GTX 460 to GTX 1050 on current rig

[gort]

I posted on the PC upgrade section re an upgrade on my old gear but was advised that the cpu and DDR would bottle-neck things and to get a whole to setup.

CPU: AMD Phenom II 955 (Skt AM3)
Mobo: ASUS M488TD-V EVO/USB3
Memory:: 2 x 2GB DDR3
GPU: GTX 460

One reply mentioned upgrading my DDR and the GPU as a compromise.
Seen an MSI GTX 1050 2gb card for £90. Would this and upping to 8 or 16gb DDR make a decent stop-gap without changing my whole rig gaming at 1920x1080?
Budget around £150 or so in total.

Cheers

 

[LeMson]

Buy a second hand 970 or 980?

edit: what power supply do you have?

 

[gort]

Buy a second hand 970 or 980?

edit: what power supply do you have?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...us-platinum-power-supply-black-ca-056-sf.html
Super Flower Leadex Gold 550W

Ta

 

[MissChief]

Super Flower Leadex Gold 550W

Ta

Might be a little above your budget: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/kfa2-gtx-970-8pack-hof-edition.18791920/

NVM it's sold, but keep an eye out in the MM, maybe post in wanted?

 

[Jimmy Weirdarms]

Yeah I would add 2x2GB sticks, you can get them as cheap as £11-15 each, and then if you can stretch the budget just a little bit to a 1050 Ti....
OR.... you could try for a Radeon 560 which seems to be a fairly capable card too, though I have no real experience of the RX range.

 

[gort]

Cool. Cheers guys. Having been out of the PC building/upgrading loop for a few years I'm trying to get my head round it all again.

Ta!

 

[gort]

Well, picked up a used GTX970 and 8gb of RAM from MM and the difference is massive.
Am impressed for the outlay and it was worth trying this over getting a while new rig.
Playing The Division mostly and am surprised at how high I can push the gfx settings for it still to play smoothly.
It and should last another couple of years as is (I hope!)

 

[LeMson]

Happy this upgrade has you so pleased, have fun with it

 

[aoaaron]

Im contemplating a 970. how much did u pay?

 

[jaffveyda]

I posted on the PC upgrade section re an upgrade on my old gear but was advised that the cpu and DDR would bottle-neck things and to get a whole to setup.

CPU: AMD Phenom II 955 (Skt AM3)
Mobo: ASUS M488TD-V EVO/USB3
Memory:: 2 x 2GB DDR3
GPU: GTX 460

One reply mentioned upgrading my DDR and the GPU as a compromise.
Seen an MSI GTX 1050 2gb card for £90. Would this and upping to 8 or 16gb DDR make a decent stop-gap without changing my whole rig gaming at 1920x1080?
Budget around £150 or so in total.

Cheers

Check MM look for either 970 or 980

 

[gort]

Im contemplating a 970. how much did u pay?

I paid £140inc. I think the last 2 or 3 on here went for £120-140 so was happy to pay that. Cards around this spec are wanted by a few here on OcUK so I snapped it up quick!

 

[gort]

Check MM look for either 970 or 980

Yeah, a few posts up..... I snapped up a 970 on MM