Should I upgrade my processor or graphic card?

[Digitalised]

Hey guys, currently I am in a dilemma on deciding whether to upgrade my processor or graphic card.

My current processor is i5 2400 while my graphic card is 280x. Do you guys think that if I upgrade to a 1070, would my cpu bottleneck the performance?

 

[dreadknight]

Gpu should be your choice. Your cpu is still OK. Unless you planning to play cpu intensive games

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[Digitalised]

Gpu should be your choice. Your cpu is still OK. Unless you planning to play cpu intensive games

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Would you consider the upcoming PC games such as dishonoured, deus ex etc.. to be cpu intensive? I don't mind playing at medium to high settings.

Simply upgrading my gpu is attractive because upgrading my cpu means I will probably have to get new motherboard and RAM.

 

[Crimson_FURY]

Those games are not CPU intensive enough to warrant upgrading the CPU over the GPU...unless your CPU is like 10 years old, buy the GPU. The bottleneck, if any, would just be a few frames and you'd never notice

 

[sacredrays]

when you finally upgrade cpu, you can bring over your gpu to the new mb+cpu... so upgrade gpu first

 

[trenzterra]

I upgraded from a 2400 to a 6600k recently out of necessity (mobo issue) and did not notice a difference in speed. If you look at benchmarks I think the 6600 is only about 30 percent faster than the 2400. Should not be big enough to cause a significant bottleneck. If you are using a Z series mobo can try overclocking to 3.4ghz if you want to get the most out of the cpu

 

[Vodkilla]

depends on the game, for WoW (CPU intensive) there was no increase in fps when i went frm 970 to 1070

 

[GrimaH]

What monitor are you using, and what games are you looking to play?

 

[Digitalised]

Thanks everyone for your advice, looks like upgrading my gpu is the way to go.

What monitor are you using, and what games are you looking to play?

Currently I am using Asus MX239H, though the monitor has been acting weirdly so I might have to change it soon. Recently, I have only been playing Overwatch on my PC but am hoping to upgrade my gpu to play the upcoming AAA titles.