Upgrading Worth it on my Machine

[mtb211]

Hi Guys!

My specs are out of date. I have a 6600k @ 3.6GHZ , 16 GB Gskill DDR4 Ram, Power supply is the same, this is my motherboard GPU-/MB - MB - GIGABYTE GA-P55-USB3

My current Video Card is an ASUS STRIX GeForce GTX 960 Overclocked 4 GB DDR5 128-bit . I started playing Rainbow Six siege on the PC and it looks like a super nintendo game. Is there a card you could recommend so I could vastly improve my experience. I was looking at the GTX 1080 which was supposed to be 580 but because of mining is almost double the price.

Thanks!

 

[mtb211]

How about this card?

http://www.microcenter.com/product/...clocked_8G_Dual-Fan_8GB_GDDR5_PCIe_Video_Card

 

[beers]

I wouldn't really say that's out of date although you might be mistaken on that board since it's a LGA1156 one and wouldn't be compatible with the 6600k.

The card you listed isn't too bad, although the 960 should be able to handle a reasonable amount of detail on Siege.

 

[_Kyle_]

Well, the 1080 is way faster than a RX 580. A GTX 1060 6GB is about the equivalent of a RX 580, so maybe consider get that. I really wouldn't get anything more than a GTX 1070 for Siege. The CPU like @beers said is fine.

 

[Agent Smith]

Yeah, that CPU is more than capable. I have an i5 myself and it works well without even over clocking. I might upgrade to a 6700 though.

The recommended GPU is a GTX 670. So I'm not sure why you have such poor performance. Have you messed with its settings and/or tried a new GPU driver? Is it updated?

 

[mtb211]

Hi Guys,

Yeah my motherboard model was listed wrong lol. You guys are the best! I will try tweaking the settings.... It said my RAM usage was at 4 GB / 4 GB and I did not want to tweak with it too much.

My drivers are up to date. I will mess with the settings and get back to you. Thanks!

 

[beers]

You can lower some of the MSAA/FXAA and texture settings. If it's pegged on VRAM it's not going to perform well.

 

[gillmanjr]

If you have an adequate power supply and depending on how cheap you can find one... buy a second 960 and SLI it.

A single GTX 1080 is surely faster than two 960s in SLI but it would also be more than twice the price.