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Hello guys!

Looking for Graphics card upgrade, but I don't know what to get.

It needs to be something that I can play the outcoming games on medium settings at least, and play R6 and Rust on a Medium/high with good fps

 

My current specs are 

i7 3770K

16  Gigs of RAM

MSI Z77A-G45 GAMING (MS-7752) (SOCKET 0)

2047 MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 MSI

 

Any suggestions are welcome


Hopefully, you guys can help out.

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I'd stick to 1060s and RX 580s. The 1070ti is the current value king, but out of budget. The 1070 is just a bad buy at its current price. Consider the 1070 if it drops below $380.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, alex4477 said:

Do the GB matter

VRAM? it's better to look at GPU and VRAM as a whole. For example, GTX 1060 3gb is quite a bit worse than 1060 6gb, while RX 580 4gb is just a little bit worse than RX 580 8GB.

 

2 minutes ago, alex4477 said:

the Manufacture matter a lot?

This affects warranty, and to some extent cooling and noise levels.

 

what country are you in?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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2 minutes ago, alex4477 said:

@Jurrunio Okay ill be on the lookout! Thanks

Do the GB matter and the Manufacture matter a lot? and is there something you can recommend? 

Anything 4GB and up. You can save a buck with the Rx 580 4GB. Otherwise go with the 1060 6GB or RX 580 8GB depending on if you have freesync or not 

 

Just avoid the Armor models of GPUs from i think it was MSI.

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22 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

VRAM? it's better to look at GPU and VRAM as a whole. For example, GTX 1060 3gb is quite a bit worse than 1060 6gb, while RX 580 4gb is just a little bit worse than RX 580 8GB.

 

This affects warranty, and to some extent cooling and noise levels.

 

what country are you in?

Denmark

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24 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Anything 4GB and up. You can save a buck with the Rx 580 4GB. Otherwise go with the 1060 6GB or RX 580 8GB depending on if you have freesync or not 

 

Just avoid the Armor models of GPUs from i think it was MSI.

So an optimal option would be something like a 
Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix ? 

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8 minutes ago, alex4477 said:

Denmark

so you do get all the typical brands.

 

EVGA has the best warranty service among Nvidia cards, and they do well in cooling.

Sapphire is just like EVGA, though a smaller company and for AMD cards only.

Asus does in cooling and customer service, though pricey.

Gigabyte (aorus) cards have fans that get loud at a lower RPM, so models with bigger coolers are preferred. Warranty service is fine.

MSI is similar to Gigabyte, with excessive use of their dragon badge.

 

There are other smaller names, and they do sacrifice customer service for cheaper prices, as expected.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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