GTX 960 upgrade

[TheMetalDaniel]

I have a GTX 960 2GB paired with an fx 6300 right now. I am really considering going with amd on either an RX 570, or an r9 290 or 290x used (I find em for like 200 CAD all the time). I am worried about bottle-necking with my cpu which is OCed to 4.3GHz and I don't really have the budget for additional new mobo and cpu on either intel or ryzen. Any idea on how much it would really bottleneck? I play some games in triple screen 3840x1024 75Hz so my 960 ain't cutting it in most games even on lower single screen resolutions. Also, I have problems with Nvidia surround which is why I want to switch to AMD

[Billy_Mays]

You would get bottlenecks in any manner

[ARikozuM]

After playing around with a 970 for my triple setup (5760x1080) these past few weeks, I'd say get a 980 or 1060 6GB.

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

2 hours ago, TheMetalDaniel said:

I have a GTX 960 2GB paired with an fx 6300 right now. I am really considering going with amd on either an RX 570, or an r9 290 or 290x used (I find em for like 200 CAD all the time). I am worried about bottle-necking with my cpu which is OCed to 4.3GHz and I don't really have the budget for additional new mobo and cpu on either intel or ryzen. Any idea on how much it would really bottleneck? I play some games in triple screen 3840x1024 75Hz so my 960 ain't cutting it in most games even on lower single screen resolutions. Also, I have problems with Nvidia surround which is why I want to switch to AMD

upgrade cpu first. also, lower settings. 960~1050ti and is still a pretty solid card. for a cpu i recommend either a 1600 or a 1400

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

2 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

After playing around with a 970 for my triple setup (5760x1080) these past few weeks, I'd say get a 980 or 1060 6GB.

1060? dude no. just no. 980 aprox equals 480 and 1060, yes, but the 480 is still much better than a 1060 and will only get better as more games come with dx12

[ARikozuM]

29 minutes ago, Nickathom said:

1060? dude no. just no. 980 aprox equals 480 and 1060, yes, but the 480 is still much better than a 1060 and will only get better as more games come with dx12

By the time we have a good amount of DX12 games, the 480 will have been superseded by a cheaper, more powerful GPU. 

Cryptocurrency has inflated the prices on most AMD cards the past few days. 

Lastly, OP can choose any card. I gave him green because he is using green at the moment making it less prone to issues as the drivers are already on the system. 

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

By the time we have a good amount of DX12 games, the 480 will have been superseded by a cheaper, more powerful GPU. 

Cryptocurrency has inflated the prices on most AMD cards the past few days. 

Lastly, OP can choose any card. I gave him green because he is using green at the moment making it less prone to issues as the drivers are already on the system. 

so what? 480 is whats good now

and drivers are easy as fuck to install