Pondering upgrading my 3 year old desktop for gaming now that I've moved it into the living room and connected it to the big tv. It's relatively powerful 3570k 3.4GHz i5, 16GB RAM, SSD but the 3 year old graphic card is looking a bit more dated.
Currently got a PowerColor HD 6870 1GB (basically an AMD Radeon 6870 I think). Motherboard has http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4315#sp
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
I know nothing about graphics cards, what would be a decent upgrade to this? Is an upgrade possible or would I be looking at a new motherboard as well?
Pondering upgrading my 3 year old desktop for gaming now that I've moved it into the living room and connected it to the big tv. It's relatively powerful 3570k 3.4GHz i5, 16GB RAM, SSD but the 3 year old graphic card is looking a bit more dated.
Currently got a PowerColor HD 6870 1GB (basically an AMD Radeon 6870 I think). Motherboard has http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4315#sp
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
I know nothing about graphics cards, what would be a decent upgrade to this? Is an upgrade possible or would I be looking at a new motherboard as well?
Cheers