Do I need to upgrade my gpu?

[NOOB1990]

Yeah that will deff help. When I build my next system. Pay more now and not have to buy another one later. And will overclocking my cpu help any?

[Kanbari]

I dont have any expirence of overclocking of any kind i just keep them as they designed to be, considering that your pc is old i can imagine that motherboard simply wont support it, any thing could go wrong, burn a circuit or something, you would be done.

Its ain't worth the risk, how much you gonna squeeze out of it, not even 5%, you have tight budget and want to enjoy gaming ,and you will, better leave it alone.

[NOOB1990]

I've seen 3.0 stable but Idk the mo. That's about 11%. Ill wait till I have my other system and just practice overclocking on this one. Ill jUst enjoy it at stock speeds foot now

[Kanbari]

Wat about this https://charlotte.craigslist.org/sop/4912171222.html

What i am saying, try to be smart consumer by digging deep into things.

[Kanbari]

Wish you the best!

[NOOB1990]

Thanks. You all have been a great help

[SteveGrabowski]

If you're willing to go used you could probably find a GTX 670 for $120. Something like a GTX 660 or HD 7870 would also be really nice to hold you over for a year. Hell, maybe you get lucky and find a really good price on an HD 7950.

[NOOB1990]

Like this

http://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/sop/4909667179.html

[Wizzl3Dizzle]

If you're willing to go used you could probably find a GTX 670 for $120. Something like a GTX 660 or HD 7870 would also be really nice to hold you over for a year. Hell, maybe you get lucky and find a really good price on an HD 7950.

 

yea defiantly. i went used with gpu. scored a windforce GTX 680 for $100 off craigslist. Just be conscious on what you buy and always test before you buy

[EpicAdom]

200$, i would recommend a gtx 660, if possible or r9 280, cpu still has enough horses to drive some modern titles, you could check linus video on scrap yard competition, cor2 quad coupled with hd 6950 was at pretty good performance leve, imagine with r9 280 (hd7950), not bad at all, but it all comes to how strong is your psu.

Wat? Linus had a 7950 in scrapyard wars (I'm pretty sure).

[SteveGrabowski]

yea defiantly. i went used with gpu. scored a windforce GTX 680 for $100 off craigslist. Just be conscious on what you buy and always test before you buy

 

Wow, a 680 for $100 is insane, and a Windforce at that. Did the seller have a drug habit to support?  :lol:

[Wizzl3Dizzle]

Wow, a 680 for $100 is insane, and a Windforce at that. Did the seller have a drug habit to support?  :lol:

 

Well its only the 2gb version not the 4gb. And he had a second one as well. i should have gotten them both :-(

[SteveGrabowski]

Well its only the 2gb version not the 4gb. And he had a second one as well. i should have gotten them both :-(

 

Yeah, for $200 that would be awesome.

[Megahurt]

Wat? Linus had a 7950 in scrapyard wars (I'm pretty sure).

 

Yes it was a 7950.

 

WTF with all the people saying to not upgrade gpu? It's the single easiest thing to transfer to another build if he decides to upgrade later ...

 

[EpicAdom]

Yes it was a 7950.

 

WTF with all the people saying to not upgrade gpu? It's the single easiest thing to transfer to another build if he decides to upgrade later ...

 

Very true. OP could upgrade the GPU now and just toss it into a new build later.

[Kanbari]

yep it was hd 7950, i actually watched the three videos before and the only thing that i got stuck in my mind was 6950, oh man ...

soory.