GPU Upgrade advice needed

[patrickn]

So I have a very dated system from about 2014/15 which has become quite slow. The specs for it are here: https://gyazo.com/0a2958bf89ebcdd5147cb11e3f82cdb6

 

I am looking to give my PC a slight performance boost such that it is able to play some of the games it used to, like Fortnite and Dead By Daylight which it struggles with a lot now to even get above 40fps. I'm not looking to play any triple A titles or anything. I was wondering if a new GPU would be suitable to get this, and if so what GPU? Which has been to figure out for me since the motherboard is extremely old and lacks newer PCIe 2/3 tech and 2 slot compatability (from what I've read). I've looked at some single slot variants of the GTX 1050Ti but am still unsure about its compatibility or if its even a good idea if the motherboard is a complete lost cause.

 

In short, I'd just like to replace minimal hardware in my PC in order to make it run a bit faster to run some games. I'm not an avid gamer and am quite satisfied with medium or so graphics so I'm not too bothered about having amazing performance. I'm also looking to spend as little as possible. 

 

If anyone could help me out, and maybe recommend a GPU or any other changes I would be greatly appreciative.

[TwilightRavens]

I wouldn’t go any higher than a RX 580 for 1080p, even then that FX cpu will bottleneck the hell out of that GPU.  I would also recommend a dual channel kit of RAM as it says you are currently running it in single channel and that is probably hurting performance as is.

 

Realistically I’d highly suggest jumping to Ryzen with something like a cheap B450 motherboard and a Ryzen 5 1600AF as FX has really weak per-core performance.

[patrickn]

4 hours ago, TwilightRavens said:

I wouldn’t go any higher than a RX 580 for 1080p, even then that FX cpu will bottleneck the hell out of that GPU.  I would also recommend a dual channel kit of RAM as it says you are currently running it in single channel and that is probably hurting performance as is.

 

Realistically I’d highly suggest jumping to Ryzen with something like a cheap B450 motherboard and a Ryzen 5 1600AF as FX has really weak per-core performance.

Thank you, do you know if Ryzen cards like the 570/80/90 are single slot and is using them on PCIe 1.0 still going to be okay?

[TwilightRavens]

None of the RX cards (exept maybe a few lower power models like the RX 550 or GT1030 would be single slot). Also why would you be running PCI-E 1.0 since most boards since at least 2010 support 3.0.

[patrickn]

4 hours ago, TwilightRavens said:

None of the RX cards (exept maybe a few lower power models like the RX 550 or GT1030 would be single slot). Also why would you be running PCI-E 1.0 since most boards since at least 2010 support 3.0.

I'm not sure, guess I just got a cheapo PC sold to me. https://www.asrock.com/mb/nvidia/n68-gs4 fx/

 

I'm currently with the GTX 750 Ti. Since that works, may that mean that the RX cards may also?

[TwilightRavens]

7 hours ago, patrickn said:

I'm not sure, guess I just got a cheapo PC sold to me. https://www.asrock.com/mb/nvidia/n68-gs4 fx/

 

I'm currently with the GTX 750 Ti. Since that works, may that mean that the RX cards may also?

As far as I can tell is its a 2.0 slot, I had an old Core2 Quad system that was even 2.0 so you should be fine.

 

Now the only thing I would worry about is if your PSU has PCI-E plugs for a GPU be it 6+2 pin or 2 x 6+2 plugs, if you do that opens your options up quite a bit, if not then you are probably stuck with cards that are solely powered by the PCI-E slot and its 75W (GT 1030, GTX 1050 (ti), 1650 (S)(ti) RX 550 etc.

 

I would really suggest investing in a pair of DDR3 whether it be 2 x 4GB or 2 x 8GB, single channel ls hurting your performance the most right now if i had to guess.