Upgrade with gtx750ti or get a new system?

[Gullivertravels]

Greets!
I am considering get a new gtx 750 ti and mayb new ram (8 instead of 4),
Will that substantially improve my performance specifically games?
or useless cause CPU is old, it seems alright but i am really noticing how my graphics are dying,
I realize its not going to make me play new games on ultra but medium would be great
or is it useless and i should start making a new build

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Speed: 2.7 GHz
Number of Cores: 4
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Dedicated Memory 1.0 GB
Memory 4.1 GB

any opinion is great if you need more stats just lemme know
greetings
gulliver

 

[ak47jar3d]

Yep, a gtx 750ti would be a monster upgrade over your current intergrated graphics. Just make sure you have motherboard has a pcie 16x slot amd your power supply can deliver at least 300w. You will need 4 more gigs of ram. I have played pretty much everything and games are maxing out at about 6.0 gb and soon will require more. No need to change cpu for that card.

 

[coozie7]

If you can throw a bit more money at the upgrade the R9 270 is significantly faster: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gaming-graphics-card-review,review-32899-7.html but as ak47jar3d says, the GTX750Ti is also a big upgrade over the HD48XX you currently have.
More memory is likely to help but be sure to add it in a matched pair, preferably also matching the speed of that currently installed, if you can't find memory to match the current speed, go to the next speed up, the motherboard will run all 4 modules at the same speed anyway (that of the slowest).
Old as it is the i5 750 is still a very handy gaming CPU, but its fairly low speed is a bit of a handicap in the more modern CPU intensive games, I found that adding a cheap cooler (Hyper 212 Plus) and overclocking to 3.4GHz made quite a difference with my own i5 750 rig (now 'kindly' donated to my brother).

 

[Gullivertravels]

thanks guys!
another question while we are at it then i got three cards in sight:

Sapphire R7 260X
VTX3D Radeon R9 270
Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX750TI OC

any insights?
thanks again for the epic help!

 

[maxtex]

4800 is also a DX10 card right? So yeah an upgrade would help a lot. 8GB of RAM is also a must if you wanna play the newest games smoothly.
Which video card to get depends on what monitor resolution you're running, and if it's 1080p then bare in mind that even with these 3 cards you will have to put the settings down to medium settings in the more demanding games. 270 is pretty clearly the fastest of the three, and the 260x the slowest, although it's close between 750 Ti and 260x. 270 also requires more power though, you'll need a PSU of about 450W (or at least 400), while with a 750 Ti you can get away with just a 300W power supply.

 

[Gullivertravels]

yepp stuck with the crap ol' dx10 card
i got a 650 watt supply so ill go for the r9 270
and 2 new 4gb ram,
no worries dont need the games maxed out happy if can play em, get a new rig in a year or two,
cheers guys!

 

[coozie7]

From what I recall of my own HD4870 it actually needed more power that the R9 270; 2x6 pin PCI-E leads as opposed to just the one for a R9 270, so your PSU should handle the upgrade nicely.
It's OK to go up on the memory speed if you can't match the current modules, if you're unsure about the actual speed, it should be printed on the little ID label on the modules, don't worry about the timings, like I said, the motherboard will usually set the memory speed to match that of the slowest module.
Consider overclocking the CPU, it really makes quite a difference in the current crop of games but it's not for everyone and can be a steep learning curve initially.

 

[Gullivertravels]

hey everyone thanks alot!
so ended getting a R9 280
got a good deal so thats that all working well,
thanks again and all the best!

 

[maxtex]

Awesome, gonna be a world of difference compared to your old HD 48xxwhatever card