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Can It Run?!

Gogsona
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Hey Guys , So I am planning to upgrade my pc , it has Asus motherboard "P7H55-M LX" I have i3 550 in it righ nw and I am planning to put in I7 870 because I cant afford new pc xd , So I am interested that Can I7 870 Max Out GTX 960 or GTX 1050 ? and feel free to give me advice to what to put in my pc ! thx

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Finding benchmarks of older CPU's with newer cards is difficult, but thankfully this review contained a lot of the necessary info:

https://www.techspot.com/article/1039-ten-years-intel-cpu-compared/page5.html

It shows the i7 870 with a GTX 980 compared to more Intel CPU's and shows it doesn't max out a GTX 980. But the 980 also has more performance than a 960 or 1050.

It is somewhat difficult to find benchmarks of the GTX 1050/960 in the same games with the same settings though.. So using some casual obsevations of GTX 960/1050 reviews in these games, it doesn't look like the i7 870 will keep them down.

 

 

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

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7 minutes ago, Gogsona said:

Thanks for the info but I am more interested in new games like metro exodus on normal settings atleast 

I can't judge the CPU's performance in those games directly, but I was able to see in the review listed the i7 870 did hold back a GTX 980 a bit in certain games they tested, but the difference between the GTX 980 - which they used in testing - and the GTX 960/1050 - which you mentioned in the OP - will mitigate the lesser performance you get with a i7 870.

"We're all in this together, might as well be friends" Tom, Toonami.

 

mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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