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Festive
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So, through a connection, I'm getting a free PC built for me that I should be picking up Monday. It will have a GTX 960 in it and I am wondering if I should either sell it and upgrade to something like a 980Ti, or will I be fine for now?

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What are the other specs of it?

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What display, what are you gonna do with it?

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5 minutes ago, JoeyDM said:

Specs for the rest?

 

It's a 960. Although your statement is still true.

Didn't read what you said, so yeah. The stats of the rest of the machine would help.

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The guy said he's either putting a 6600k or a 4670k depending on his descision but prob the 6600k. The purpose is gaming. And yeah, I'll have the full specs Monday when I pick it up. The monitor is an Asus VG248QE

  • CPU: Intel Core i7-6700k @4.3ghz, Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7, RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB @2400mhz, GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 , Case: Corsair 300R, Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 256GB SSD, WD 1TB Black HDD, WD 2TB HDD PSU: Evga SuperNova 750 G2, Display: ASUS VG248QE @144hz, Cooling: Cooler Master V8 GTS, Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Platinum, Mouse: Logitech G502 Lightspeed, Sound: Phillips SHP9500 + VModa Boom Pro, Operating System: Windows 10 Pro
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1 minute ago, Festive said:

The guy said he's either putting a 6600k or a 4670k depending on his descision but prob the 6600k. The purpose is gaming. And yeah, I'll have the full specs Monday when I pick it up. The monitor is an Asus VG248QE

What about the power supply?

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We can't really give any solid advice without knowing the full specs of the system. More than likely you will want to get rid of the 960 though.

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Assuming there aren't any issues with the rest of the build and you have a normal-low tolerance for lower frame rates, I do recommend selling and upgrading.

However, if your tolerance is of an average non-PC gamer or better (or you can adjust easily to sub 60 fps), the 960 will be completely fine at 1080p with nearly all titles on their highest/close to highest settings.

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All I really play is CSGO Garrys Mod and some GTA so I think ill be ok

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3 minutes ago, Festive said:

All I really play is CSGO Garrys Mod and some GTA so I think ill be ok

When talking about video games it's the most demanding game that matters, In your case if you're talking about GTA V, it would be GTA V. And you'll want something stronger than a 960.

If anyone asks you never saw me.

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