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Question

What should I upgrade?

Jun 29, 2018 3:57PM PDT

Here's my rig. I'd like to get better performance in GTAV, BF1 and other similar games. What should I upgrade first?

AMD Phenom II X4970 on ASUS M5A97
16GB of DDR3
SSD
GeForce GTX 960 with 2GB

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Sounds similar to this recent discussion.
Jun 29, 2018 4:00PM PDT
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Gtx 960 2GB
Jun 29, 2018 11:55PM PDT

That 2GB is not going to cut it with today's games.

If you do decide to bump up the gpu to a gtx 1060 you want the 6GB model.