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you could look on the used market for a 1060/rx 580 which would be a solid jump in performance for <$130, a 1650 super would be the same jump for ~$170, a 1660 super would be even more of a jump and cost around $240. for 1080p a 1060/580/1650S would be more than enough, for 1440p a 1660S, 5600xt, or 2060 would be more ideal. your cpu will be a likely bottleneck at higher refresh rates at any resolution

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Hi! Just got a new pc for $350 AUD or about 250 USD. It has an i7 4770, 16GB Dual channel DDR3 and a WindForce 3 fan GTX 960 4GB gpu. I am looking for the best upgrade without a bottleneck. 

Ideas?

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Just now, MojaveTM06 said:

Hi! Just got a new pc for $350 AUD or about 250 USD. It has an i7 4770, 16GB Dual channel DDR3 and a WindForce 3 fan GTX 960 4GB gpu. I am looking for the best upgrade without a bottleneck. 

Ideas?

Edit: I have two 8 pin plugs btw

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I would suggest a used GTX 1070, you can find them for around $250 USD on eBay.

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Just now, PorkishPig said:

I would suggest a used GTX 1070, you can find them for around $250 USD on eBay.

A 1660 Super is around the same performance as a 1070 and it's cheaper and brand new.

The performance of the 1660 Super is around double than the 960

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GTX1070/1660Super/RTX2060

For 1080p...

 

Hope your DDR3 is as fast as possible for MINIMUM FPS boosts iE 1600Mhz OC to 1866Mhz or even 2133+Mhz

Just a boost is nice at the minimums.... Faster Ram does that.

 

You can go higher GPUs on Higher Resolutions though...

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you could look on the used market for a 1060/rx 580 which would be a solid jump in performance for <$130, a 1650 super would be the same jump for ~$170, a 1660 super would be even more of a jump and cost around $240. for 1080p a 1060/580/1650S would be more than enough, for 1440p a 1660S, 5600xt, or 2060 would be more ideal. your cpu will be a likely bottleneck at higher refresh rates at any resolution

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