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PC Graphic Card Upgrade.
on: January 23, 2020, 01:36:00 AM
I recently started looking into graphic cards after reading an article review in Maximum PC in regards to the new Nvidia GeForce 1660 Super cards. After reading that article I decided to look online to start some research. I was curious to see how it stacked up against my current graphic card. My current Asus ROG system dates back to 2013. It has been the best computer I have ever owned...Window 10 upgrade bugs notwithstanding. This computer was a very good system that saw me through 7 years without an upgrade. Amazing that actually. Anyhow, I made the mistake of comparing it to my Geforce GTX 770 graphics card. Yikes, the mid-line 1660 Super wipes the floor of the 770.I guess after 7 years, the 770 is starting to show it age, Some of the newer games are beating it up a little. A quick look at the local stores, and I decided to buy it from Amazon. I think I got a great deal on an Asus EVO 1660 Super graphics card...which should come in before the end of the month (the local retailers couldn't even come close to the price). What is there not to like. It seems this newer card will run with less power and thus cooler, and is quite a lot faster for 1080p gaming than my older card. Furthermore, it is cheaper than the 1660 Ti , and comes to within 5% performance of the more expensive card. 6GBs of memory compared to my 770's 2 GB of onboard RAM. The price is right as I know not to spend a fortune on graphic cards like I used to do in the past.

I have never opened this case in 7 years...and will be quite curious to see what is inside, especially as I used to assemble my own systems in the past.
« Last Edit: January 23, 2020, 01:52:29 AM by Chako »
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Re: PC Graphic Card Upgrade.
Reply #1 on: January 23, 2020, 08:44:33 AM
Personally I'd be looking at other components before graphics on a 7 year old PC.

Obviously it's slightly different in a desktop where you have lots of options whereas a laptop is very limited (in the end I opted for an Nvidia 1650 equipped laptop)

There are some blazing fast SSDs on the market now compared to before, and the prices aren't so insane for a reasonable sized system disk, probably a good idea to stick with traditional disks for extended storage. Maxing out your ram also may make a big difference. A newer more efficient power supply, not to mention a good cleanup and possibly replacement of any cooling fans, or hell go all in and switch to watercooling...
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Re: PC Graphic Card Upgrade.
Reply #2 on: January 23, 2020, 02:18:11 PM
Quote from: Chako on January 23, 2020, 01:36:00 AM
I recently started looking into graphic cards after reading an article review in Maximum PC in regards to the new Nvidia GeForce 1660 Super cards. After reading that article I decided to look online to start some research. I was curious to see how it stacked up against my current graphic card. My current Asus ROG system dates back to 2013. It has been the best computer I have ever owned...Window 10 upgrade bugs notwithstanding. This computer was a very good system that saw me through 7 years without an upgrade. Amazing that actually. Anyhow, I made the mistake of comparing it to my Geforce GTX 770 graphics card. Yikes, the mid-line 1660 Super wipes the floor of the 770.I guess after 7 years, the 770 is starting to show it age, Some of the newer games are beating it up a little. A quick look at the local stores, and I decided to buy it from Amazon. I think I got a great deal on an Asus EVO 1660 Super graphics card...which should come in before the end of the month (the local retailers couldn't even come close to the price). What is there not to like. It seems this newer card will run with less power and thus cooler, and is quite a lot faster for 1080p gaming than my older card. Furthermore, it is cheaper than the 1660 Ti , and comes to within 5% performance of the more expensive card. 6GBs of memory compared to my 770's 2 GB of onboard RAM. The price is right as I know not to spend a fortune on graphic cards like I used to do in the past.

I have never opened this case in 7 years...and will be quite curious to see what is inside, especially as I used to assemble my own systems in the past.


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Re: PC Graphic Card Upgrade.
Reply #3 on: January 23, 2020, 02:25:27 PM
Quote from: Whoey on January 23, 2020, 08:44:33 AM
Personally I'd be looking at other components before graphics on a 7 year old PC.

Obviously it's slightly different in a desktop where you have lots of options whereas a laptop is very limited (in the end I opted for an Nvidia 1650 equipped laptop)

There are some blazing fast SSDs on the market now compared to before, and the prices aren't so insane for a reasonable sized system disk, probably a good idea to stick with traditional disks for extended storage. Maxing out your ram also may make a big difference. A newer more efficient power supply, not to mention a good cleanup and possibly replacement of any cooling fans, or hell go all in and switch to watercooling...

Excellent advice, SSDs recently came down in price, they are now affordable even here, and running your OS from one of those transform an old PC  :salute:

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Re: PC Graphic Card Upgrade.
Reply #4 on: January 24, 2020, 01:18:40 AM
I already have an SSD as my main drive. My CPU is an i7 4770k. Got 16Gb of RAM. If I need to upgrade my system...then I would have to see what motherboard I have, etc. The Graphics card is a big boost to my primary use of my computer...gaming. Might start upgrading piece by piece...or not. I have been truly happy with my Asus ROG system.
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Re: PC Graphic Card Upgrade.
Reply #5 on: January 24, 2020, 07:02:08 PM
I already had an SSD when I replaced it with a newer one, guess what, it was a lot faster. Check the benchmarks  :tu:

Read and write speeds have improved a lot.

Yes, graphics card will change a lot, make sure your power supply is up to it, also check the newer high efficiency ones.
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Re: PC Graphic Card Upgrade.
Reply #6 on: January 25, 2020, 12:34:10 AM
If the power supply can handle a 770...it will handle a newer less power hungry video card. As for a newer SSD...that is a good suggestion.

I think I will look at everything else when I get the video card. I do not know what motherboard I have, etc... Guess that might change when I break the warranty seals on the case. I have several canned air containers for the dust.  :ahhh
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Re: PC Graphic Card Upgrade.
Reply #7 on: January 25, 2020, 03:22:03 AM
You were not kidding...big advances in regards to SSD.  :ahhh
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Re: PC Graphic Card Upgrade.
Reply #8 on: January 25, 2020, 01:32:11 PM
Quote from: Chako on January 25, 2020, 03:22:03 AM
You were not kidding...big advances in regards to SSD.  :ahhh
Yeah, the new best are literally 10x faster than the old.
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Re: PC Graphic Card Upgrade.
Reply #9 on: January 26, 2020, 09:27:37 PM
Video card should be in mid week.
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