What graphics card can my 8 year old PC support without too much bottlenecking?

[Zirk]

Specs:

Core i7 960 (1st generation, Bloomfield, stock speed)

Gigabyte X58A-UD7 motherboard (PCIe 2.0 16x slot)

6 GB ram, triple channel

1080p 60 Hz monitor

 

I'm currently using a GTX 770 which could handle League of Legends no problem, but I'm starting to play PUBG and even at low settings it still struggles a bit, so I'd like to upgrade again. I would be interested in a GTX 1070 but with how much more powerful that is than the 770 I'm not sure how serious the bottlenecking may or may not be. Ideally I'd like to be able to upgrade the graphics card and hold out for at least a couple more years before getting a new PC.

 

Thanks for your comments/suggestions.

[Himommies]

used 980ti

[Moress]

3 minutes ago, Himommies said:

used 980ti

If you can find one
Otherwise a 1070 would be the very most Id put in there, probably stick with a 1060 to be safe

[Himommies]

Just now, Moress said:

If you can find one

there are lots on ebay

[tp95112]

Over clock the crap out of that 960. They are still pretty good cpu once overclocked. You're fine with 1060-1070 range of cards

[Moress]

3 minutes ago, Himommies said:

there are lots on ebay

Fair enough, I see a Hybrid on there for $350 which is a good deal. Although an older hybrid card can run into problems with the pump

[ARikozuM]

1070.

[Himommies]

3 minutes ago, Moress said:

Fair enough, I see a Hybrid on there for $350 which is a good deal. Although an older hybrid card can run into problems with the pump

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX-970-FE-with-GTX-980-Ti-Hybrid-Shroud-WaterCooling-/182784808785?hash=item2a8ed2d751:g:0zEAAOSwuD9ZxstZ

350 you say

[Moress]

2 minutes ago, Himommies said:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX-970-FE-with-GTX-980-Ti-Hybrid-Shroud-WaterCooling-/182784808785?hash=item2a8ed2d751:g:0zEAAOSwuD9ZxstZ

350 you say

Thats a 970 with a 980ti's cooler on it

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, Himommies said:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX-970-FE-with-GTX-980-Ti-Hybrid-Shroud-WaterCooling-/182784808785?hash=item2a8ed2d751:g:0zEAAOSwuD9ZxstZ

350 you say

that's a 970 with a 980ti cooler.

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

that's a 970 with a 980ti cooler.

oh

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

yall kno nothing man hes got a i7 960 which is a FIRST GEN friggen i7, that thing is even slower then an FX6300 he will bottleneck a 980gtx so hard and a 970 aswell

 

that thing is probably even necking hes 770gtx already

 

its only like 60% the speed of a 2600k

 

sandy is where intel started shining, before that its quite bollocks still

 

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, Moress said:

Thats a 970 with a 980ti's cooler on it

he can probaly still get one for 250 on craigslist if he lives in a major city or he can just grab a 980

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

its only like 60% the speed of a 2600k

the 960 is around 30 percent slower than the 6700k.If you OC it to 4.2 it's even less

[Moress]

4 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

yall kno nothing man hes got a i7 960 which is a FIRST GEN friggen i7, that thing is even slower then an FX6300

 

You underestimate how slow Piledriver was. A 960 is actually about 15-20% faster than it

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

1 minute ago, Himommies said:

the 960 is around 30 percent slower than the 6700k.If you OC it to 4.2 it's even less

no, no and no

 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-960-vs-Intel-Core-i7-6700K/m778vs3502

 

 

[Himommies]

Just now, Moress said:

You underestimate how slow Piledriver was. A 960 is actually about 15-20% faster than it

much more than that

[Himommies]

Just now, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

no, no and no

 

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-960-vs-Intel-Core-i7-6700K/m778vs3502

 

 

userbenchmark is not reflective of real life performance \

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkhzaBzvp9M

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

i7 960

 

vantage cpu score 5220

 

fx 6350 

 

cpu score 5660

 

 

3d mark vantage is legit

 

a 6700k has

 

cpu score 12320

[Himommies]

Just now, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

i7 960

 

vantage cpu score 5220

 

fx 6350 

 

cpu score 5660

 

 

3d mark vantage is legit

do you know what is more legit

Game Benchmarks

 

[Moress]

2 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

i7 960

 

vantage cpu score 5220

 

fx 6350 

 

cpu score 5660

 

 

3d mark vantage is legit

 

a 6700k has

 

cpu score 12320

You're still using synthetic benches. Which again, often do not reflect real life performance

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

6 minutes ago, Moress said:

You're still using synthetic benches. Which again, often do not reflect real life performance

 

 

OCED 960.

 

this guy is talking about STOCK

 

Core i7 960 (1st generation, Bloomfield, stock speed)

 

OC even necks it hard

 

in any type of scenario where the cpu actually matters that thing will neck u like mad especially on stock

[Himommies]

1 minute ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

 

 

OCED 960.

 

this guy is talking about STOCK

 

Core i7 960 (1st generation, Bloomfield, stock speed)

 

OC even necks it hard

 

in any type of scenario where the cpu actually matters that thing will neck u like mad especially on stock

 

[Himommies]

2 minutes ago, Valkyrie Lenneth said:

 

 

OCED 960.

 

this guy is talking about STOCK

 

Core i7 960 (1st generation, Bloomfield, stock speed)

 

OC even necks it hard

 

in any type of scenario where the cpu actually matters that thing will neck u like mad especially on stock

What is the video supposed to prove?the difference of the FPS in the video is less than 10 percent pls refer to my video which uses a stock 870 which is quite similkar to the 920

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

2 minutes ago, Himommies said:

What is the video supposed to prove?the difference of the FPS in the video is less than 10 percent pls refer to my video which uses a stock 870 which is quite similkar to the 920

the video is necking the card on the cpu on any particle area heavily and u can see that in the vid aswell, 20 to even 30 fps differences on crowded places due to a cpu bottleneck