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Hey Guys so this is the computer I've owned for about 3 years now. I only use it for gaming.
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The only thing that's diff. is instead of the ATI Radeon HD 3870, it has 2 512mb NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTs. For some reason, the other day both of the graphic cards gave out on me, I was wondering if I should upgrade them and to what. If I do upgrade them I'll only be able to buy one and be on a budget of about 120$. I don't really play graphic heavy games, I only play games like CS:GO, LoL, Hearthstone. If anyone could help me I'd really appreciate it. Thanks
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The only thing that's diff. is instead of the ATI Radeon HD 3870, it has 2 512mb NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTs. For some reason, the other day both of the graphic cards gave out on me, I was wondering if I should upgrade them and to what. If I do upgrade them I'll only be able to buy one and be on a budget of about 120$. I don't really play graphic heavy games, I only play games like CS:GO, LoL, Hearthstone. If anyone could help me I'd really appreciate it. Thanks
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if you had both go out at the same time i would be careful with what you put in it in the future stuff like bad power supplys can really f up your computer. and it would be better if you upgraded your graphics cardi would look for something around the nvidia 670 series if your going for a cheaper card
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I would look at upgrading to something like an HD 7000 series or something.
Picked my HD 7770 Ghosts Recon Edition up for like £40 or something. Runs everything perfectly on mid to high specs.
Probably look at upgrading the entire PC though matey Intel Core Duo's are dead, look for an AMD FX-6300 or something runs quite hot so also look for water cooling. Can pick up the Corsair H55 for like £50 which cools very well.
Picked my HD 7770 Ghosts Recon Edition up for like £40 or something. Runs everything perfectly on mid to high specs.
Probably look at upgrading the entire PC though matey Intel Core Duo's are dead, look for an AMD FX-6300 or something runs quite hot so also look for water cooling. Can pick up the Corsair H55 for like £50 which cools very well.
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No. Upgrade the case and PSU before anything. Then, upgrade CPU and motherboard. Broadwell is coming very soon. If you want, you could wait for Skylake or Zen and hold on to the Q6600 for another few months but it is an old chip. GTX 670 and HD7000 series are both poor choices since they're old cards. HD7770 is fairly low-end now, was a good entry level card when it was first released but it's old. AMD's 300 series are coming within the next month, so it's worth spending your money now on PSU, and case upgrades and then saving for one of the new AMD cards, then save for a CPU/mobo upgrade and add an SSD at some point.
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First off all he did was ask if he should upgrade his GPU..
OP: Yes upgrade it.
OP: Yes upgrade it.
would look at upgrading to something like an HD 7000 series or something.
Picked my HD 7770 Ghosts Recon Edition up for like £40 or something. Runs everything perfectly on mid to high specs.
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Saulle wrote First off all he did was ask if he should upgrade his GPU..
OP: Yes upgrade it.would look at upgrading to something like an HD 7000 series or something.
Picked my HD 7770 Ghosts Recon Edition up for like £40 or something. Runs everything perfectly on mid to high specs.
No. He should not upgrade his GPU at all. He has a pre-built. The case is bad, the PSU will also be poor, unless he's already upgraded it. Both of these should be upgraded first. HD7770 will absolutely not run everything at med-high settings, not at 1080p anyway.
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