need advise on upgrading

seanyp88

seanyp88

seanyp88

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Hey need advise on upgrading my graphics card these are my specs

Mainboard : Asus P5K SE
Chipset : Intel P31/P35
Processor : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2400 MHz
Physical Memory : 6144 MBDDR2-SDRAM
Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series
Hard Disk : Western Digital WD5000AAKS-00A7B0 ATA Device (500GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : ATAPI iHAS124 B
Monitor Type : Asus VW222 - 22 inches
Network Card : Attansic (Now owned by Atheros) L1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Controller
Operating System : Windows 8 Pro Professional 6.02.9200 (64-bit)
DirectX : Version 11.00
Windows Performance Index : 5.9 on 7.9

i want to upgrade my graphics card to a ASUS GeForce GTX 660TI because im seeing slowdown on the latest games will it make an impact on my system or am i going to need to upgrade processor ram etc any feedback would be great :)
 
for me i'd stick in a Sapphire / AMD HD 7870 GHz Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card and leave GeForce, i have the same m/b in my net pc as it was my old gaming rig, boards good, cpu is good, and memory is plenty, just for a quick boost then another vga is plenty for now, you will see a big difference, then half way through next year add either a better one of change the lot, but for 6 months to another year it will be fine
 
ok sounds good ive had the components for 3/4 years and most games run fairly well ive seen lag on black ops 2 la noire cant really handle most setting dx 11 for most! skyrim runs well just guess that boost with the graphics card is what i need thanks for the reply :)
 
just a standard fan on the cpu lol but i remember trying to overclock the cpu few years ago worked for a while then kept have to reset the cmos settings on boot up
 
seanyp88 said:
just a standard fan on the cpu lol but i remember trying to overclock the cpu few years ago worked for a while then kept have to reset the cmos settings on boot up
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Your OC was probably not stable. You need to test for stability when making changes to the processor speed. Also a good aftermarket cooler will also help.
 
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