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Since I use an "outdated" processor (i5-4460) and planning to buy 1660 ti, I saw that after checking this link: https://pc-builds.com/calculator/, I see that there will be 40% bottleneck. It seems not to be a small percentage. Maybe it would be good to do a CPU upgrade? My current mother: https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/H81M-P33/Specification, I can play games with lowest graphics, I just want to have a stable fps, because if I play games like pubg, I have 60 fps and after a few seconds it drops to 57, 48, 56, etc. And it makes my screen freeze for almost a second, which can be devastating. Also, I will not need any "overclock", because it seems useless for me.

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Look on Ebay for either a used i7 4770 or i7 4790 (BIOS update needed). 

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On 4/20/2019 at 7:02 PM, GoldenLag said:

wait for Zen 2. also id recommend picking up a vega 56 over the 1660ti atm as you can have them at a pretty nice deal 

I do not agree the 1660ti can be bought for $280 and is perfect for 1080p gaming. 

 

I would get an 8400/9400f or a 2600X and of course the appropriate motherboard and RAM.  I wouldn't upgrade to a CPU that would fit in your current motherboard because you would be in the same situation soon and without getting much of a performance boost. 

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13 minutes ago, BobbyPdue said:

I do not agree the 1660ti can be bought for $280 and is perfect for 1080p gaming

The vega 56 is faster and has more memmory. Why buy a worse card at roughly the same price?

14 minutes ago, BobbyPdue said:

 

I would get an 8400/9400f or a 2600X

Wouldnt be much of an upgrade. Also 8400 and 9400f both get beaten in the budget market race by the 2600x and the 2600.

 

Honestly for him id look at waiting for Zen 2. And maybe get a 2600 if he really cant wait. 

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20 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

The vega 56 is faster and has more memmory. Why buy a worse card at roughly the same price?

Wouldnt be much of an upgrade. Also 8400 and 9400f both get beaten in the budget market race by the 2600x and the 2600.

 

Honestly for him id look at waiting for Zen 2. And maybe get a 2600 if he really cant wait. 

Based on LTT testing they are around the same performance.

 

20 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

The vega 56 is faster and has more memmory. Why buy a worse card at roughly the same price?

 

On Amazon there is two Vega 56's $40 more than the 1660ti the rest are much more expensive. Also how much is a new power supply to run the more powerful video card?  This is for 1080p gaming there is no need to buy a more expensive video card.  The Vega 56 uses more power, runs hotter, and tend to be louder than 1660ti's.   Is there any game running at 1080p a 1660ti can run well that needs more than 6GB of VRAM? 

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7 minutes ago, BobbyPdue said:

Based on LTT testing they are around the same performance.

Based on hardware unboxed benchmarks (34 games i believe) the 1660ti is slightly slower than the 1070 which is again slightly slower than the vega 56. 7-12% difference iirc. 

 

9 minutes ago, BobbyPdue said:

Is there any game running at 1080p a 1660ti can run well that needs more than 6GB of VRAM? 

Last time i checked Tomb Raider latest installmebt can be quite taxing in that department. 4GB isnt enough today and 6GB is next on the chopping block.

 

10 minutes ago, BobbyPdue said:

Also how much is a new power supply to run the more powerful video card?

You need a good 500/550watt. And you need a good 500/550 watt anyway regardless of GPU. Sooooo what are you pointing at? If your PSU is garbage you should swap it out anyway

 

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/XRqhP6/gigabyte-radeon-rx-vega-56-8gb-video-card-gv-rxvega56gaming-oc-8gd

 

Also the vega 56 is cheaper than all of the 1660ti cards ........

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