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Tigurius07
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My current system is

Asus Sabertooth X58

I7-980 Gufltown 6 core 3.33 Ghz

24 gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600

2x GTX 560TI SLI

 

My current graphics cards are starting to fail. That being said I am looking at upgrading graphics card to a Asus Strix GTX 980 TI. The big thing I am wondering is if it is worth doing since I have an older system and would it be better just to upgrade my hole chipset?

 

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My current system is

Asus Sabertooth X58

I7-980 Gufltown 6 core 3.33 Ghz

24 gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600

2x GTX 560TI SLI

 

My current graphics cards are starting to fail. That being said I am looking at upgrading graphics card to a Asus Strix GTX 980 TI. The big thing I am wondering is if it is worth doing since I have an older system and would it be better just to upgrade my hole chipset?

It would technically be better to update your entire PC however if the only thing holding you back is your GPU then just upgrade the GPU now and wait until later to upgrade the rest.

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My current system is

Asus Sabertooth X58

I7-980 Gufltown 6 core 3.33 Ghz

24 gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600

2x GTX 560TI SLI

 

My current graphics cards are starting to fail. That being said I am looking at upgrading graphics card to a Asus Strix GTX 980 TI. The big thing I am wondering is if it is worth doing since I have an older system and would it be better just to upgrade my hole chipset?

what are you looking to do with this machine?

Assuming gaming what are your performance goals (60hz, 120hz 144hz? -- screen resolution 1080p, 1440p 4K?)

What kind of games to you play the most?

| CPU: Core i7-8700K @ 4.89ghz - 1.21v  |  Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING  |  CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 |
| GPU: MSI RTX 3080Ti Ventus 3X OC  |  RAM: 32GB T-Force Delta RGB 3066mhz |
| Displays: Acer Predator XB270HU 1440p Gsync 144hz IPS Gaming monitor | Oculus Quest 3 VR

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Other than the graphic card, there's no real pressing need to upgrade the rest. Blame AMD for that. They just aren't competing, so Intel has been taking it slow in the last few years. If you want a bit more performances, just overclock the CPU to 4Ghz or something. Because it won't bottleneck a 980ti.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3700x / GPU: Asus Radeon RX 6750XT OC 12GB / RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x16GB DDR4-3200
MOBO: MSI B450m Gaming Plus / NVME: Corsair MP510 240GB / Case: TT Core v21 / PSU: Seasonic 750W / OS: Bazzite

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