Upgrade GPU or CPU first??
Upgrade GPU or CPU first??
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A gpu upgrade but you will find the rest of the pc limiting performance in many games. Unfortunately that is not a good base to start from as it is totally obsolete. To play modern AAA games well at 1080p you need a new cpu/motherboard/RAM/GPU and most likely a new psu.
You will need to spend a little bit of money if you want to upgrade the CPU because yeah you have to buy a lot of things, and yeah the GPU is something you can move in a new system later so i say you should buy GPU and then start collecting money for CPU, RAM and Motherboard then you wont have to worry your GPU that you will buy now will be able to work with the new stuff perfectly without the need of changing it too.
Thanks for your reply's, I feared that would be the issue but it does make sense that a new GPU could easily be moved over to a new setup in the future while the other components generally need replacement.
Would this be the reason that a new 500GB SSD I picked up is under performing? Quoted at ~500 MB/s speeds, when using benchmark software it shows I am getting ~200 MB/s.
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Well, the GPU MIGHT still be usable, but it depends on your monitor. ie: if you're running 720p or something, that might be fine, and you can continue to use the GPU for now in a newer system.
But, say, 1080p? It's going to struggle a bit.
Yeah, 500MB is about what you'd get on a 6Gbit SATA 3 connection. Seems like your motherboard has SATA 2 connections, which max out at 3Gbit... so, that explains the slower speeds.
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-...v-60/sp#sp