Upgrading from my GTS250

[coyotes_uk]

Hi All

Long time lurker first time poster etc.....

As the thread title says im looking to, finally, upgrade my GPU from my current GTS250.
So far I had set my mind on the Asus GTX960 4GB Strix but, am after some opinions/recommendations first.

In terms of my PC, I can fit a card of up to 10.5 possibly 11in in length with one 6pin power connector available.

In terms of playing the more recent games, am I aiming a bit high with the 960? Generally I like to play sim games with the odd FPS, current favorite game is Rocket League.

At the same time I will probably upgrade my monitor too to hook up the HD outputs etc....

Thanks guys!

 

[queamin]

960 is a bad choice, but what do you want to spend?.

 

[ljt]

What is the rest of your PC spec including Power supply etc?

Would you consider second hand GPU's?

 

[southernorth]

Assuming the 960 you found was about £180 (and then that's your budget) I would recommend an AMD rx 470 4gb, or if you can stretch just a bit more a rx 480 4gb.

 

[coyotes_uk]

What is the rest of your PC spec including Power supply etc?

Would you consider second hand GPU's?

Its 800W I believe and yes I'd consider 2nd hand!

 

[coyotes_uk]

Assuming the 960 you found was about £180 (and then that's your budget) I would recommend an AMD rx 470 4gb, or if you can stretch just a bit more a rx 480 4gb.

Thanks for this, will go take a look at the 470's!

 

[coyotes_uk]

960 is a bad choice, but what do you want to spend?.

Would be under £200!

 

[nashathedog]

Whatever you get because you make the hardware last as long as possible make sure to buy the latest generation available which'll be a 10 series from Nvidia or a 400 series from AMD, It's also worth noting that long term support seems to show better life from AMD cards, Also note that Nvidia's latest cards are still not offering 100% support for the newer api's (this is why I'm currently giving Nvidia a miss until they have the hardware support that's expected with there next architecture).