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Post Date: 2015-06-28
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    Posted: 28 Jun 2015 at 8:35am
I have had this Vanquish for about 1.5 years and can still say that it has been one of the best purchases I have ever made.

"She who must be obeyed" has indicated that a small upgrade to the system is not out of the question. So here I sit, pondering which piece or part needs a bit of a boost.

Specs of the Vanquish II Ultimate, circa early last year:

Intel Core i5 4570 @ 3.20GHz - Haswell 22nm Technology
8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 799MHz (11-11-11-28)
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. H81M-E (SOCKET 1150)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 (PNY)
111GB Corsair Neutron GTX SSD (SSD)
931GB Seagate (SATA)
USB Audio Class 1.0 and 2.0 Device Driver
Windows 8.1 64-bit

Monitors: VA2445 SERIES (1920x1080@60Hz) / E2041 (1600x900@60Hz)
Corsair 230T Case


Any opinions of what should be upgraded? Short of a Titan or 980Ti the 770 has been a very good GPU. 8Gb RAM is the most I've ever had in a computer... should I bounce to 16Gb? More fans, even though I've never had a problem with overheating?

Or, just leave everything well enough alone?

Thoughts?


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Hi Snaike..... The MSI gtx970 Gaming 4G is '0' fans below 65C and even when they kick on, very quiet.  With Witcher 3 I've never been above the high 60's and don't hear the fans kick on.  Any gtx 970 is about a 40% boost over the 770.

The rest looks good to me. 

If your happy, leave it alone , but the 970 will allow higher settings and fps.

Good Luck. Big%20Smile
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I am a bit... err... astounded at that recommendation. The GTX970 was exactly what I was looking at (on newegg) before I made this post.

Uh oh... it seems I'm starting to absorb all y'alls 'puter smarts!

(And yes, where I'm from, "all y'all" is proper English.)   

Thanks.
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Always a pleasure.  . StrongBig%20Smile
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