Couldn't find a relevant thread in the catalog so, PC upgrade thread?
I'm thinking about upgrading my psu, gpu and possibly some more ram. Would getting a 970 be stupid with my cpu? Would it bottleneck THAT badly? Should I start off fresh with an intel board or save a little more and get a fx 9730?
Bump, anyone?
No one even wants to shitpost?
Final shameful bump, what are you guys actually playing videogames?
If you want a significant bump in performance, you are better off starting new with an intel plataform.
How much do you plan to spend?
970 probably wouldn't be a bad choice, but if you've waited this long you should probably wait for AMD to release their new graphics cards or Nvidia to actually release their new cards in some kind of volume. Either of those will produce price drops of the current cards and odds are if the rumors about Polaris are right you'll be able to get a new 8GB card that can outperform a 970 for about the same money.
There's really not much point buying a CPU now if you have something reasonable. Even if there weren't new CPUs and a new socket coming later this year that will produce price drops November is always the best time to buy computer hardware.
Should i sell my card for the 1080?
The is no way a FX6300 is faster than a 4.7Ghz G3258, and that was bottlenecking my GTX970 badly.
So i really suggest something better if you plan on playing at 1080p
You'd be a lot better off spending money to upgrade your monitors. 980ti is wasted on a 1080p@60hz setup and spending more on a 1080 without going to 1440p, or 2160p first would be a mistake.
You do realise that many games when absolutely maxed arent even stable above 60fps in 1080p. Many people say that their games are maxxed but they lie with stuff like aa or other things
My 6350 can handle 1080p gameplay just fine, hell there are even games I can run at 2160p. The CPU is not the bottleneck now in most games other than a few that will slow down if you can't run more than 2 threads.
You realize that if you have a 2160p@60 display, or a 1080p@120 display you can still run 1080p@60 games fine right? A good monitor is going to last in your system longer than a GPU.
Im using a 40" tv as main monitor so im quite limited with my options that's why im on 1080 60
You know that they made 40" 2160p monitors right? The PPI actually works out to be better than what you would get from the typical 24" 1080p display. They can be picked up for about the same amount of money that you'd spend on a 1080 and your 980ti should provide a decent experience with it. You can actually drive a 2160p@60hz monitor on a much lower end card I run mine off of a 7950 as it handles desktop use fine and I play most of the games on this system from 10 feet in 1080p.
What's the the model i might look into it.
I would rather not switch platforms really, but I am willing to upgrade the cpu as well if its absolutely necessary, I really don't find missing a few fps in some games as long as I can play most smoothly with some high detail.
Realistically I want to spend under $600
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There are a couple of models. I've got the Phillips branded one and its great for desktop stuff and has low latency. It can only be driven at 4k@60 via display port though.
Socket AM3+ is dead, if you have a 6300 or 8300 you basically have no good upgrade options. There's no pressing need to upgrade right now though unless you're running stock coolers and in that case you can just pick up a decent $20-40 cooler and you'll get a nice performance bump.
In November we'll have Black Friday deals, and price drops because of the first real competition in the CPU market in years. So by then you should be able to get a nice unlocked 8 core / 16 thread Zen CPU and a motherboard for a lot less than $500.
That's what I'm thinking, wait for the new lines to come out and upgrade to play the "newer games" I can't really play the way I'd like currently.
>tfw Dark Souls 3 with everything low and at lowest possible resolution
That makes sense, but what about upgrading the gpu? Would I be wasting money without upgrading the cpu as well?
I upgraded from a 650ti to a 7950 and got a decent bump in performance. Going to a ~$200 GPU like a 380X or a 4GB 960 would probably not be a bad idea. A 8GB 390 would probably age better than a 970 but with either of those cards you'd do better buying them once their replacements are widely available.
I guess that's the move, thanks.