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    Best GPU For Old Desktop

    Discussion in 'Desktop Hardware' started by RefinedPower, Jan 16, 2017.

  1. RefinedPower

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    HI All, I built a desktop for my brother back in 2011. It currently has a EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1 GB GDDR5. His birthday is just around the corner, so I was thinking about getting him an upgraded GPU. I'm curious though, whats the best you think I can get him (within a $200 budget) before its bottlenecked by the CPU? The CPU is a AMD CPU HDZ955FBGMBOX Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition.

    I put a SilverStone 600W Power Supply ST60F-ES (Black) in the desktop when I built it, so there should be some headroom to increase the power draw a little.

    The Mobo is an Asus M4A87TD with one PCI 2.0 x16 slot in it, would PCI 3.0 cards work or would they be bottlenecked by bandwidth limitations?
     
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  3. RefinedPower

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    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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  5. RefinedPower

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    Do you think the system will be able to take advantage of a 1060 6gb? I guess I assumed the Phenom II X4 955 BE would be a bottleneck, but if you think games will be able to take advantage of the full 1060 6GB im all for that!
     
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    It really depends on the game. Sucky answer but true.
     
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  7. i_pk_pjers_i

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    It will be a bottleneck, and games will still be able to take advantage of it.
     
    i_pk_pjers_i, Jan 17, 2017
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    1050 Ti! I was running a 750 Ti until it died recently. 1050 Ti seems to be the best bang for the buck efficient GPU.
     
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