Would this $425 EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB FTW GAMING ACX 2.0+, 04G-P4-3969-KR from Amazon give him a boost but not be too much for his i5 CPU and not bankrupt grandpa? (sorry, unable to post a link to the card & thx for any further opinion)
Motherboard: ASRock B560 Steel Legend ATX LGA1200 Motherboard ($160.60 @ Amazon) Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($107.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($49.99 @ Best Buy) Total: $638.56.
Spec for spec, this GTX 960 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 760, by boasting 3 % more fps. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The GTX 960 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 760 and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, R9 280, the GTX 960 was -1.6 % slower. 1oIhb4. 246 240 212 334 346 93 391 363 386