GPU Upgrade (GTX 950 to GTX 1660 Super)

[Abel Boni Bangari]

Hello,

I need some advice. My PC currently has these components:

 

Intel Core I5-6500

MSI B150M Night Elf

Hyper-X Fury 8 GB DDR-4

Memory MSI GTX 950 GPU

Corsair 500W PSU

 

My PC is starting to struggle quite a bit to run games now; My fps has a lot of drops from 60 to 2 at times. 

Therefore, I am considering to upgrade my GPU to a GTX 1660 Super.

But I don't know if there will be compatibility issues or things like that.

I don't want to spend money buying new CPU and motherboard when these ones are working fine.

But will the GTX 1660 Super work or not.

 

Can someone help me with this?

[Mateyyy]

Your CPU and memory are pinned at 90%+ usage, I doubt a better GPU will really improve your performance a whole lot.

[Haro]

9 minutes ago, Abel Boni Bangari said:

Can someone help me with this?

Your heavily limited by your cpu. 

Wait for zen 3 and ampere and big Navi and switch your platform if you can. Or get a 6700 which should help things a bit. 

[Fasauceome]

11 minutes ago, Abel Boni Bangari said:

Hyper-X Fury 8 GB DDR-4

1x8GB or 2x4? You should consider a second dimm if you don't already have one, you might see a surprisingly large improvement to performance.

[Abel Boni Bangari]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

1x8GB or 2x4? You should consider a second dimm if you don't already have one, you might see a surprisingly large improvement to performance.

Dual Channel 8GB (4GB x 2) at 2133MHz

 

I will upgrade it to 16GB soon (8GB x 2), maybe it could help a little?

[Roggo04]

Hi, I had almost the same specs and problems like you, I had the same cpu and it was at 90% with any program, so after investigating a little bit I found out that the best think you could do is change your cpu to a ryzen 5 3600 with a B450, and upgrade your Gpu later 

[Haro]

Just now, Roggo04 said:

think you could do is change your cpu to a ryzen 5 3600 with a B450, and upgrade your Gpu later

There are cheaper better options as well. 

A 3300x performs identically in games and will be decent. 

Or waiting for zen 3 which would be the most logical thing to do. Or get a 6700 which would be the cheapest option but still a decent one non the less. 

[5x5]

11 minutes ago, Abel Boni Bangari said:

Dual Channel 8GB (4GB x 2) at 2133MHz

 

I will upgrade it to 16GB soon (8GB x 2), maybe it could help a little?

You need a total system upgrade. The CPU is old and slower so even if you get a 2060, it will bottleneck it to the point where you won't notice a change at all.

Save up and invest in a Ryzen 5 3600 and B450 board alongside a 1660 or 5500 XT

[ishapli8]

You should upgrade your whole system and get a decent b450 or b550 motherboard with a 3600 or a 3300x.

[Fasauceome]

2 minutes ago, Abel Boni Bangari said:

Dual Channel 8GB (4GB x 2) at 2133MHz

 

I will upgrade it to 16GB soon (8GB x 2), maybe it could help a little?

Since you're using all you ram, it would help a little, but not as much as the jump to dual channel

[Earnist_]

i just got my self a ryzen 3600 for nice price , if you want to get into a nice cpu platform now and not wait close to 6 months id get the 3600  and 8gb more of ram

[HardStroke]

2 hours ago, Abel Boni Bangari said:

Hello,

I need some advice. My PC currently has these components:

 

Intel Core I5-6500

MSI B150M Night Elf

Hyper-X Fury 8 GB DDR-4

Memory MSI GTX 950 GPU

Corsair 500W PSU

 

My PC is starting to struggle quite a bit to run games now; My fps has a lot of drops from 60 to 2 at times. 

Therefore, I am considering to upgrade my GPU to a GTX 1660 Super.

But I don't know if there will be compatibility issues or things like that.

I don't want to spend money buying new CPU and motherboard when these ones are working fine.

But will the GTX 1660 Super work or not.

 

Can someone help me with this?

try to look for a second hand 1060/1070 and since youre not planning on upgrading DEFINITELY get another stick of ram at the same speed of your current stick and make sure its 8gb.

if you dont want to go secord hand, and you dont care about ray tracing look for a 1660 super.

if you do care about ray tracing look for a 2060/2060s anything about that and im sure youll need a new psu.

MAKE SURE YOU GET ANOTHER STICK OF RAM!!!! youll see a big difference in performance with dual channel ram!

since your current gpu is working fine you can wait for nvidia's 3000 series and watch the price drop on the 2000 series cards and 1600 series.

 

edit*:saw that you have 2 sticks of 4gb

try to find the same kit for cheap and if you cant then go for a 2400mhz or 2666mhz dual channel 16gb kit.