My PC is getting on a little, it’s running on an i7-4790k, 16gb ddr4, and a GTX 970. right now, it’s struggling some in most games even though I don’t play any triple A titles. What would be a sensible upgrade that wouldn’t get totally bottlenecked by the CPU?

In most games I’m playing the CPU is pinned at around 25% while my card is maxed at 100% 3d and vmem usage so I’m fairly sure it’s just my card that’s the main limiting factor.

  • Lemmenmo@lemmy.worldM
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    7 months ago

    If you’re looking second hand :
    Nvidia: 2060 or better
    AMD : 6600xt or better.

    I wouldn’t bother with older generations at this point, I’d also be a touch hesitant to go with much newer, unless you’re willing to bring the GPU forward to your next build.

    • DavLemmyHav@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 months ago

      Had a 2060 and 4790k, ran most games fine, and only in cyberpunk was i stuck with 40fps because of the cpu. Otherwise its a good combo