Hello guys, my GTX 480 got burned due to power going off unexpectedly.

>>262014
You say you don't want to upgrade your PC right now, but you could have a PC that runs most modern games in High/Ultra at 1080 for $150: just add a GTX 1050/1050Ti and another 4GB.

>>262015
First of all thanks for responding. I haven't played videogames for about 2 years now, that's the reason of not wanting to upgrade, but also that I don't have enough money to make a full upgrade, so adding new components would only cause a bottleneck.

>>262017
Bottleneck is a meme, OP.

All it means is that some component is giving you 100% of the performance it's capable of. You're always going to have a "bottleneck" because a system where every component is precisely matched and every game is designed to use each of them equally is called a "console".

But anyway.

Your PC is ripe for this upgrade, because the 10x0 series is the first decent GPU since forever. GPUs have always been made on third-party fabs, and these fabs have always lagged behind the CPU manufacturers by 3-5 years. 10x0 is the first time a third-party fab has been within a year of what Intel is up to, and the difference is astronomical. Every 10x0 outperfoms the next-model-up 9x0, and does it while costing less and using less power. This is the biggest thing to have happened to gaming since 3DFX.

You can turn any desktop PC, even a ten-year-old Core2, into a capable modern gaming machine just by giving it enough RAM and a $110 GTX 1050. And when you do, it runs cooler, quieter, and uses less power. For the first time ever, upgrading your GPU makes your PC better without any tradeoff whatsoever.

>>262026
Alright, I will follow your advice. Should I replace the old RAM or just integrate the 2 new cards with the old ones?

Thanks for the help.

>>262030
Whatever's cheapest, really. The idea is that you end up with a gaming machine that's "pretty good" for as little money as possible.

If your motherboard has four slots, 4x2GB is usually the best value for money. If you can get to 2x2GB+2x4GB for not much more, I'd recommend doing that.

>>262030
Obviously you're not going to get all the performance a modern machine with the same GPU would have, but this kind of gameplay is representative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_Dc1gkQF0Q .

If you do decide you want to get into gaming again, you can get a new i3 with no GPU and keep the card. For this reason, I'd recommend getting a 1050Ti over a 1050: it's only $20 more, but it gives you significantly more than $20 of extra performance in a modern PC.

>>262038
>>262034
Thank you very much, very appreciated.

just use pc part picker dot com dude bottle neck isnt a meme it is real