What power supply do you have, and what case? Don't just give the nominal wattage on the power supply, but give the exact brand name and model. If you don't know, then open up the case and read the label. For the case, the concerns are airflow and physical size in which you can fit a card.
The GPU you have is over 7 years old, so even the lowest end GPUs from the newest lineups would be a huge upgrade for you. Your CPU and memory look like they should be able to handle a much more powerful GPU without immediately bottlenecking it, too. So you look like a good candidate for a GPU upgrade, assuming your power and cooling can handle it.
Depending on what you're willing to spend, any of these could be a worthy upgrade for you:
Higher performance comes with a higher price tag, and also higher power consumption and heat output. The first card listed is perhaps four times as fast as what you have now, while using about the same power, so it will surely be fine in your current case unless you've got something goofy like an all-in-one or one of those extra thin cases. The rest will draw more power and put out more heat, which may or may not be fine depending on your case and power supply, which is why I asked.
Will his CPU bottleneck the 1070 at all? My wife's computer has the same CPU and I was thinking of getting the 1070 for her for her gaming and photoshop work
Just a quick headsup. I went from an i7-2600k @ 4.3ghz with a 980ti to an i7 6700k at 4.5ghz and I saw approx. a 15-20% FPS increase. 980ti is slightly faster than a 1070. So I just wanted to point it, it may not be an extreme bottleneck, but it will bottleneck it a little bit. Nothing insane, but, the advantage of that is you can do what I did and in a couple years or whatever just upgrade your cpu/mobo/etc and get a decent little boost from your GPU in the process.
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
What power supply do you have, and what case? Don't just give the nominal wattage on the power supply, but give the exact brand name and model. If you don't know, then open up the case and read the label. For the case, the concerns are airflow and physical size in which you can fit a card.
The GPU you have is over 7 years old, so even the lowest end GPUs from the newest lineups would be a huge upgrade for you. Your CPU and memory look like they should be able to handle a much more powerful GPU without immediately bottlenecking it, too. So you look like a good candidate for a GPU upgrade, assuming your power and cooling can handle it.
Depending on what you're willing to spend, any of these could be a worthy upgrade for you:
Higher performance comes with a higher price tag, and also higher power consumption and heat output. The first card listed is perhaps four times as fast as what you have now, while using about the same power, so it will surely be fine in your current case unless you've got something goofy like an all-in-one or one of those extra thin cases. The rest will draw more power and put out more heat, which may or may not be fine depending on your case and power supply, which is why I asked.
Will his CPU bottleneck the 1070 at all? My wife's computer has the same CPU and I was thinking of getting the 1070 for her for her gaming and photoshop work
Just a quick headsup. I went from an i7-2600k @ 4.3ghz with a 980ti to an i7 6700k at 4.5ghz and I saw approx. a 15-20% FPS increase. 980ti is slightly faster than a 1070. So I just wanted to point it, it may not be an extreme bottleneck, but it will bottleneck it a little bit. Nothing insane, but, the advantage of that is you can do what I did and in a couple years or whatever just upgrade your cpu/mobo/etc and get a decent little boost from your GPU in the process.
That's because you already had a very fast GPU. I bet you wouldn't have seen that jump if you were using a Radeon HD 5670.
What power supply do you have, and what case? Don't just give the nominal wattage on the power supply, but give the exact brand name and model. If you don't know, then open up the case and read the label. For the case, the concerns are airflow and physical size in which you can fit a card.
The GPU you have is over 7 years old, so even the lowest end GPUs from the newest lineups would be a huge upgrade for you. Your CPU and memory look like they should be able to handle a much more powerful GPU without immediately bottlenecking it, too. So you look like a good candidate for a GPU upgrade, assuming your power and cooling can handle it.
Depending on what you're willing to spend, any of these could be a worthy upgrade for you:
Higher performance comes with a higher price tag, and also higher power consumption and heat output. The first card listed is perhaps four times as fast as what you have now, while using about the same power, so it will surely be fine in your current case unless you've got something goofy like an all-in-one or one of those extra thin cases. The rest will draw more power and put out more heat, which may or may not be fine depending on your case and power supply, which is why I asked.
Will his CPU bottleneck the 1070 at all? My wife's computer has the same CPU and I was thinking of getting the 1070 for her for her gaming and photoshop work
Just a quick headsup. I went from an i7-2600k @ 4.3ghz with a 980ti to an i7 6700k at 4.5ghz and I saw approx. a 15-20% FPS increase. 980ti is slightly faster than a 1070. So I just wanted to point it, it may not be an extreme bottleneck, but it will bottleneck it a little bit. Nothing insane, but, the advantage of that is you can do what I did and in a couple years or whatever just upgrade your cpu/mobo/etc and get a decent little boost from your GPU in the process.
That's because you already had a very fast GPU. I bet you wouldn't have seen that jump if you were using a Radeon HD 5670.
Well that was my point. He asked if the 2600 would be a bottleneck to a 1070, my answer was yes, but not too too much, but yes, a bit of a bottleneck.
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
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Just a quick headsup. I went from an i7-2600k @ 4.3ghz with a 980ti to an i7 6700k at 4.5ghz and I saw approx. a 15-20% FPS increase. 980ti is slightly faster than a 1070. So I just wanted to point it, it may not be an extreme bottleneck, but it will bottleneck it a little bit. Nothing insane, but, the advantage of that is you can do what I did and in a couple years or whatever just upgrade your cpu/mobo/etc and get a decent little boost from your GPU in the process.
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Well that was my point. He asked if the 2600 would be a bottleneck to a 1070, my answer was yes, but not too too much, but yes, a bit of a bottleneck.
"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."
- Friedrich Nietzsche