New Graphics Card required!

Drewsan · 26 Jan 2019 at 13:57

Hello everyone

I am still using my GTX580 that I purchased in 2010 and whilst it's an awesome card, it's starting to struggle playing newer games, especially whilst I'm streaming at the same time.

I currently have the following:

PSU: Corsair CX600
Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 Rev.1
GPU: EVGA GTX580
CPU: i72600k
DDR3: 8GB (2x4GB)

I'd like to upgrade my graphics card and perhaps add more RAM. I was wondering if my Motherboard could handle DDR4?

I have been comparing graphics cards and it looks like the best, most affordable choice would be the 1070-Ti.

If anyone could advise I would be very grateful.

Thank you

Drewsan

Drewsan · 26 Jan 2019 at 14:19

Really? I rarely see much CPU utilization. My Gcard memory is overused and the issue I have is frame rates dropping whilst streaming or under load. My system memory is at about 70% when streaming and playing a game. Would updating my card solve anything?

Drewsan · 26 Jan 2019 at 18:33

Hmnnn, oh dear. Thank you for the advice everyone, you've been very helpful.

I suppose I might need to upgrade the entire thing, but I don't have the budget atm. If I were to upgrade (if I could) my gcard, what would be better for gaming? 1070's are about the right price for me atm, I might get some more system memory too.

Thank you all

Drewsan · 26 Jan 2019 at 19:44

I think the P8P67 is an NVIDIA board and can't use AMD/Raedeon cards?

Drewsan · 27 Jan 2019 at 12:35

Awesome, thank you. I settled on a GTX 1070 in the end, which I picked up for £230. I'll be adding some XMS3 2x8GB soon, too.

Drewsan · 27 Jan 2019 at 12:43

tamzzy said:
V nice. Enjoy.
Just fyi, if your board has 4 ram slots, might be cheaper/easier to get another 2*4gb sticks of ram. Also I wouldnt buy ddr3 ram new, as they're dead tech

Yeah I'll pick them up second hand. There is a problem with the 4 ram slots...

Drewsan · 27 Jan 2019 at 12:47

http://imgur.com/gallery/vabLMnB

Drewsan · 27 Jan 2019 at 12:48

tamzzy said:
Ah ok, guess you're then stuck with using 2*8gb sticks then

Yup >.<

Drewsan · 7 Feb 2019 at 14:58

Ok, in case anyone was interested...

I've recieved my components now. The GTX 1070 is installed, alongside 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro Series (1600Mhz, CL9).

I have seen a significant performance boost. With the GTX 580 I was getting significant amounts of stuttering with 95% GPU load and VRAM over capacity on low settings (Resi 2). Now I am seeing a 74% GPU load with 30-40% VRAM usage.

Thank you all so much for your help.

Best regards

Drewsan · 7 Feb 2019 at 15:04

tamzzy said:
now CPU bottlenecked hehe

nah, enjoy the performance. overclock your 2600k if you want - 4.5ghz is easily achieved with minimal increase to voltages

I may, I'm content for the PC to run smoothly atm, CPU is 40% load IIRC. If I stream at a lower resolution I'm all good.