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  • Graphics card upgrade advice please

    From scbs29@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 24 12:15:56 2022
    My pc at present is
    Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
    16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 800MHz (11-11-11-28)
    2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (ZOTAC International)
    Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit
    MoBo Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

    I wish to upgrade the graphics card to one with 8Gb RAM, prefearbly NVidia.
    Can anyone offer any advice on what would be suitable for my mobo etc ?

    TIA
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  • From Theo@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Dec 24 14:15:31 2022
    scbs29 <[email protected]> wrote:
    My pc at present is
    Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
    16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 800MHz (11-11-11-28)
    2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (ZOTAC International)
    Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit
    MoBo Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

    I wish to upgrade the graphics card to one with 8Gb RAM, prefearbly NVidia. Can anyone offer any advice on what would be suitable for my mobo etc ?

    Pretty much anything. The other constraints will be whether your power
    supply can power it, and what display outputs it has.

    Theo

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  • From Jaimie Vandenbergh@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Dec 24 15:17:12 2022
    On 24 Dec 2022 at 14:15:31 GMT, "Theo"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    scbs29 <[email protected]> wrote:
    My pc at present is
    Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
    16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 800MHz (11-11-11-28)
    2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (ZOTAC International)
    Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit
    MoBo Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z77X-UP5 TH-CF

    I wish to upgrade the graphics card to one with 8Gb RAM, prefearbly NVidia. >> Can anyone offer any advice on what would be suitable for my mobo etc ?

    Pretty much anything. The other constraints will be whether your power supply can power it, and what display outputs it has.

    The i5-3570K is a 2012 cpu and will be getting a bit behind the curve at
    this point (but is PCIe v3 so that's good). Might take a bit of
    balancing to decide on a GPU that won't be half-wasted, waiting for the
    CPU. On the upside, it means the OP can choose a cheaper, cooler, lower
    power GPU :) Maybe a 1070 for the lower end 8gig VRAM.

    Cheers - Jaimie
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