graphics card upgrade suitable?

stu85 · 10 Oct 2017 at 11:24

Morning all,

I bought my PC about 3 years ago for playing mainly league of legends, looking to play PUBG and potentially some other newer bits and pieces and wondered if just putting a newer GFX card in my current build would do the trick or a more complete upgrade required?

Looking at the Asus GeForce GTX 1050Ti Phoenix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card currently on offer for £149.99 but open to suggestions.

MY current build is:
Motherboard - Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3
CPU - AMD FX 4300 Quad core 3.8ghz
RAM - 16GB
GFX card - Radeon R7 260X 2GB
Power Supply - Superflower 650W

Thanks
Stu

BaroUK2 · 10 Oct 2017 at 12:14

Any of the GTX 1060 3GB versions at £179.99 is better buy then 1050ti at £149.99 performance wise but then again 1060 3GB will be bottlenecked by your cpu...

Asus GTX 1050ti is not worth £169.99 nevermind £149.99.... There are other 1050Ti cards around £128.99 price mark which is pretty much same as Asus in terms of performance...

azazl187 · 10 Oct 2017 at 12:19

If you are a gamer at 1080p then you should be aiming for nothing less than a 1060. Do you have any more potential to upgrade the CPU?

Kurgen · 10 Oct 2017 at 12:48

theres a good deal on the zotac 6gb gtx 1060 at the mo

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £218.99

Total: £228.89
(includes shipping: £9.90)

orbitalwalsh · 10 Oct 2017 at 13:19

@stu85

couldnt find comparison video of your cpu but one above it
750Ti being used 2GB

even the entry ryzen 1200

just food for thought. and that zotac is a good deal as well

stu85 · 11 Oct 2017 at 13:16

@orbitalwalsh
@BaroUK2
@Kurgen

Thanks all, sounds like a new processor would go hand in hand, I'm assuming that would mean a new motherboard also?

DomBruv · 11 Oct 2017 at 13:21

stu85 said:
@orbitalwalsh
@BaroUK2
@Kurgen

Thanks all, sounds like a new processor would go hand in hand, I'm assuming that would mean a new motherboard also?

yep and some DDR4 Ram

orbitalwalsh · 11 Oct 2017 at 13:24

stu85 said:
@orbitalwalsh
@BaroUK2
@Kurgen

Thanks all, sounds like a new processor would go hand in hand, I'm assuming that would mean a new motherboard also?

since you've been with Gigabye, i'll quote the lowest pricing that works solidly

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 3 Quad Core 1200 3.40GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £89.99
1 x Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3 AMD B350 (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £101.99
1 x Team Group Dark Pro 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (TDPRD48G3200= £89.99

Total: £292.47
(includes shipping: £10.50)

others will tell you to step up the CPU- i would agree

also say 16GB ... will agree

also strix board as another look out