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Old Geezer

Old Geezer

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My son has offered to get me a new graphics card for chrimbo. Looking at my set up below, what do the collective think would be a worthwhile upgrade? I play sniper elite, train sim, MS flight sim and cities skylines, if that is any help. I obviously don't want him to spend an arm and a leg, so a small improvement would absolutely fine. Thanks.
 
Difficult without a price range. If he knows computers he'll have a realistic expectation it's going to cost £300+ but if he doesn't he might only be expecting to spend say £100.

I see you're on AMD currently I would recommend the 9600XT 16gb

16gb is important as below that your are just going to run into problems with some games you cannot get around
 
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RX 590 is outdated and has no driver support, so even a 1660ti would be an upgrade really. While i have and most likely never will experience anything like a 5090, the games you play, it will be way overkill especially how much they cost.

While i havent got those games installed on my pc yet, ive just picked up an 8gb 5050 which should do well in those games and be a big upgrade also. Didnt cost that much(under 250). Mine is the Low profile version due to case limitations, but a full size version should be had cheap too. an RX 7600 would probably be better if you can find one cheap enough, Not sure how much a 5060 is going for.
 
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