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Is a GTX 670 a good choice for me?
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I'm going to upgrade my GPU in the next few weeks and I was wondering if a 670 would be good choice for me.

My current build:
MoBo: ASUS M5A97
RAM: 8GB Corsair DDR3
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6870
CPU: AMD FX-4100 (Horrible, I know)

I know the CPU may bottleneck the 670, but I've been reading some articles and they say that a simple overclock could fix that problem.
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You can get a significant overclock out of the FX 4100 if your cooling is up to the task, but you'd still be running a 670 with an FX 4100. You already have a reasonably-well-balanced build that still won't be held up too much in games that are limited in performance by your graphics card. Why are you planning to upgrade?
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Looks like your current set up is fine...

Why would you want to upgrade from the current set up you have?
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To reply to you both, I don't feel I'm getting as good of performance as I want. Judging from your posts it seems like upgrading is a bad idea.
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deathdealer wrote To reply to you both, I don't feel I'm getting as good of performance as I want. Judging from your posts it seems like upgrading is a bad idea.

What games do you play? You might be better-off upgrading the CPU as well and you can get a 760 and FX 6300 for not much more than what you'd pay for a 670 right now.
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deathdealer wrote To reply to you both, I don't feel I'm getting as good of performance as I want. Judging from your posts it seems like upgrading is a bad idea.

What games do you play? You might be better-off upgrading the CPU as well and you can get a 760 and FX 6300 for not much more than what you'd pay for a 670 right now.
I play anything from The Binding of Isaac to BF3. Also, would it matter if I were to upgrade my GPU then wait maybe a few weeks at most to upgrade my CPU?
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deathdealer wrote
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deathdealer wrote To reply to you both, I don't feel I'm getting as good of performance as I want. Judging from your posts it seems like upgrading is a bad idea.

What games do you play? You might be better-off upgrading the CPU as well and you can get a 760 and FX 6300 for not much more than what you'd pay for a 670 right now.

I play anything from The Binding of Isaac to BF3. Also, would it matter if I were to upgrade my GPU then wait maybe a few weeks at most to upgrade my CPU?

I'd say take care of it all at once.

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The 760 performs slightly worse than a 670, but the price is a lot lower.
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