What's the best graphics card thats worth getting to upgrade an older PC? (lemmy.world)

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My PC is getting on a little, it's running on an i7-4790k, 16gb ddr4, and a GTX 970. right now, it's struggling some in most games even though I don't play any triple A titles. What would be a sensible upgrade that wouldn't get totally bottlenecked by the CPU?

In most games I'm playing the CPU is pinned at around 25% while my card is maxed at 100% 3d and vmem usage so I'm fairly sure it's just my card that's the main limiting factor.

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[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You are me 1 year ago.

I have a 4790k w/16GB ddr 4 and I upgraded from a GTX 970 to a RTX3060 and had a lot of luck.

Something in that range would probably work well.

[-] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

That 3060 will work great in your next pc that has pcie4 or 5

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

So I thought about that, which was why I got it actually. An upgrade for that PC that would be a good stopgap on my next.

I just ended up giving that PC to my son and building a new one entirely, bought another 3060 for it as a good stopgap LOL

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