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Hey guys I'm new here . just need some basic help .
I have a pc with an old configuration (Mid 2010) . I want to put a new graphics card to improve my gaming experience . I just want some Decent FPS. But since it's an old machine , will it cause a bottleneck ?
Here's my configuration...
Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (FSB 1333 , 6MB cache , 3.00 GHz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte G41 M-Combo
Ram : 2 x 2 GB Twinmos Ram (DDR-3 , 1333mhz)
H.D.D : Hitachi 500 GB (7200 RPM)
Graphics Card : Biostar ATI Radeon HD 5570 (2 GB , DDR3)
 

I'm not willing to upgrade the whole PC , I'm just willing to buy a Sapphire ATI Radeon R7 260X OC . My budget is 120$ . Please help me out ...

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The 260X will probably be bottlenecked by the CPU ;)

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Hey guys I'm new here . just need some basic help .

I have a pc with an old configuration (Mid 2010) . I want to put a new graphics card to improve my gaming experience . I just want some Decent FPS. But since it's an old machine , will it cause a bottleneck ?

Here's my configuration...

Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (FSB 1333 , 6MB cache , 3.00 GHz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte G41 M-Combo

Ram : 2 x 2 GB Twinmos Ram (DDR-3 , 1333mhz)

H.D.D : Hitachi 500 GB (7200 RPM)

Graphics Card : Biostar ATI Radeon HD 5570 (2 GB , DDR3)

 

I'm not willing to upgrade the whole PC , I'm just willing to buy a Sapphire ATI Radeon R7 260X OC . My budget is 120$ . Please help me out ...

 

No, you won't "bottleneck" the card.  I mean that with a grain of salt in mind.  Why do you want to get a better card?  ...for better graphics.  The R7 260X will do that for you.   Does the mobo have a PCI-Ex16 slot, and does your power supply have a 6-pin connector.  Those are your only two quesions.

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I have the same cpu with hd7770 and.. yeah.. the cpu will probably bottleneck, try if you can oc, I read that even with g41 chipsets you can oc that cpu.. but not much.. depends

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The 260X will probably be bottlenecked by the CPU ;)

 

...but he will have better graphics all the way up to that CPU hitting the wall.

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get better cpu, ram and gpu. 

 

Otherwise 260x or the 960 good choice. 

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 260 to 960 is a big jump.

if he changes cpu ram not xD

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Hey guys I'm new here . just need some basic help .

I have a pc with an old configuration (Mid 2010) . I want to put a new graphics card to improve my gaming experience . I just want some Decent FPS. But since it's an old machine , will it cause a bottleneck ?

Here's my configuration...

 

I'm not willing to upgrade the whole PC , I'm just willing to buy a Sapphire ATI Radeon R7 260X OC . My budget is 120$ . Please help me out ...

@jurian123

 

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@jurian123

 

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meh :(. Need to read more xD. 

 

260x it is. 

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I would rather get a GTX750/Ti because it doesn't draw that much power and OEM PSUs are not that trustworthy ;)

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Get a 750 ti / 260x and OC that cpu.

 

Thats still a competent cpu when OCED.

 

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Thanks to @harrynowl for the benchies ;)

hahah xD.. 4.4Ghz xD.. yeah.. in your dreams... not with g41 chipsets... 4k + is only reached on p45 chipsets, please .. read more before posting idiotic benchmarks

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hahah xD.. 4.4Ghz xD.. yeah.. in your dreams... not with g41 chipsets... 4k + is only reached on p45 chipsets, please .. read more before posting idiotic benchmarks

 

He doenst have to reach 4.4 GHZ anyways , its still a good chip with a mild OC.

 

I just linked the bench to prove the chip is quite good still no need to throw rocks at my general direction dude.

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hahah xD.. 4.4Ghz xD.. yeah.. in your dreams... not with g41 chipsets... 4k + is only reached on p45 chipsets, please .. read more before posting idiotic benchmarks

At 4GHz it's still competent. You can generally get +1 FSB step +~10% on G41. Just shy of 4GHz.

He has DDR3 too so he isn't limited by DRAM dividers.

Idiotic benchmarks...?

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No, you won't "bottleneck" the card. I mean that with a grain of salt in mind. Why do you want to get a better card? ...for better graphics. The R7 260X will do that for you. Does the mobo have a PCI-Ex16 slot, and does your power supply have a 6-pin connector. Those are your only two quesions.

Yes . My motherboard has a PCIE-16X slot and The graphics card I'm gonna buy is supplied with a 6pin power adapter .

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Yes . My motherboard has a PCIE-16X slot and The graphics card I'm gonna buy is supplied with a 6pin power adapter .

 

You should be good to go then :D;)

 

Depending on where you shop, you might look into the R9 270.  Here the prices are around $130-$140 for those.  But... The R7 260X is a big improvement regarding your experience while gaming. 

 

Goodluck and have fun!

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@Shouvik can you link us to the store you'll buy the GPU from?

I'm from Bangladesh . So I'm going to buy from this place...

www.ryanscomputers.com/Graphics-Card/Sapphire

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I'm from Bangladesh . So I'm going to buy from this place...

www.ryanscomputers.com/Graphics-Card/Sapphire

The 260X is so much cheaper than the GTX750Ti :/

Get the 260X and try to OC that CPU.

If you can't or the R7 260X can't unleash it's true power, get a better CPU, motherboard and PSU.

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you could also look for a LGA 775 quad-core CPU that you could find for cheap online...those quad core CPU are still somewhat good to play any modern games really so long as it is paired with a similar performance GPU...here's the list of processors that your motherboard supports:

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/cpu-support-popup.aspx?pid=3505

a Q9400 paired with an R7 260X or R7 265 for example would still be good to play pretty much anything on ''okay'' settings.

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