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

submitted 7 months ago by DrownedRats@lemmy.world to c/buildapc@lemmy.world

16 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Lemmenmo@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If you're looking second hand :
Nvidia: 2060 or better
AMD : 6600xt or better.

I wouldn't bother with older generations at this point, I'd also be a touch hesitant to go with much newer, unless you're willing to bring the GPU forward to your next build.

[-] DavLemmyHav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

Had a 2060 and 4790k, ran most games fine, and only in cyberpunk was i stuck with 40fps because of the cpu. Otherwise its a good combo

this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2024

12 points (92.9% liked)

Buildapc

3790 readers

4 users here now

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

Lemmenmo@lemmy.world