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(bottleneck question)
Hi,
I plan on upgrading my graphic card after using the GTX460 for 5 years. I play games, some new, some old. As you can probably tell, I don't think I'm a hardcore gamer as I hear people usually upgrade their video card every 2-3 years.
I'm considering the GTX960 now as it will be a nice upgrade from the 460 and for a price that meets my budget. I will not get a $400 card and also worth mentionning: I will stick with nVidia.
Now for what I'm looking for and my reasons for upgrading. First, I must say the 460 still does the job very well. I play recent games like Battlefield 4, Rust, and will play Battlefront when it comes out. I run Battlefield 4 at Low settings but with a stable 60FPS or so, and Rust at the second lowest setting in 5 available ones (I haven't looked at the FPS but it runs fine). So even though I'm enjoying my games, after 5 years I'd like to make an upgrade the run higher settings. I do not need to run all games at max settings, but I don't want the lowest and I want a stable 60FPS. I play in 1080p. I hear the 960 can run Battlefield 4 at Max settings (so the one under Ultra settings) at 60FPS. So basically, I know the GTX960 meets what I'm looking for, but I want to know if the card fits well my PC build. I know a lot of games are also CPU intensive and I'd like to know if the two will co-exist well (once again for the needs I explained above). Here are the complete specs of my PC:
Mainboard : Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H
Chipset : AMD 880G
Processor : AMD Phenom II X6 1075T @ 2800 MHz (max : 7035)
Physical Memory : 8192 MB DDR3-SDRAM
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Hard Disk : Western Digital WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 ATA Device (1000GB)
Hard Disk : Western Digital WD5002AALX-00J37A0 ATA Device (500GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP21
Monitor Type : Acer Acer X233H - 23 inches
Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Home Edition Media Center 6.01.7601 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
DirectX : Version 11.00
Windows Performance Index : 5.9 on 7.9
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two
Power Supply: 750W
I understand all these informations are not necessary for my questions but I wanted to make sure. Will the GTX960 run well with this?
I will not buy a new CPU though as I can't afford it, so I just want to find what are the options. I don't even know if my CPU is a good one or not.
Conclusion: I do not want to buy a card too expensive, $300 and less is good but I also want a valuable upgrade from the 460, which is why I stopped looking at the 750 TI for example. (the price difference between the 750 and 960 is not big enough to not take the 960)
A huge thanks to anyone who would answer.
Hi,
I plan on upgrading my graphic card after using the GTX460 for 5 years. I play games, some new, some old. As you can probably tell, I don't think I'm a hardcore gamer as I hear people usually upgrade their video card every 2-3 years.
I'm considering the GTX960 now as it will be a nice upgrade from the 460 and for a price that meets my budget. I will not get a $400 card and also worth mentionning: I will stick with nVidia.
Now for what I'm looking for and my reasons for upgrading. First, I must say the 460 still does the job very well. I play recent games like Battlefield 4, Rust, and will play Battlefront when it comes out. I run Battlefield 4 at Low settings but with a stable 60FPS or so, and Rust at the second lowest setting in 5 available ones (I haven't looked at the FPS but it runs fine). So even though I'm enjoying my games, after 5 years I'd like to make an upgrade the run higher settings. I do not need to run all games at max settings, but I don't want the lowest and I want a stable 60FPS. I play in 1080p. I hear the 960 can run Battlefield 4 at Max settings (so the one under Ultra settings) at 60FPS. So basically, I know the GTX960 meets what I'm looking for, but I want to know if the card fits well my PC build. I know a lot of games are also CPU intensive and I'd like to know if the two will co-exist well (once again for the needs I explained above). Here are the complete specs of my PC:
Mainboard : Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H
Chipset : AMD 880G
Processor : AMD Phenom II X6 1075T @ 2800 MHz (max : 7035)
Physical Memory : 8192 MB DDR3-SDRAM
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Hard Disk : Western Digital WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 ATA Device (1000GB)
Hard Disk : Western Digital WD5002AALX-00J37A0 ATA Device (500GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP21
Monitor Type : Acer Acer X233H - 23 inches
Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Operating System : Windows 7 Home Premium Home Edition Media Center 6.01.7601 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
DirectX : Version 11.00
Windows Performance Index : 5.9 on 7.9
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two
Power Supply: 750W
I understand all these informations are not necessary for my questions but I wanted to make sure. Will the GTX960 run well with this?
I will not buy a new CPU though as I can't afford it, so I just want to find what are the options. I don't even know if my CPU is a good one or not.
Conclusion: I do not want to buy a card too expensive, $300 and less is good but I also want a valuable upgrade from the 460, which is why I stopped looking at the 750 TI for example. (the price difference between the 750 and 960 is not big enough to not take the 960)
A huge thanks to anyone who would answer.
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