Graphics Card

[SLOBBY BOBBY! (Thats my bobby!)]

Hello im getting a EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SuperSC for my window 8.1 i dont know if will be good or not?

My proccesser is 2.41GHz
And a 64 bit operating system

If u can plz help me

[_I_]

the gpu will be good, cpu most likely not

what cpu do you have?

[SLOBBY BOBBY! (Thats my bobby!)]

Cpu is J2900

_I_ eredeti hozzászólása:

the gpu will be good, cpu most likely not

what cpu do you have?

[Azza ☠]

Have you already purchased it and what is your budget?

It's a sweet spot graphics card, ideal for 1080p resolution. AMD’s Radeon 285 is the closest competitor to Nvidia’s GTX 960 in performance and price. While the Radeon 285 can match it in performance, it doesn’t come close in thermals or performance-per-watt. The GTX 960 can easily overclock beyond it and will use less wattage, noise, and produce less heat.

Saying that, the GTX 970 is the best performance to cost ratio graphics card of 2014, which if you can afford will get your 1080p/1440p up to high/ultra graphic settings. The GTX 970 does have a 0.5GB slower memory area, but for 1080p you should never reach that, it's 4GB compared to the 2GB of the GTX 960. The GTX 970 would gain at least 45% more performance. So take into consideration the price different between the two and if it's worth it or not.

EDIT: Oh your still using a first gen PC? Well, in that case it might be overkill for the system and CPU may bottleneck.

[SLOBBY BOBBY! (Thats my bobby!)]

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

Have you already purchased it and what is your budget?

It's a sweet spot graphics card, ideal for 1080p resolution. AMD’s Radeon 285 is the closest competitor to Nvidia’s GTX 960 in performance and price. While the Radeon 285 can match it in performance, it doesn’t come close in thermals or performance-per-watt. The GTX 960 can easily overclock beyond it and will use less wattage, noise, and produce less heat.

Saying that, the GTX 970 is the best performance to cost ratio graphics card of 2014, which if you can afford will get your 1080p/1440p up to high/ultra graphic settings. The GTX 970 does have a 0.5GB slower memory area, but for 1080p you should never reach that, it's 4GB compared to the 2GB of the GTX 960. The GTX 970 would gain at least 45% more performance. So take into consideration the price different between the two and if it's worth it or not.

EDIT: Oh your still using a first gen PC? Well, in that case it might be overkill for the system and CPU may bottleneck.

What are the chances of that?

[_I_]

what pc is it in?

J2900 is a bga, soldered to the mobo and cannot be upgraded
10w cpu is normally used in notebooks and all-in-one pcs

instead of spending $500 on a gpu, spend $300 for a new cpu/board and $300 on a gpu

[SLOBBY BOBBY! (Thats my bobby!)]

_I_ eredeti hozzászólása:

what pc is it in?

J2900 is a bga, soldered to the mobo and cannot be upgraded
10w cpu is normally used in notebooks and all-in-one pcs

So what you are saying is that my cpu can not support the graphic card?

[_I_]

the cpu can, but the board it is in may not

[SLOBBY BOBBY! (Thats my bobby!)]

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the cpu can, but the board it is in may not

Is there a 50/50 chance of it working?

[vadim]

OMG, middle-class graphics for nettop with Atom CPU...

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Is there a 50/50 chance of it working?

It will work. Why not? Almost all such motherboards have PCI-E slot. But what game are you going to run? Tetris?

Sorry, I was wrong - they really have PCI-E slot, but part of them equipped with one-lane slot: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q2900-ITX/
Thus, you will not be able eve to insert your video card in such case.
Others have full x16 PCI-E: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Q2900M/

[SLOBBY BOBBY! (Thats my bobby!)]

vadim eredeti hozzászólása:

OMG, middle-class graphics for nettop with Atom CPU...

Do you mean one of those small little computers? I dont have one i have a normal computer.

[_I_]

what pc is it?
brand/model
or if its custom, what case?

[SLOBBY BOBBY! (Thats my bobby!)]

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what pc is it?
brand/model
or if its custom, what case?

Its a model its HP and Intel

[Azza ☠]

Unfortunately, a first gen pc isn't really worth upgrading, it will bottleneck and never gain full performance.

Intel has Sandy Bridge (2nd Gen) > Ivy Bridge (3rd Gen) > Haswell (4th Gen) > Broadwell (5th Gen) > Skylake (6th Gen). These have redesigned motherboards + cpus, it works together to reduce bottlenecking, by 75% compared to first gen pcs.

Consider getting a new pc...

4th Gen Haswell (Refresh) or wait for the 6th Gen Skylake.

CPU: Intel i5 is optimal for gaming purposes. Get i7 only if you can afford it.

Then when you add a high-end graphics card such as the GTX 970, you will enter the new world of hardcore gaming at high/ultra settings, without any bottlenecking.

[SLOBBY BOBBY! (Thats my bobby!)]

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

Unfortunately, a first gen pc isn't really worth upgrading, it will bottleneck and never gain full performance.

Intel has Sandy Bridge (2nd Gen) > Ivy Bridge (3rd Gen) > Haswell (4th Gen) > Broadwell (5th Gen) > Skylake (6th Gen). These have redesigned motherboards + cpus, it works together to reduce bottlenecking, by 75% compared to first gen pcs.

Consider getting a new pc...

4th Gen Haswell or wait for the 5th Gen Skylake.

CPU: Intel i5 is optimal for gaming purposes. Get i7 only if you can afford it.

Then when you add a high-end graphics card such as the GTX 970, you will enter the new world of hardcore gaming at high/ultra settings, without any bottlenecking.

I can't afforrd a window 7 is there any other options? For gaming?

[vadim]

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

Unfortunately, a first gen pc isn't really worth upgrading, it will bottleneck and never gain full performance.

OP's CPU is brand new. It was released at the same time as Haswell. But this doesn't make any difference...