[SOLVED] Should i upgrade my gtx 970

[Triple955i]

Hello everyone, i was recently playing wolfenstein new colossus. I have the setting on ultra. Just recently i have been getting warning

“The video driver has run out of dedicated video memory. Please lower the profile and restart the game to ensure stability and performance”

its been fine until last light. What should i do ? I know i can bring the setting down to a lower setting

should i upgrade ? If so what should i look at to buy. I have a mini itx which takes a full size graphics card.

any advice is appreciated thank you.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Up to you. You can probably turn your settings to high and be ok for a while. If I remember, I've seen videos on YouTube where they recommend playing on high vs ultra anyway because you don't lose much detail but gain a bit in fps.

If you intend to upgrade, what kind of budget do you have and what power supply?

 

[Remeca]

If you turn textures down to high, that should free up enough vram to get you back under 4gb used. If you want to go forward with everything maxed, you'll want something with 8gb vram.

 

[logainofhades]

High is for gameplay, ultra is for screenshots. I would turn the details down.

 

[Triple955i]

Up to you. You can probably turn your settings to high and be ok for a while. If I remember, I've seen videos on YouTube where they recommend playing on high vs ultra anyway because you don't lose much detail but gain a bit in fps.

If you intend to upgrade, what kind of budget do you have and what power supply?

Hi thank you for you reply, am not sure on budgets at the mo so maybe £300 would the max

 

[Triple955i]

If you turn textures down to high, that should free up enough vram to get you back under 4gb used. If you want to go forward with everything maxed, you'll want something with 8gb vram.

Hi thank you i will try that out tonight 👍🏻

 

[Triple955i]

Hi thank you for you reply, am not sure on budgets at the mo so maybe £300 would the max

Think the psu 500watts

 

[King_V]

Think the psu 500watts

That could be a great PSU, or a terrible one. What is the exact brand and model number?

 

[Remeca]

That could be a great PSU, or a terrible one. What is the exact brand and model number?

According to his signature : silverstone sfx-l 500w

 

[Triple955i]

That could be a great PSU, or a terrible one. What is the exact brand and model number?

Its is a Silverstone sfx series 500watts psu

 

[King_V]

According to his signature : silverstone sfx-l 500w

I really need to learn to read sigs, LOL

That said, I don't know much of Silverstone - though a very quick search seems to indicate it's a reasonable PSU.

But - I'd agree with @Remeca and @logainofhades - trying to go high instead of ultra, and see if that solves the problem without much quality loss.

 

[Triple955i]

I really need to learn to read sigs, LOL

That said, I don't know much of Silverstone - though a very quick search seems to indicate it's a reasonable PSU.

But - I'd agree with @Remeca and @logainofhades - trying to go high instead of ultra, and see if that solves the problem without much quality loss.

Ok i will try the high setting, i always thought ultra was the setting to be on lol

 

[logainofhades]

Given your budget, and PSU, I would probably stick with something like a 1660/1660 Super/1660ti. If you decide to buy, I would read up on some 1660 super reviews, as it is the newest of the 3, so you can get a good comparison, and decide which one you are willing to spend money on.

 

[Triple955i]

Given your budget, and PSU, I would probably stick with something like a 1660/1660 Super/1660ti. If you decide to buy, I would read up on some 1660 super reviews, as it is the newest of the 3, so you can get a good comparison, and decide which one you are willing to spend money on.

Are they quite the 1660 ? i was looking the Strix 1080ti ! I will take a look at them too. I will upgrade if my current one cannot cope. Thank you again

 

[logainofhades]

The 1080ti is a great card, but it is too much for your PSU, and most likely, your budget. The 1660ti is roughly GTX 1070 like performance, if I remember correctly.

 

[King_V]

Monitor brand and model? Resolution? Refresh rate?

 

[Triple955i]

The 1080ti is a great card, but it is too much for your PSU, and most likely, your budget. The 1660ti is roughly GTX 1070 like performance, if I remember correctly.

I could upgrade the psu ! What would you say will be good upgrade ?

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Look at the 1660 super as well. I think it's close to the ti in performance but should be cheaper.

 

[Triple955i]

Monitor brand and model? Resolution? Refresh rate?

I use the pc in my living room its a samsung 48” tv its a hd tv

 

[Triple955i]

I could upgrade the psu ! What would you say will be good upgrade ?

Putting it on high setting seem to have worked running on 60fps. Thank you.
Can why i get dotted screen ?

When i start the pc the screen is fine once finished my game and i go back to home screen Its dotted?

 

[King_V]

I use the pc in my living room its a samsung 48” tv its a hd tv

Alright, so if it's an HD, then I assume 1920x1080 resolution? And I'm pretty sure then you're maxed out at 60Hz. So, a 1080Ti would be a complete waste, as your screen cannot display more than 60 fps. A plain 1660 (not Super and not Ti) would be plenty.

As for power supply recommendations, see the first link in my sig.