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TheDream143
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So i recently got a asus 970a motherboard and amd fx 8370 at a steal of a price. I wasn't planning on upgrading my pc anytime soon from my fx-6300 but i couldn't pass up the price i was offered ($60!!). I currently have a Power Color amd r9 270 (had a tight budget) and I'm thinking of either getting another to crossfire or upgrade to a better GPU. I know i can only ball out up to a certain point due to the cpu limitiations. So should i buy another or upgrade. Any suggested cards on upgrades? I'm thinking if i want to upgrade ill wait for black Friday and get one at a decently discounted price. Anything helps

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Get something used. GTX 970? That would be the maximum before insane bottleneck. Or new, GTX 1050Ti. If you want AMD, go R9 390.

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Just now, JDE said:

Get something used. GTX 970? That would be the maximum before insane bottleneck. Or new, GTX 1050Ti. If you want AMD, go R9 390.

even a gtx 970 will be bottlenecked in some scenarios, FX IPC is really bad. 

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Just now, themctipers said:

rx 580/570

You can't buy that though

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Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

even a gtx 970 will be bottlenecked in some scenarios, FX IPC is really bad. 

Yep, but this post is about GPU, rather than upgrade.

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1 minute ago, JDE said:

You can't buy that though

well in Canada ..

 

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138 is a good number.

 

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Just now, JDE said:

Get something used. GTX 970? That would be the maximum before insane bottleneck. Or new, GTX 1050Ti. If you want AMD, go R9 390.

Thanks

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

just save up for a system upgrade, FX is old, i suggest you save up for a ryzen.

i dont do any insane gaming on pc and i was planning on saving for ryzen but for $60 on a new am3 motherboard witha fx8370 was very hard to pass up. That barely would make a dent in a ryzen+am4 combo. Thank you though

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Just now, TheDream143 said:

sadly i'm in the U.S but thanks for the suggestions

haha :P RXs are in stock eveywhere here

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138 is a good number.

 

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I also understand that black Friday is VERY far away, i just figured getting some ideas on gpu's to look out for now would be good. There's always random sales going on so if i could snag one whenever i would be happy. I also did not go out of my way to upgrade to another fx when ryzen just came out. The deal was offered to me for dirt cheap and i took it. The only way i'll be feasibly upgrading the GPU is on a discounted price else ill be focusing on my next new ryzen build in a year or so. Little has been invested in this system currently and i do not plan on keeping this system as my main one for too long. Thank you for your suggestions.

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31 minutes ago, JDE said:

Get something used. GTX 970? That would be the maximum before insane bottleneck. Or new, GTX 1050Ti. If you want AMD, go R9 390.

@nerdslayer1 That is why this guy says "that would be the maximum before insane bottleneck."

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

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23 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

what 

 

 

show

me 

pls 

amazon

ncix

canada compouters

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138 is a good number.

 

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3 minutes ago, themctipers said:

amazon

ncix

canada compouters

lier, u suk. 

 

 

(jk maybe they are instore, but that doesn't help me out when I have fake paypal wallet money and not cash ) 

Personal build >  New-ish AMD main gaming setup           

   PLEASE QUOTE OR @ ME FOR A RESPONSE xD 

 

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1 minute ago, Megah3rtz said:

lier, u suk. 

 

 

(jk maybe they are instore, but that doesn't help me out when I have fake paypal wallet money and not cash ) 

I am gonna use my opportunity because in my country there is alot of RX stock, except below RX570

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

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My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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1 minute ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

I am gonna use my opportunity because in my country there is alot of RX stock, except below RX570

That warehouse I was talking about a few days ago?

 

One left. Suprised not sold yet.

4 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

lier, u suk. 

 

 

(jk maybe they are instore, but that doesn't help me out when I have fake paypal wallet money and not cash ) 

I've been to amazon, NCIX and mem ex and all I've achieved is I've been price gouged.

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1 minute ago, JDE said:

That warehouse I was talking about a few days ago?

 

One left. Suprised not sold yet.

I've been to amazon, NCIX and mem ex and all I've achieved is I've been price gouged.

Wow dude how can it be? I guess it is a powercolor card

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

Spoiler

My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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Just now, Ordinarily_Greater said:

Wow dude how can it be? I guess it is a powercolor card

Nope GIGABYTE AORUS XTR 8GB

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Full Specs

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Helios EVO (Main):

Intel Core™ i9-10900KF | 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V / Team T-Force DDR4-3000 | GIGABYTE Z590 AORUS ELITE | MSI GAMING X GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB GPU | NZXT H510 | EVGA G5 650W | MasterLiquid ML240L | 2x 2TB HDD | 256GB SX6000 Pro SSD | 3x Corsair SP120 RGB | Fractal Design Venturi HF-14

 

Pacific Spirit XT - Server

Intel Core™ i7-8700K (Won at LTX, signed by Dennis) | GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 5 | 16GB Team Vulcan DDR4-3000 | Intel UrfpsgonHD 630 | Define C TG | Corsair CX450M

 

Delta - Laptop

ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel Core™ i7-11370H | 16GB DDR4 | RTX 3060 | 500GB NVMe SSD | 200W Brick | 65W USB-PD Charger

 


 

Intel is bringing DDR4 to the mainstream with the Intel® Core™ i5 6600K and i7 6700K processors. Learn more by clicking the link in the description below.

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4 minutes ago, JDE said:

Nope GIGABYTE AORUS XTR 8GB

What the flip?! It is better than the windforce and from design obviously better! 

"Make it future proof for some years at least, don't buy "only slightly better" stuff that gets outdated 1 year, that's throwing money away" @pipoawas

 

-Frequencies DON'T represent everything and in many cases that is true (referring to Individual CPU Clocks).

 

Mention me if you want to summon me sooner or later

Spoiler

My head on 2019 :

Note 10, S10, Samsung becomes Apple, Zen 2, 3700X, Renegade X lol

 

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