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Upgrading my PC

  • 14-06-2013 11:29am
    #1
    LandonRicketts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 398 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Being unimpressed by the Xbone and PS4 i've decided to put that money into getting more ram and a new graphics card for my PC. I currently have a 1GB 460 GTX and was wondering if anyone has any advice on what to upgrade to? My budget is 300 approx. for the graphics card.

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    uncle_sam_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,191 ✭✭✭uncle_sam_ie


    What are the specs of your PC?
    What OS?
    Is it a pre built from the likes of Dell?


  • #3
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Yes, we need to know more about your system. For all we know upgrading the card would be useless. It mightn't be worth it if you CPU is bad. Your PSU mightn't give enough power. It mightn't fit your case, etc etc.

    Having said all that, the 460 is still a decent card. It was a fantastic overclocked too IIRC. Almost 20% real time gains in in game FPS when overclocked. Have you thought about that?


  • #4
    LandonRicketts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 398 ✭✭LandonRicketts


    its a build i made myself

    specs are:

    EDIT: got the more detailed specs here. Had to dig up my old order email!:

    4GB-Kit Corsair Valueselect DDR3-1333 CL9
    Gainward GeForce GTX 460 Golden Sample, 1024MB DDR5, HDMI, DVI
    Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3, Intel P55, ATX, DDR3, PCI-Express
    Intel Core i5-760 Box 8192Kb, LGA1156
    Corsair TX650W 650 Watt


  • #5
    Gumbi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭Gumbi


    Hmm. Have you overclocked your CPU? I think, for now, I would overclock you graphics card as much as possible and last as long as you can on that. You have a pretty balanced system whereby a GPU upgrade would help, but not as much as waiting for a while more whole overclocking to fill that gap.


  • #6
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    I'd find a bit of money for an SSD too.


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