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Dont know where to upgrade to

LaurXL · 2016-10-30 23:33:38

Built a PC about two years ago now, AMD FX6300 and a 270x should I upgrade the graphics card or the CPU? She was running games pretty well but I'm noticing noticeable drops now in newer titles.

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31-10-2016 12:33am

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LaurXL

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Built a PC about two years ago now, AMD FX6300 and a 270x should I upgrade the graphics card or the CPU? She was running games pretty well but I'm noticing noticeable drops now in newer titles.

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#2 31-10-2016 5:41am
K.O.Kiki

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GPU.

AMD RX 480, or an overclocked RX 470.

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#3 31-10-2016 12:31pm
TerrorFirmer

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Definitely the GPU, some games will show the weakness of the FX6300 more than others (esp with minimum frames) but broadly speaking, a GPU upgrade is the way to go. You can probably get around €80 for the 270x, 4GB 470 is solid value and a big upgrade. GTX1060 3GB either, if you prefer to go Nvidia.

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