Sorry to bother you with old tech gtx970

[spud959]

Hi, you guys helped me build my last 2 computers because building them is much easier than speccing them. Anyway I have a Geforce GTX 970 running on a Z97X-SLI-CF motherboard.

I'm looking to update to the max graphics card the board can take which seems to be a 1080. Do I just buy any of them and they'll work? I can only see 2nd hand, what's the odds I pay nearly £200 and it doesn't work?

Any recommendations of where I could still get a new one or is that out of the question because of the age?

Thanks Spud.

 

[spud959]

Ok thanks, I'm sure I read the 1080 was the best it could take, anyway that's why I always come here for advice. The CPU is i5-4690 @3.50 GHz and the card I have I can just see under the inch of dust is a MSI 970 and it's worked perfectly all these years. I see there's a MSI 4060 elsewhere for £270 so that's seems much better value than the £200 second hand as mentioned.

I assume this will fit then?

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Thanks, Spud.

 

[spud959]

Whats your budget? I'd personally not be buying a 4060 (try to avoid using the site UB you linked from)

I think £300 would be max. Looking at the 6750xt's now then. I assume the bottle neck won't be at the card more the CPU with one of those.

 

[spud959]

Thanks everyone, almost forgot it's black Friday soon, new card will be on the way.

 

[spud959]

Because you're all dead interested I got hold of a 4060 and all went well. I now get double the fps I used to, thanks everyone.

Think I'll head over to the CPU section for advice on how I can upgrade that. I do like to tinker sometimes.