Upgrade Graphics card or buy new PC?

[peterabdx]

I have a 3 years old PC:
CPU: i7-4771 3,40Ghz
RAM: 16G
GPU: GTX760

256SSS+1TB HDD
When I want to play a new game(PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS) I have to play with lowest resolution to get like 60fps and even then it sometimes wildly drops to 25-40.
So I checked out minimum and optimal requirements and says the problem here is the GPU and the processor Is ok.

But this leaves me wondering,should I upgrade the GPU to something like GTX 1060-1070 or buy entirely new PC?
Would a new graphics card work with 3 year old i7?Don't want to waste 300-500 to find out.

Thx for answers

 

[FabioXN7]

You should be perfectly fine with a 4th gen I7, I run games with a 4th I5 4690k and most of games run great, pubg included around 70 to 90 fps, but I have a GTX 1080. Also you have a I7 CPU so I don't really think you'll have bottleneck by upgrading the GPU. You could hold a little bit more with this CPU and wait for the new 9th gen intel processors to come.. so yes upgrade the GPU a 1070 would be great.

 

[nvincent_08]

the cpu still strong enough, but maybe the graphics card need some upgrade, also pubg is not a really good optimized game, so it might not running so good with such powerful hardware sometimes. i suggest to get the 1070 rather than 1060, probably even 1080 if you want to. also, check for like software, malware/virus that can possibly slow/decreasing your pc performance, and use the latest driver

 

[nvincent_08]

You should be perfectly fine with a 4th gen I7, I run games with a 4th I5 4690k and most of games run great, pubg included around 70 to 90 fps, but I have a GTX 1080. Also you have a I7 CPU so I don't really think you'll have bottleneck by upgrading the GPU. You could hold a little bit more with this CPU and wait for the new 9th gen intel processors to come.. so yes upgrade the GPU a 1070 would be great.

mmm 9th gen? even the 8th gen just announced and could probably took pretty long for the actual desktop product to be in the market

 

[Nanfoe]

A used 980ti is still a great card, better than 1060/R9. If it don't improve you have the card for the new build.