bottleneck?

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wisyakman

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I have an
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 3.0 GHz,
2x2 GB dual channel DDR2 ram,
ATI Radeon HD 4800 GPU.

I built this system over 5 years ago, the only problem with it is it wont play the newer games anymore. I was wondering is it worth upgrading my graphics card or will there be a performance bottleneck with the allowed ram or cpu?
Thanks

Oh and I will upgrade my power supply if needed, its an Cooler Master V850 - 850W Power Supply modular
 
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Hi!

That will depend on what video card you have in mind? One of the higher end video cards will definite bottleneck.

I belive an Nvidia GTX 750 or 750 TI will work though. Get the 2 gigabyte version. Or ( But I can't bet on, it conserning any eventual bottleneck? ) A Radeon HD 7850 2 gigabyte or an R7 265. But then at least you will have an o.k. midrange, gaming card for the next hardware upgrades.

Tip. Asus, Gigabyte and MSI, makes cards that have great and silent cooling systems.
 
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I would go for a RAM upgrade first, and if you can't, then get a new motherboard while your at it. Then think about going to a midrange card. What games do you play? If you play the newest triple A titles, then your ram will slow you down if you go for something like a r7 250x.
 
Don't bother upgrading your graphics card if you don't upgrade your CPU also. You're going to get seriously bottlenecked by an old dual core. You want probably a 750TI or higher video card wise and the newest generation i3 or an FX 4300 or higher.
 
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