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Smitty07314
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Lucky enough for us Americans our government checks just came back. I have money and its burning a hole in my pocket. I was thinking about upgrading the rig and not sure if I should for a new GPU or CPU. I currently have an I5 4460 and a Radeon r9 280 Black. I have been playing mad max and fallout 4 on a 34 in. 21x9 curved monitor. What do you all think I should upgrade if I can only afford one?

  • CPUi5-4460
  • MotherboardAsus ROG Maximus VII Hero
  • RAMG. Skills Ripjaws 4x4
  • GPUXFX Radeon R9 280 Black
  • CaseNZXT Noctis 450
  • Storage120 GB Kingston SSD; 1TB HDD
  • PSUCorsair HX 850 GOLD
  • Display(s)LG 34UC97
  • CoolingCooler Master V8 GTS
  • KeyboardRazer Blackwidow
  • MouseMad Catz R.A.T. 7
  • Operating SystemWin 10
 
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GTX 970 would work well with that CPU... And it's more affordable than the 980 Ti ??

Processor: i5-4690k @ 3.5GHz. Mobo: MSI Z97 Krait Edition. RAM: HyperX Fury 16GB @ 1866MHz Dual - Channel. Storage: WD 1TB HDD. 850 EVO 250GB. Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB. GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970 DirectCU II 4GB GDDR5. PSU: EVGA Supernova 550 G2. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M. Monitor: BENQ GW2270H Full HD 21.5". OS: Windows 10 Home 64 bit.

 

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GPU - say a 980 or R9 Nano/Fury?

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A GPU upgrade is worth more these days.

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x 4.9Ghz PBO    SSDs: 250GB 850 Pro           STEAM: KezzaMcFezza
GPU: GTX 1070 Strix                                     250GB 970 Pro           MOBO: MSI MPG B550 Gaming Plus

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So if I went with a 980 or a 980 ti it would not be bottlenecked by the current CPU that I have?

  • CPUi5-4460
  • MotherboardAsus ROG Maximus VII Hero
  • RAMG. Skills Ripjaws 4x4
  • GPUXFX Radeon R9 280 Black
  • CaseNZXT Noctis 450
  • Storage120 GB Kingston SSD; 1TB HDD
  • PSUCorsair HX 850 GOLD
  • Display(s)LG 34UC97
  • CoolingCooler Master V8 GTS
  • KeyboardRazer Blackwidow
  • MouseMad Catz R.A.T. 7
  • Operating SystemWin 10
 
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3 hours ago, LordPugIII said:

GTX 970 would work well with that CPU... And it's more affordable than the 980 Ti ??

It depends. I have a 970 and it would be beaten a lot by a 980 TI. It depends on a bottleneck and in this case I would agree with your statement LordPugIII because it is a problem if your older but fine CPU bottlenecks with some problems like PCI version. A 970 is a cheaper and better option for you to go with.

 

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Just now, Vezzeract said:

It depends. I have a 970 and it would be beaten a lot by a 980 TI. It depends on a bottleneck and in this case I would agree with your statement LordPugIII because it is a problem if your older but fine CPU bottlenecks with some problems like PCI version. A 970 is a cheaper and better option for you to go with.

 

Thank you bro. Nice to know someone agrees. :)

 

As you can tell, I have a 4690k and a 970. And my friend has a 4460 and 970 and they work fine.

 

All the best yo.

Processor: i5-4690k @ 3.5GHz. Mobo: MSI Z97 Krait Edition. RAM: HyperX Fury 16GB @ 1866MHz Dual - Channel. Storage: WD 1TB HDD. 850 EVO 250GB. Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB. GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970 DirectCU II 4GB GDDR5. PSU: EVGA Supernova 550 G2. Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M. Monitor: BENQ GW2270H Full HD 21.5". OS: Windows 10 Home 64 bit.

 

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Either go with a 390 or a Fury.

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1 minute ago, Vezzeract said:

It depends. I have a 970 and it would be beaten a lot by a 980 TI. It depends on a bottleneck and in this case I would agree with your statement LordPugIII because it is a problem if your older but fine CPU bottlenecks with some problems like PCI version. A 970 is a cheaper and better option for you to go with.

 

Realistically the 4460 won't bottleneck the 980 Ti significantly anyway so if he is going to do a single generation upgrade like that might as well go all in with either the 980 Ti or Fury X if he has the money.  

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9 minutes ago, Smitty07314 said:

So if I went with a 980 or a 980 ti it would not be bottlenecked by the current CPU that I have?

No they would not be at stock speeds, very little if overclocking but not a significant amount.  Haswell i5's really aren't a significant  bottle neck in any games, not even Fallout which is pretty CPU intensive.

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