Advice on Replacing my Graphics Card
Hi all,
I built my PC a few years ago in 2012. Recently, my graphics card is acting up (freezing and whatnot). After some troubleshooting with the drivers, I believe the issue lies with my GPU.
As this is an older PC, I'm having trouble understanding which GPUs on the market today is compatible with the components in my PC. Here is what I'm currently using:
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Current/Broken GPU: SAPPHIRE AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB Amazon Link
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Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Newegg Link
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Power Supply: Antec BP550 Plus 550W Amazon Link
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CPU: i5 Processor
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RAM: 8GB
I'm looking for a graphics card that's similar to the one I listed above. Due to my limited knowledge in computer building, I am unsure which GPU on the market is compatible with the rest of the components in my computer.
Your help is much appreciated!
Posted Jan 8, 2017, 8:52 PM UTC
What's your monitor's resolution and refresh rate? Are you looking to upgrade that too?
The lowest modern GPUs available today blow your 6870 away.
Thanks for the link! I think I'm leaning towards this one
I'm currently using a 27 inch monitor (2560 x 1440) and 60 Hz refresh rate. I will be sticking with the monitor.
Can you give me the model of your monitor, please? That sounds interesting.
This is what I'm using right now. The page doesn't give details on refresh rate so I found it googling. It could be wrong.
Yeah, looks like 60hz no gsync or freesync. For gaming on low/medium settings, an rx 460 or gtx 1050 should be sufficient. For medium-high, look into an rx 480 8GB/gtx 1060 6GB or higher.