Graphics Card

[JAW]

Hi everyone
I am new to this forum but I want to say just how interesting some of the topics are, hopefully I will learn quite a bit here.
Can anyone tell me please if I am heading in the right direction.
My PC has an ASUS M4A87TD mainboard with 8Mb of DDR3 memory and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX460 graphiocs card. The processor is an AMD Phenom IIX4 965. Not exactly cutting edge I know, but adequate up to now. The latest games are getting harder for my system to run and I wondered if a better graphics card may help. I am looking at an ASUS Strix GTX960, Would this give me much of a performance gain.
Thanks in anticipation
JAW

 

[beany_bot]

Better Graphics cards is the single best thing you can do to help games. Spend all you can and make sure your power supply can handle it. Not sure if your CPU is a bottle neck. Some of the AMD guys will know.

 

[melvis]

i dont think your cpu will bottleneck beyond certain edge cases (planetside 2 etc) 460 to 960 is a pretty reasonable jump,a gtx 480 to a gtx 960 is about a 30-40% gain so from a 460 will be more than that, but it depends on the res you play at and what games you play as to how much of an upgrade your after

 

[Borealis]

The X4 965 is at least a true quad core, so it will support some of the more recent games. As you have an AM3 board, there's not a lot you can do on the CPU front, as it doesn't support the AM3+ FX series chips. You may be able to find a second hand Phenom II X6 1055T or even an 1100T, but it probably wouldn't be worth the hassle or the money.

A newer graphics card will give you a boost for sure, but in the long term a better CPU would be a good investment. Until 6 months ago, I was trying to run the latest titles on an Athlon II x4 640 PC I kept back at my parents' house!

The Asus 960 Strix only has 2GB VRAM. These two are cheaper and have 4GB. 4GB will handle recent games better than 2GB.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ss-graphics-card-gv-n960oc-4gd-gx-171-gi.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pali...aphics-card-ne5x960010g1-2061f-gx-035-pl.html

 

[nashathedog]

I'd be looking at stretching to a 4 gb 380 myself.

 

[anthony566]

I'd be looking at stretching to a 4 gb 380 myself.

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