Stop Gap GPU?

[Steve_17]

Hello,

 

I am curious to what your thoughts are for a stop gap GPU for my existing system. I am currently saving for a new rig. I have ~ $2000 saved. However, something has come up and I may need to pull most of that money and start all over. My existing rig is as follows:

 

Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 Mark 1

CPU: I7-7700K (Not over-clocked, Noctua Aircooled)

GPU: GTX 1070

SSD: AData SX8200

Power Supply: Seasonic X Series 750W

Montor Resolution: 1440p

 

The games I play are titles like the Divinity Original Sin series, Civilization V,  The Tomb Raider series, Mass Effect, X3, Witcher III, etc.. However, I would like to play some of the new titles when I can such as Starfield, and Baldur's Gate 3. 

 

Obviously my system is rather old. Would upgrading my GPU make sense or would I just be throwing money down the drain that I could save for my new build? If a temporary stop gap GPU makes sense, what card range should I be looking at? Would one of the newer cards be over-kill for my CPU, etc? 

 

Thanks for the help!

 

[filpo]

4 minutes ago, Steve_17 said:

Would upgrading my GPU make sense or would I just be throwing money down the drain that I could save for my new build?

Upgrading your gpu would make a lot of sense since that 1070 would probably perform like a mid range card from a few years ago (an rtx 2060)

 

5 minutes ago, Steve_17 said:

stop gap GPU

an igpu?

 

5 minutes ago, Steve_17 said:

Would one of the newer cards be over-kill for my CPU, etc? 

its not a card but I would just get a dgpu with that kind of budget since you could get a 7900 xtx in that budget 

If your just gaming go for this 

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[emosun]

if saving 2k takes a significant amount of time then wasting it on a gpu your machine doesn;t need for any reason would be not a great idea.

[Steve_17]

13 minutes ago, emosun said:

if saving 2k takes a significant amount of time then wasting it on a gpu your machine doesn;t need for any reason would be not a great idea.

Thank you. That's why I am asking. I can manage with the older titles, but I am guessing my I7-7700K will always hold me back regardless of what GPU I plug in there. Anyone got a GTX 1080ti or 2080ti laying around that they don't want? LOL!

[jaslion]

11 minutes ago, Steve_17 said:

Thank you. That's why I am asking. I can manage with the older titles, but I am guessing my I7-7700K will always hold me back regardless of what GPU I plug in there. Anyone got a GTX 1080ti or 2080ti laying around that they don't want? LOL!

I mean baldurs gate runs fine one a 1070 dont worry there.

 

I expect starfield to be a horribly optimized mess of a game so basically wait till that comes out and see the state of the disaster

 

There is nothing stopping you from getting a card after that to mke it run

 

Either way the 7700 is probably going to be the most limiting part

[Poinkachu]

2 hours ago, Steve_17 said:

Hello,

 

I am curious to what your thoughts are for a stop gap GPU for my existing system. I am currently saving for a new rig. I have ~ $2000 saved. However, something has come up and I may need to pull most of that money and start all over. My existing rig is as follows:

 

Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 Mark 1

CPU: I7-7700K (Not over-clocked, Noctua Aircooled)

GPU: GTX 1070

SSD: AData SX8200

Power Supply: Seasonic X Series 750W

Montor Resolution: 1440p

 

The games I play are titles like the Divinity Original Sin series, Civilization V,  The Tomb Raider series, Mass Effect, X3, Witcher III, etc.. However, I would like to play some of the new titles when I can such as Starfield, and Baldur's Gate 3. 

 

Obviously my system is rather old. Would upgrading my GPU make sense or would I just be throwing money down the drain that I could save for my new build? If a temporary stop gap GPU makes sense, what card range should I be looking at? Would one of the newer cards be over-kill for my CPU, etc? 

 

Thanks for the help!

 

If you're fine with playing with reduced graphical settings, high chance you'll be able to play some if not most newer titles.
I played Nier Automata, First two of Tomb Raider series, & FF15 with a GTX660, i7-870, 8GB RAM, and HDD back then.

Had to install a lower res texture mod for FF15 and had to restart system after every 1 hour of playing it, but eh highly doubt your system will have to go that far, since it's definitely way above my old PC.

 

As for Starfield, if they are still going with Skyrim style (highly moddable), I bet there's gonna be potato pc mods for it.

And yep like @jaslion said, I'd stay away from the game for awhile after launch, most AAA games nowadays have some sort of crippling bugs at launch, and knowing Bethesda, it might even be more so.

 

Just try first, if it doesn't work well then you can start finding out whether it's due to your system or the game is seriously badly optimized.

[Steve_17]

Thanks again, everyone, for the input! Hope y'all are having a good day!