its the max your system can handle... if you go higher that that then your cpu will bottleneck the system

 

[uthvag]

Does my motherboard support the latest PCIE slot? because if I did want to upgrade my stystem the it wouldn't be a whole new build so I would only need to spend £200-£300 beacuse I have the storage and a power supply.

Also won't my GPU be bottlenecked by the CPU?

Thanks for your fast responses and useful advice!

with 300pounds you can get a gtx 770 / 970 , but due to the bottleneck by your cpu blacksheep suggested a r9 270x

 

[SubZeroFlsh]

I thought the r9 270x uses express 3.0.

 

[uthvag]

even 3.0 cards donot use the 2.0 cards transfer rate campletely, so no reduction in speed

 

[franches]

What is your budget?

 

[blacksheep123]

I thought the r9 270x uses express 3.0.

it can operate on 3.0 , 2.0 and 1.0 .... it will adjust itself

dont worry... the r9 270x is completely capable of running on your system with very minimal bottlenecks

 

[blacksheep123]

even 3.0 cards donot use the 2.0 cards transfer rate campletely, so no reduction in speed

exactly, very true

 

[SubZeroFlsh]

What about the 280x? Also If I save up and get the money and I change the board, ram and cpu the card I will get will be the one I would get it if I built a new one, sorry if it sound complicated

 

[blacksheep123]

What about the 280x? Also If I save up and get the money and I change the board, ram and cpu the card I will get will be the one I would get it if I built a new one, sorry if it sound complicated

the 280x will be bottlenecked in the present system... you will need an entire new rig to run the 280x

 

[uthvag]

What about the 280x? Also If I save up and get the money and I change the board, ram and cpu the card I will get will be the one I would get it if I built a new one, sorry if it sound complicated

the 280x will be bottlenecked in the present system... you will need an entire new rig to run the 280x

true. i would recommend waiting for atleat mid 2015 to build a new rig , due to broadwell+ better ddr4 rams to be released

 

[SubZeroFlsh]

How badly do you think?