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Upgrading my desktop computer with new graphics card. Is it advisable?


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Hi,

 

I have a desktop computer that is about 5-6 years old with these specs:

 

ASUS P9X79

Intel Core i7-3820 Processor

Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9

Corsair HX 850W PSU

HIS Radeon HD 7950 3GB

 

I was planning on upgrading this desktop a bit, but the store where I bought the computer say that there is not very much to do. They only suggested buying a new graphics card; the GeForce GTX 1060.

 

In relation to DCS - would you recommend me buying the GeForce GTX 1060 or is it not advisable? Will it have any noticeable effect or will one of the other parts just be a bottleneck?

 

Is it possible to upgrade the CPU as well or is it correct what the store said, that this is not possible?

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What is your monitor resolution and refresh rate? What are you trying to achieve with your update?

 

Upgrading CPU on your current mobo does not really make sense. You might want to check if you can overclock your current i7-3820.

 

I have a older system based on Asus P9X79 and i7-3930K and GTX 980 and it is actually still quite good on 1920x1080 resolution.

 

I would advice GTX 1070 (or GTX1070Ti) instead of 1060, but that depends of course on your available funds and if you are aiming better than 1080p @ 60Hz.

 

Do you have a SSD in your system? If not, you should definitely get one together with new graphics card if you update.

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I have a Samsung S24B300H 1920 x 1080 Monitor. I believe the refresh rate is 60Hz?

 

Yes, I have a SSD HDD in this system.

 

I am not familiar at all on how to overclock and I basically only have an opinion (from my childhood days) that doing so can do more harm than good...?

 

With the upgrade I was planning on achieve a better performance and/or being able to use a bit higher quality setting in DCS. Especially now that DCS 2.5 is getting closer to release.

 

The recommended system requirements as far as I can see is:

 

OS 64-bit Windows 7/8/10

DirectX11

CPU: Core i5+

RAM: 16GB

Hard disk space: 30 GB

Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX780 / ATI R9 290 DirectX11 or better.

 

Looking at these stats I see that my computer meets all those demands except the video card. Although I do suspect that the suggested Core i5+ is better than my Core i7, I was thinking that it perhaps was not too bad? I do have 16 GB of RAM, but the current graphics card is not the best. Upgrading to a GTX 1060 would put my computer closer to, or above, the recommended system requirements. Or am I wrong?

 

At least when I look at http://www.videocardbenchmark.net the GTX 1060 appear to be better than the suggested GTX780?

 

Upgrading to a GTX 1070 or even better is pricey. I also suspect that my CPU then would be a bottleneck so that the GTX1070 would not be used at its peak performance anyway...?

 

Perhaps the GTX 1060 would lift my computers performance at an affordable price?

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The gtx1060 has more or less the same performance as the GTX970, and the older card could be cheaper if bought second hand, like I did with mine. Either would be about twice as powerful as your current card.

 

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So basically, I can conclude that there will be a performance boost/upgrade to buy the mentioned GTX 1060 card? At least until I've saved enough for a new computer :)

 

 

Yes, your processor is still quite powerful, just upgrading the GPU will give a considerable fps improvement and you can still keep the new GPU for when you upgrad ethe rest of the PC.

 

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For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600X - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia GTX1070ti - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar - Oculus Rift CV1

Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB

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I have just one more question. I was considering a further upgrade to the GTX 1070 card instead of the 1060.

 

Would that be too much for my computer do you think or would it be ok?

 

When saying "too much" I'm thinking that perhaps the GTX 1070 would not be able to perform towards its peak performance due to my CPU for example.

 

What do you think? Would it be an even better upgrade than the GTX 1060 or am I just wasting my money doing so...?

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