Another upgrade for Witcher 3 request

chokedoke

chokedoke

chokedoke

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Hi All,

I know there is a few of these threads around and some of the suggestions have pretty much pushed me down a particular route, i would just like to check it with the experts first :)

I am currently looking to give my machine a bit of a boost so that i can get the Witcher 3, Star Citizen and possible other future games running at 60fps on high if possible in a 1080p resolution (or higher if possible). I only have a budget of about £400 and i am thinking of just doing a single GPU upgrade with maybe an SLI jump in 6 months time to give it a further boost (with a psu upgrade if required at the same time). I would then look to swap out the cpu, motherboard and RAM next year.

I currently have
i5 2500k with a Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler so i will be overclocking the chip
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 motherboard
12GB of Memory
NZXT Phantom 530 Case
750w PSU

My graphics is a 6850 which doesnt really matter as i will be getting rid of it :)

Im currently looking at just a GTX 970 and the cpu overclock, would this be enough?
 
Additionally im not in a huge rush so i could wait a month or two (i have a back log of games im working through!)

Would it be worth waiting for the next round of cards to be released before taking the plunge?
 
Right ok looks like my initial assumptions where good, will probably pull the trigger on the 970 and get the free games.

As for the SLI is it worth getting a second card in a few months or just give it a year and put the money towards a new single card to upgrade with a full system build?

I am planning on getting a Oculus Rift when the consumer version comes out next year to make my dreams of flying a spacecraft come a little closer to reality :)
 
Ok thanks all, just bought the card suggested above.

You might have helped me but i think the wife is going to have a word when £300 disappears from the account :)
 
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