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Worth upgrading video card?

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Dfresh

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I've been toying around with the idea of upgrading my current video card or just building a new system. The performance I get currently is acceptable, but wondering if I'd see much improvement on the gaming side if I were to upgrade. Below is the current hardware. I don't have a preference on nvidia or ATI. Also know crossfire is out due to the ports not running at the same speed on my board. Thanks

Asrock M3A770DE
AMD Athlon II X4 630
8GB Memory
Powercolor 1GB ATI Radeon HD5770
 
How much is your budget? I suggest you upgrade the CPU and GPU, a X6 1090T with GTX 760 will give you huge performance increase if you don't want to build a new system.
 
I don't really have a set budget, but was wondering if I'd see much performance improvements with a GPU upgrade in the $200 range.
 
a GPU upgrade in the $200 (used GTX 670) range will give you ~ 3x to 4x the performance of your current HD 5770 but the CPU will hold you back. Get a Phenom II X6/X4 and a GTX 660 which will cost you around ~ $250 and you will see a healthy boost in all games. I really don't want to recommend any AMD/ATI GPU since their price is currently over inflated due to mining business.
 
I would get a AMD card that supports Mantle myself that has GCN as you may feel left out when it releases on BF 4..
 
Dfresh said:
I've been toying around with the idea of upgrading my current video card or just building a new system. The performance I get currently is acceptable, but wondering if I'd see much improvement on the gaming side if I were to upgrade. Below is the current hardware. I don't have a preference on nvidia or ATI. Also know crossfire is out due to the ports not running at the same speed on my board. Thanks

Asrock M3A770DE
AMD Athlon II X4 630
8GB Memory
Powercolor 1GB ATI Radeon HD5770
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I upgraded to an HD 5870 from an HD 5770 2 years ago and that was a big difference. I upgraded again late last December from the HD 5870 to GTX 760 and that was a big difference. So yeah you will notice a difference unless you are playing flash based games or are already getting 60 FPS on the games you currently play and plan to play.
 
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