best Upgrade Path

[masked106]

HI guys.

 

my current setup is:

 

GTx 970 G1 gaming

i5 6600k

8gb ram

650W FSP Aurum S

 

i am earning money over christmas and just wanted to know which should i upgrade

 

would i see any benefit going form 970 to 1060? i was thinking gtx 1070 for 1080p possibly 1440p in future. 

im not totally satisfied with my G1 gaming 970. MSI is expensive in NZ. would ASUS be a good company to choose?

i will be using this site for my upgrades

http://playtech.co.nz/

 

any help is appreciated

[Guest]

Go get 1070. A 1060 is not a big increase.

 

[Guest]

I agree. 8GB should be enough. But having 16GB is great too

[LabRat]

17 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

I agree. 8GB should be enough. But having 16GB is great too

why?

[Guest]

10 hours ago, LabRat said:

why?

High demanding games start using more than 8 GB RAM nowadays. 

[Imakuni]

11 hours ago, masked106 said:

HI guys.

 

my current setup is:

 

GTx 970 G1 gaming

i5 6600k

8gb ram

650W FSP Aurum S

 

i am earning money over christmas and just wanted to know which should i upgrade

 

would i see any benefit going form 970 to 1060? i was thinking gtx 1070 for 1080p possibly 1440p in future. 

im not totally satisfied with my G1 gaming 970. MSI is expensive in NZ. would ASUS be a good company to choose?

i will be using this site for my upgrades

http://playtech.co.nz/

 

any help is appreciated

As far as upgrades go, I'd start by getting a 1070. Any non-reference card will do, get the cheapest you can find or pay a bit more for one that looks pretty.

 

Next, an SSD (if you don't already own such).

 

Lastly, some extra RAM would suit you nicely.

[LabRat]

1 hour ago, dexxterlab97 said:

High demanding games start using more than 8 GB RAM nowadays. 

would that be vram or system ram?

[Guest]

Just now, LabRat said:

would that be vram or system ram?

System

[LabRat]

so if i had 4gigs of vram on my graphics card and i actually needed a card that had 8gigs of vram to keep all the information on the card so it doesn't off load to the system causing hitches/stutters/freezes, that's okay?