Need help about upgrading my GPU.

[Lil Kitty]

I would like to purchase a GTX 1060 for my PC, but I do not know if I would need to upgrade anything else with it or not. Here are my specs right now:
GPU - AMD Radeon R7 240
CPU - AMD FX-4300 Quad Core Processor 3.8 GHz
RAM - 8.00 GB
PSU - 350 Watt

Q1: Will my CPU bottleneck the GTX 1060?
Q2: Even though the GTX 1060 reccommends a 400 Watt PSU, would I be able to get away with just using my 350 watt PSU?
Q3: Is there anything else I should know about my PC before buying the GTX 1060?

[Lil Kitty]

Цитата допису upcoast:

Цитата допису FlippyCatt:

Thanks for all the advice guys! Here is what I'm going to do as of now, let me know if you disagree. I'll get the GTX 1060 and I'll also upgrade my PSU to a 520 Watt just to be safe. In a few months, I will look into possibly upgrading my CPU and motherboard if I have too. Sound good? BTW my pc was a pre-built pc from cyberpower i got about a year ago.

That changes things a little ^, if you truly are going to swap platforms to an intel or rysen based system then an Rx480 8GB would be a better idea, in general the 480 8GB has better DX12/Vulkan support than the gtx1060.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/73945-gtx-1060-vs-rx-480-updated-review.html

^

[upcoast]

Цитата допису FlippyCatt:

Ok so you think i should get a RX 480 instead? It would still be a significant upgrade from my current GPU right?

The Rx 480 would be a huge upgrade from the r7 240.

You will need a new psu Seasonic bronze 520w or 620w can usually be got on sale for a good price and are good quality psus.

Again, if you are changing out the cpu platform later on this year yes get the RX480 8GB but if you have no intention of swapping out the current FX4300 stay with the gtx1060 6GB idea.

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=52174&promoid=1454

Seasonic 620w $48 -$5mir you can't go wrong. ^

[Lil Kitty]

Цитата допису upcoast:

Цитата допису FlippyCatt:

Ok so you think i should get a RX 480 instead? It would still be a significant upgrade from my current GPU right?

The Rx 480 would be a huge upgrade from the r7 240.

You will need a new psu Seasonic bronze 520w or 620w can usually be got on sale for a good price and are good quality psus.

Again, if you are changing out the cpu platform later on this year yes get the RX480 8GB but if you have no intention of swapping out the current FX4300 stay with the gtx1060 6GB idea.

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=52174&promoid=1454

Seasonic 620w $48 -$5mir you can't go wrong. ^

Thanks for explaining it for me :) but why should i not get the gtx 1060 if i upgrade my cpu later on?

[upcoast]

Цитата допису FlippyCatt:

Цитата допису upcoast:

The Rx 480 would be a huge upgrade from the r7 240.

You will need a new psu Seasonic bronze 520w or 620w can usually be got on sale for a good price and are good quality psus.

Again, if you are changing out the cpu platform later on this year yes get the RX480 8GB but if you have no intention of swapping out the current FX4300 stay with the gtx1060 6GB idea.

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=52174&promoid=1454

Seasonic 620w $48 -$5mir you can't go wrong. ^

Thanks for explaining it for me :) but why should i not get the gtx 1060 if i upgrade my cpu later on?

https://uk.hardware.info/reviews/6142/2/gta-v-performance-review-take-3-how-well-does-the-game-perform-with-an-amd-cpu-testnresultsn--1920x1080-medium

Worst ^ case scenario if you did not swap out the FX4300 and put an AMD GPU on it in a cpu demanding game, you would get a higher FPS with an NVidia gpu, AMD gpus use more driver api or whatever it's called so that doesn't mix well with amd cpus being weaker IPC (instruction per cycle), Rysen has gotten better but FX series is weak on the single core IPC.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_ryzen_7_1700x_review,10.html

Look at single thread Cinebench R15^ the better than yours FX8370 is quite far behind intel and Ryzen.

That's why you try to avoid amd gpus on older FX cpus.

Ps, but if you're going to swap the cpu out later get the RX480 it has better all around DX12/Vulkan support over the GTX1060.

[Generation X SMURF]

Цитата допису upcoast:

Цитата допису FlippyCatt:

Thanks for explaining it for me :) but why should i not get the gtx 1060 if i upgrade my cpu later on?

https://uk.hardware.info/reviews/6142/2/gta-v-performance-review-take-3-how-well-does-the-game-perform-with-an-amd-cpu-testnresultsn--1920x1080-medium

Worst ^ case scenario if you did not swap out the FX4300 and put an AMD GPU on it in a cpu demanding game, you would get a higher FPS with an NVidia gpu, AMD gpus use more driver api or whatever it's called so that doesn't mix well with amd cpus being weaker IPC (instruction per cycle), Rysen has gotten better but FX series is weak on the single core IPC.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_ryzen_7_1700x_review,10.html

Look at single thread Cinebench R15^ the better than yours FX8370 is quite far behind intel and Ryzen.

That's why you try to avoid amd gpus on older FX cpus.

Ps, but if you're going to swap the cpu out later get the RX480 it has better all around DX12/Vulkan support over the GTX1060.

Avoid amd gpus on FX?

Can you be more mistaken?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It doesn't matter for GPUs using AMD on Intel; use NVIDIA on AMD
It DOES NOT matter.

The only part that matters is your Motherboard, Case and Power Supply.
> Will the Card physically fit.
> Will my Power Supply be more than enough, cause being border-line is just not a good idea.
> If I want to have SLI or CFX support, what are the requirements; well your Motherboard and GPU must support that. Most AMD Boards do not support SLI.

Overall...
470 vs 1050 Ti
480 vs 1060 6gb
These comparisons in generall gaming performance at 1080p are very close.
However, both of those AMD GPUs are quite power hungry in comparison; so please know that much. Going AMD CPU & GPU generally would mean getting a beefier Power Supply to run AMD CPUs and GPUs that are in similar performance ranges as Intel CPUs & NVIDIA GPUs.

[verseones]

Ill take the R7, I have no GPU rn lmao

[upcoast]

Цитата допису Teh Anarchist!!!:

Цитата допису upcoast:

https://uk.hardware.info/reviews/6142/2/gta-v-performance-review-take-3-how-well-does-the-game-perform-with-an-amd-cpu-testnresultsn--1920x1080-medium

Worst ^ case scenario if you did not swap out the FX4300 and put an AMD GPU on it in a cpu demanding game, you would get a higher FPS with an NVidia gpu, AMD gpus use more driver api or whatever it's called so that doesn't mix well with amd cpus being weaker IPC (instruction per cycle), Rysen has gotten better but FX series is weak on the single core IPC.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_ryzen_7_1700x_review,10.html

Look at single thread Cinebench R15^ the better than yours FX8370 is quite far behind intel and Ryzen.

That's why you try to avoid amd gpus on older FX cpus.

Ps, but if you're going to swap the cpu out later get the RX480 it has better all around DX12/Vulkan support over the GTX1060.

Avoid amd gpus on FX?

Can you be more mistaken?

You keep spewing misinformation even when the evidence is staring you in the face, go do some light reading for crappers sake.

[Generation X SMURF]

Цитата допису upcoast:

Цитата допису Teh Anarchist!!!:

Avoid amd gpus on FX?

Can you be more mistaken?

You keep spewing misinformation even when the evidence is staring you in the face, go do some light reading for crappers sake.

Read? I dont need to I oc, something a lot lack

Face it retributals are lacking subtance. your basing judgment of poor reviews, ohh so the ones before realease were baaad but these are good?

Laugh, Ive read enough over the years trust me, you dont need to teach me anything. WHen we see proper OCed 1700s then you can talk

You keep talking about misinfo spewing I think what you just said tops all, that AMD FX holds back AMD gpus? Dude juste stop, its tiresome

[Lil Kitty]

Would my current cpu bottleneck the RX 480?

[Lil Kitty]

thanks everyone! i bought and installed a new PSU and a MSi rx 480 8gb.

[Mossy Snake]

Цитата допису FlippyCatt:

thanks everyone! i bought and installed a new PSU and a MSi rx 480 8gb.

Just remember to install the correct drivers off of AMD's website.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Цитата допису MossyRathalos:

Цитата допису FlippyCatt:

thanks everyone! i bought and installed a new PSU and a MSi rx 480 8gb.

Just remember to install the correct drivers off of AMD's website.

Yes get latest 17.2.1 from AMD.com

Download and Run DDU App to flush all the Chipset and GPU Drivers off the system.

Then install latest Motherboard Chipset and also GPU Drivers.

For AM4 stuff, get the AMD Chipset Driver from Board maker.
Cause those are not yet available on AMD.com