Should I update my Video Card

[Tyl3n0L]

Hey,

 

Here's my current set-up:

 

i7 3770 (non-K, on H77 Chipset which isn't overclockable) 
8GB DDR3 1600Mhz
Samsung 840 SSD
Nvidia GTX 670 2Gb
Samsung 1080p Monitor

 

I have two option that I'm looking at and I need some info to choose which one would be the best for me. My budget is about 500-600$ Canadian.

 

Option 1:

EVGA SuperClocked Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB (06G-P4-6163-KR) = 340$
G.Skill 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz(F3-1600C10D-16GAO) = 90$

which is 500$ with Taxes. Or

 

Option 2:

EVGA SuperClocked Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB (08G-P4-5173-KR) = 600$ With Taxes

 

 

...Or simply save my money and get a complete build from the ground up?
 

[TheGermanEngie]

Swapping in a 1060 or a 1070 would put a big bottleneck on your system. Either go for a newer mid range GPU, such as the GTX 960 or RX470. If you want a build with either of those 10 series cards, I'd recommend you start a new build completely. 

[HKZeroFive]

Just now, TheGermanEngie said:

Swapping in a 1060 or a 1070 would put a big bottleneck on your system. Either go for a newer mid range GPU, such as the GTX 960 or RX470. If you want a build with either of those 10 series cards, I'd recommend you start a new build completely. 

No, it wouldn't. The i7 3770 is still a completely capable CPU. I'd choose it over any Skylake i5.

[ELSknutson]

2 minutes ago, TheGermanEngie said:

Swapping in a 1060 or a 1070 would put a big bottleneck on your system. Either go for a newer mid range GPU, such as the GTX 960 or RX470. If you want a build with either of those 10 series cards, I'd recommend you start a new build completely. 

What no a 3ed gen i7 will not bottle neck any modern graphics card thou I do recomend getting a 470 or a 1060, 1050ti

[ARikozuM]

2 minutes ago, TheGermanEngie said:

Swapping in a 1060 or a 1070 would put a big bottleneck on your system. Either go for a newer mid range GPU, such as the GTX 960 or RX470. If you want a build with either of those 10 series cards, I'd recommend you start a new build completely. 

No...

 

1 minute ago, HKZeroFive said:

No, it wouldn't. The i7 3770 is still a completely capable CPU. I'd choose it over any Skylake i5.

Agreed though he likely only has a few more years of life.

 

@Tyl3n0L Get a 1070.

[Tyl3n0L]

Let me add that I will keep my monitor for a bit (27", 1080p, 60Hz) and I would like to Max out all of the games I'm playing at 60FPS and 2xMSAA minimum. I looked at the RX470 which is 280$ Canadian, do you think it'll be good enough for what I'm aiming for?

[TheGermanEngie]

5 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

No, it wouldn't. The i7 3770 is still a completely capable CPU. I'd choose it over any Skylake i5.

My bad.. I am very new to this, please forgive me....

[Hamil_P1]

purely for gaming performance, and as long as you aren't using all you ram, get the 1070. It miiiiiight create a bottle neck but the improvement from what you have now will still be noticeable. Then, depending on money, upgrade cpu/mobo/ram at a later date(i'd say a year or two.) and if there were a bottleneck it would be gone and you'd see another performance gain.

[johnny5c]

1 minute ago, Tyl3n0L said:

Let me add that I will keep my monitor for a bit (27", 1080p, 60Hz) and I would like to Max out all of the games I'm playing at 60FPS and 2xMSAA minimum. I looked at the RX470 which is 280$ Canadian, do you think it'll be good enough for what I'm aiming for?

I would go for at least a 480 or 1060, my wife has a 3770k and I just got her a RX 480 to replace her old 770 and it has no problems with maxed out 1080p.

[DragonTamer1]

I personally would opt for the cheaper GPU and get some extra RAM to go with it. The RAM will help in some games especially if you have things going in the background like music, podcasts, live streams etc.

 

It also leaves you with $100 that you can put towards a second monitor (assuming you want one) or a very, very nice dinner out on the town.

[Ryz]

I'm in the same situation, except with a 3770k

Honestly for the price I think the GTX 1060 would be worth it over the RX480 and 470 respectively, it's only ~$50-75 more but going by the performance numbers, it easily makes up the slightly higher premium.

How is your PC handling on 8GB of ram?

[Tyl3n0L]

1 hour ago, Ryz said:

I'm in the same situation, except with a 3770k

Honestly for the price I think the GTX 1060 would be worth it over the RX480 and 470 respectively, it's only ~$50-75 more but going by the performance numbers, it easily makes up the slightly higher premium.

How is your PC handling on 8GB of ram?

It honestly seems fine for now.

 

The only game I could think of using more than 8gb is Forza Horizon 3 which I'd eventually like to have, beside that I haven't played anything yet which required more than 8gb. 

 

As much as I would like to have a 1070 I kind of like the idea of going with the 1060 and 16gb and still save about 100$. 

[Ryz]

Yeah I think that would give you the best bang for the buck.

You also might be able to sell the GTX 670 on craigslist for $100-$150 cad