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Jimolikachin
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Hello.

 

I currently have a Palit GTX 980 4gb and was wondering if there was any need to upgrade to something like a 1660 super or RTX 2060? I only game at 1080p and as I have only recently bought a high refresh rate 1080p monitor have no interest in higher resolutions right now.

 

If the answer is "there is no need to" would anybody be able to give me some recommended seeing for my card for MSI afterburner please?

 

If you need to know my spec I am running an i7 5820k, 16gb ddr4 2400mhz and an Asus X99-S motherboard.

 

Thank you for any advice

 

 

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Honestly, its a question only you can answer. Are you getting the desired gaming experience in the games you want to play with your current card? If the answer is yes, then no, you don't need to upgrade. if the answer is no, then why/what is causing you to not feel like this.

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3 minutes ago, Jimolikachin said:

I currently have a Palit GTX 980 4gb and was wondering if there was any need to upgrade to something like a 1660 super or RTX 2060? I only game at 1080p and as I have only recently bought a high refresh rate 1080p monitor have no interest in higher resolutions right now.

Higher refresh rates also typically require a faster GPU, but that primarily depends on the games you play. You could try to run a few (in-game) benchmarks and see how fast your GPU is. If it can deliver 144 Hz at 1080p then there should be no need to update, but if it can't then a faster GPU would help.

 

The 1660S is slightly slower than a 980 Ti, so I doubt it would be much of an upgrade coming from a 980.

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8 minutes ago, Jimolikachin said:

would anybody be able to give me some recommended seeing for my card for MSI afterburner please?

Wat.

The answer are indeed 'there is no need to', wait for next year releases.

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1 minute ago, Juular said:

Wat.

The answer are indeed 'there is no need to', wait for next year releases.

I think "would anybody be able to give me some recommended settings for my card for MSI afterburner please".

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Just now, Eigenvektor said:

I think "would anybody be able to give me some recommended settings for my card for MSI afterburner please".

Ooh, that makes sense. Does AutoOC work for Maxwell ?

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5 minutes ago, Juular said:

Ooh, that makes sense. Does AutoOC work for Maxwell ?

I think only Pascal and above is supported.

 

Here's a guide from GN for the 980 that might help OP: https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1680-overclocking-gtx-980-maxwell-tutorial?showall=1

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RX 5700 XT would be a nice upgrade

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