petehowell57 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Hi folks Asked this question on another forum, but had no replies, so thought I would ask my fellow simmers at ORBX. I have an (antiquated ?) i7 920 running at just over 4GHz together with a GTX 480. I can't afford to change the processor/motherboard, but I am looking at upgrading the GTX 480. I run DX10 and I wish to try P3D. There are many (nearly new) 770's out there at the moment at reasonable prices, although I could afford a GTX 970.. Do you think the latter would be a good move for me, or would the present processor throttle any advantages? Any suggestions gratefully received. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 If you want to move to P3D a better GPU would definitely help but I think that 1st gen I7 920 you have is almost 5 years old now. I'd be a bit nervous that the CPU would just become a bottleneck for something like a 970 and you'd be facing different problems. Others with more knowledge here will hopefully be able to give you more complete advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaboki Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I agree with hobnobs, I also think only upgrading the GPU expecially such a big leap from a 480 to 970 could make your old CPU becoming a bottleneck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CptMatt Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Agree with the above, also a 770 is basically a 680 in an updated box so you may find a second hand 680 is even cheaper. The foundation of your computer is the mobo / cpu so start here. I imagine you could upgrade to a second hand sandy / ivy bridge i5 (k) pretty cheaply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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