PC Upgrade: Graphics Card

[NeutralAdrian]

Hello fellow Nerds!

I am looking for a suggestion for my new Graphics card.
It has been recommend to me that the best way to up my FPS in gaming is to get a new graphics card.
I know there are a lot of 1070/1070TI/1080 cards out there and I am not sure which one to go with.
If anyone is willing, I would love some help choosing.
Due to the fact that I am using my Amazon Credit Card for this purchase, I am going to be buying off Amazon only and I intend to buy New.
 

Thanks in advanced for the help.

 

Budget: $600

Current PC info:

• CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K (3.5ghz, not overclocked)
• GPU: MSI Radeon R9 380
• RAM: 16gb, G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series, (4x 4gb)
• MB: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H LGA 1150
• HD: WD Blue 1TB
• SSD: OCZ Trian 100 120GB
• Cooler:Hyper 212 Evo
• PS: EVGA 650 BQ
• Monitors: 2x Acer R240HY bidx 23.8-Inch 1920 x 1080

[hconverse02]

1080, https://pcpartpicker.com/product/v34NnQ/asus-geforce-gtx-1080-8gb-rog-strix-video-card-rog-strix-gtx1080-a8g-gaming. You could get one $100 less somewhere else, and I doubt that just buying on amazon outweighs a $100 saving.

[Vasllo]

This i5 is going to be an increasing bottleneck, you should overclock it to at least 4.5GHz for now and swap for an i7 whenever you can. For this resolution, which I suppose you don't play with both monitor, the 1070 would handle with easy and anything above would be overkill. Unless you plan on buying a better monitor, go with a 1070 and use the rest of the money to get an i7, because quad cores are dying rather quickly. If the budget allows, go with the 1070 Ti + i7. Pretty much any model is going to perform equal, just gotta choose how much you want to pay and which features you want.

[NeutralAdrian]

Thanks a lot @Vasllo

I do not intend to move into better monitors, as for me 1080 60fps is about all I want.
Though I do intend at some point to add a TV mounted to my wall above my desk, for some couch gaming.
I happen to have a couch in my office behind my desk.
So a 4k TV might be in my future as well as VR.

So overclocking my CPU and grabbing a 1070 (1070TI not much more) might be the best bet.
Thanks again!

[Vasllo]

1 minute ago, NeutralAdrian said:

Thanks a lot @Vasllo

I do not intend to move into better monitors, as for me 1080 60fps is about all I want.
Though I do intend at some point to add a TV mounted to my wall above my desk, for some couch gaming.
I happen to have a couch in my office behind my desk.
So a 4k TV might be in my future as well as VR.

So overclocking my CPU and grabbing a 1070 (1070TI not much more) might be the best bet.
Thanks again!

You're welcome, it's a great choice, but it won't drive 4k as well, might need to lower to medium/high settings depending on the game. So in this case, I would rather go with the 1070 Ti if you can squeeze it into the budget with the i7. Overclocking is your friend, my i7 2600k gets a huge improvement just going to 4.5GHz.

[NeutralAdrian]

I think I have Chosen:
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-1070-TI-8G/dp/B076Q6HT34/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1541080700&sr=1-2&keywords=GTX+1070+TI

 

The card looks cool and i like the 3 fan design, given i do not care about the extra noise.
Hopefully i can start running AC: Odyssey at better frames.

[evilmatchbox]

I agree with them.  1080 and likely 1070ti is overkill for 1080p.  1070 is great for high fps 1080p gaming.

[Vasllo]

6 minutes ago, NeutralAdrian said:

I think I have Chosen:
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-1070-TI-8G/dp/B076Q6HT34/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1541080700&sr=1-2&keywords=GTX+1070+TI

 

The card looks cool and i like the 3 fan design, given i do not care about the extra noise.
Hopefully i can start running AC: Odyssey at better frames.

It's a good choice, but your bottleneck on AC is definitely the CPU, this game is a CPU hog. I think it will still bottleneck even overclocked. The i7 2600k barely handles this game at 4.5GHz, so you definitely should get the i7 4770k or 4790k, try to grab one on Ebay.