Need help for upgrading

Granpin · 22 Apr 2018 at 07:17

What would you upgrade to increase my fps?

Currently running triple 24 inch monitors in 5760 x 1080
i5 4690k
8 gigs of ram
Gigabyte z97x-sli
R9 280x
I Also have two of the 280x cards but my son is using the other.

My choices are upgrading to a GTX 1060 gpu or upgrading my CPU, motherboard and ram to an i5 8400 and 16 gigs.

Mainly play R6 Siege and occasionally fortnite.

With my setup now I get steady 60fps
With medium settings but I'd like to achieve high or ultra high.

TiA

orbitalwalsh · 22 Apr 2018 at 07:46

Push gtx 1070 is you can

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Inno3D GeForce GTX 1070 HerculeZ Twin X2 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £398.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070Ti Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £458.99

Total: £868.48 (includes shipping: £10.50)

Worth slapping in another 8GB of ram to

tamzzy · 22 Apr 2018 at 10:13

Agreed with @orbitalwalsh . GPU is first to be upgraded.
Don't forget 3x 1080p screens is 75% of 4k. That's a lot of pixels to push.
Then another 2*4gb set of ddr3 ram bought second hand.
Then a used 4790k and you have a very decent mid/high-end computer.

Granpin · 23 Apr 2018 at 03:08

Yeah I could get a 1070 or 1080 but for the games I play is it worth it, and for twice the price do you get twice the speed? Is it that much of an advantage? I could also upgrade the ram easily enough, so I'll probably do that too. Thanks for the replies, I've chosen to upgrade my GPU and Ram, I believe my CPU is good for another year and after that I can hand it down to my son or daughter.

JediFragger · 23 Apr 2018 at 05:32

Granpin said:
Is it that much of an advantage?

If you were running just 1 1080p monitor then you could get away with a 1060, but with gaming on 3 of them you'll need something more powerful for sure.

Granpin · 23 Apr 2018 at 05:45

JediFragger said:
If you were running just 1 1080p monitor then you could get away with a 1060.

???
I'm already running my 280x on medium settings with the 3 monitors just fine and ultra settings on 1 monitor no problem as well, so I would think a 1060 should be a considerable upgrade?

orbitalwalsh · 23 Apr 2018 at 07:18

Would personally choose gtx 1070 . Then you'll be running High across 3 screens with 60hz . 70Ti would increase lowest/average frame rate

Seems deal running from today on the 70ti

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070Ti Gaming 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £439.99

Total: £449.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)

tamzzy · 23 Apr 2018 at 18:35

Granpin said:
???
I'm already running my 280x on medium settings with the 3 monitors just fine and ultra settings on 1 monitor no problem as well, so I would think a 1060 should be a considerable upgrade?

1060 6gb is the minimum i'd advise on. but it's only about 50% faster than a 280x - not worth the upgrade.
definitely 1070ti recommended - this will be a much better upgrade and will run 3x1080p ultra probably.

Granpin · 24 Apr 2018 at 03:02

tamzzy said:
1060 6gb is the minimum i'd advise on. but it's only about 50% faster than a 280x - not worth the upgrade.
definitely 1070ti recommended - this will be a much better upgrade and will run 3x1080p ultra probably.

Awesome. Thanks for the recommendations

orbitalwalsh · 24 Apr 2018 at 06:56

Think that gigabyte is on deal till Wednesday

Granpin · 24 Apr 2018 at 13:35

I'm in Canada.

orbitalwalsh · 24 Apr 2018 at 13:48

Granpin said:
I'm in Canada.

Canadian bought gtx 1070/70ti it is then