GPU Change

[steve jones]

Hey guys, I bought this a few years ago


COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (£82)
Change to: COOLERMASTER CM690 MKII ADVANCED CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7-870 Quad Core (2.93GHz, 8MB Cache) + Turbo Boost
Motherboard ASUS® P7P55D-E PRO: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ / SLI SUPPORT
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX465 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX465 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
3rd Graphics Card NONE
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
3rd Hard Disk NONE
4th Hard Disk NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling INTEL SOCKET LGA1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Monitor IIYAMA E2271HDS 22" LED WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D FULL HD 1920x1080 (£149)
2nd Monitor NONE
3rd Monitor NONE
4th Monitor NONE
DVI-D & HDMI Monitor Cables NONE
Eyefinity / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse NONE
Speakers NONE
Webcam NONE
Headsets NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 12 working days


And I was thinking of upgrading to one gtx 760 but was wondering if I needed to change anything else and if it was a worthy upgrade! Thanks for any help in advance!

 

[keynes]

Nothing to change, your motherboard and PSU will support the gtx 760.

 

[mantadog]

Yeah it will work just fine, and it should result in a nice performance boost.

 

[steve jones]

By a large portion, I mean I want to play most games at max setting 1080p. Do you think it's worth the £220?

 

[wowcraftify]

The 760 was nvidia's replacement for the 660ti which runs most new games maxed out (metro last light and such bring it down to 20fps) so it should be a big upgrade. Even if you don't max all of them it'll only be case of lowering AA or something.

 

[bigben]

I would say so, nearly as good as a GTX 670 but quite a lot cheaper. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-760-review-gk104,3542-9.html

 

[steve jones]

A friend has said the 770 is the best buy value for money? Any credence to that statement?.

 

[keynes]

A friend has said the 770 is the best buy value for money? Any credence to that statement?.

It depends on your budget and how much you value the card for your intended use. Check benchmarks online for the games you are interested and see what is the most suitable gpu.

 

[mantadog]

A GTX 770 is a really sweet card but obviously costs more, a GTX 760 will crank out very respectable FPS, the review i'm looking at here says 45FPS for crisis on 'very high' pre-set with the GTX 770 cranking out an impressive 56 FPS on the same settings. Value for money wise I would say a GTX 760 is still better value for money.