• Friend wants to upgrade his pc
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I'm on mobile currently so it's hard to tag images, but here are his specs. [url]http://prntscr.com/5o9srg[/url] He specifically wants a 970 and wants to know if he has to upgrade anything for it to run smooth. His budget (-card) is £290.
Most games (which are GPU-heavy) will see a fairly significant framerate / quality improvement, but the rest of the computer is getting pretty out-of-date so don't be surprised if more CPU-or-storage-heavy games don't bump up too far. Check the power supply to see if it's from a reputable brand and could support a 970. I believe they take 1 8-pin PCIE and 1 6-pin PCIE for power, and you'd want a reputably-branded PSU of >500W.
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;46852806]Most games (which are GPU-heavy) will see a fairly significant framerate / quality improvement, but the rest of the computer is getting pretty out-of-date so don't be surprised if more CPU-or-storage-heavy games don't bump up too far. Check the power supply to see if it's from a reputable brand and could support a 970. I believe they take 1 8-pin PCIE and 1 6-pin PCIE for power, and you'd want a reputably-branded PSU of >500W.[/QUOTE] Thanks for the help. I'm not sure what brand his psu is, but I know it's 500W. I'll just tell him to just save up.
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