I was looking at Updating my Graphics card??

[Blaxdice]

First off i am looking at updating my Graphics card on this system its been a little while since i built this

I do alot of video editing and photoshop

and have been doing games like Shadow of Mordor and looking at doing like Battlefield and Whitcher, AC series other graphics intensive games

im wondering if i need to rebuild since some things have changed since i built this one

 

What i am currently using,

Case LIAN LI Lancool PC-K57 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

PSU EVGA Nex750B Supernova

CPU AMD FX 8120 Eight Core 3.10Ghz

MotherBoard GIGABYTE GA-970A-D3

Memory DDR3 GSkill Ripjaw 8gig

SSD Mushkin Sata 3, 1TB

HD WD Blue 4TB

GPU ZOTAC GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) DirectX 11 ZT-50401-10L 1GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP

Monitor BenQ GW2765HT Black 27" IPS 4ms (GTG) WQHD LCD/LED Monitor

 

 

should i upgrade or just save up and rebuild?

I do love this setup cause its quick and nimble as it is.. but i also want to get more out of gaming Experience as well..

 

any Suggestions

and if i do upgrade what graphics card would you recommend for what i have now..

 

[EunSoo]

depends on how much money you want to put towards your graphics card or entire PC. I would recommend a gtx1060 for that build. If you want to upgrade your cpu too to an i5 6500 or 6600k then it would be reasonable to get a 1070

[Electronics Wizardy]

How much you want to spend?

 

Id get a rx480

[ImperialSteele]

If your PSU can handle it, I would say go with a 1060 (6gb) it's an awesome card for 1080p gaming. The 1050 TI would be another option, if you're willing to wait a bit.

[WkdPaul]

A brand new build would be better, it really depends on your budget, what games you play and if you really game that much.

 

If you think the build is ok for now, an RX460 would be enough for light gaming IMO.

[pwn_intended]

a gtx550 ti is quite dated for running modern games. The rest of the system should be fine.

Get the most expensive video card you can afford (or justify) but a 1060 would be the minimum I would recommend.

[EminentSun]

Or you could pick up a 770/780 used for around $100. That would be a major upgrade form a 550, a 1060 will probably be a bit bottlenecked by the 8120. Also video editing and photoshop are usually cpu intensive, depending on the editor you use.

[Blaxdice]

I have a 750 W Power supply that i got for dirt cheap. I edited my post with the PSU sorry forgot that piece

at this point i got about 300US$ that i got to work with.

 

 

[flamingduckee]

11 minutes ago, EminentSun said:

Or you could pick up a 770/780 used for around $100. That would be a major upgrade form a 550, a 1060 will probably be a bit bottlenecked by the 8120. Also video editing and photoshop are usually cpu intensive, depending on the editor you use.

wtf... are u trolling?

[EminentSun]

5 minutes ago, flamingduckee said:

wtf... are u trolling

no, its a major upgrade. http://m.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-GTX-780-SC-/262671698731?nav=SEARCH

[Blaxdice]

Alright looking at 2 of them

but there are so many versions of them its hard to choose

Im not sure what im looking for exactly I have heard that amd works better with AMD vs Nvidia works better with intell or this not true anymore?

 

 

Im kinda looking at Both of these these any good?

Nvidia GeForce Gtx 1060 by MSI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127963

and Radion Nitro+RX480 by Sapphire

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202223&cm_re=Sapphire_Radeon_RX480-_-14-202-223-_-Product

 

Any Good?

does the hardware have bottlenecks in them?

i wish i could tell....

[TheDankKoosh]

2 minutes ago, Blaxdice said:

Alright looking at 2 of them

but there are so many versions of them its hard to choose

Im not sure what im looking for exactly I have heard that amd works better with AMD vs Nvidia works better with intell or this not true anymore?

 

 

Im kinda looking at Both of these these any good?

Nvidia GeForce Gtx 1060 by MSI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127963

and Radion Nitro+RX480 by Sapphire

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202223&cm_re=Sapphire_Radeon_RX480-_-14-202-223-_-Product

 

Any Good?

does the hardware have bottlenecks in them?

i wish i could tell....

you're gonna need to go intel if you don't want to bottleneck those cards in the games you mentioned above.