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Awesome. So, double checking my understanding - 4GB VRAM is better for if I want to play with shiny HD textures? But do stuff like sunshafts and shadows come from clock speed?

 

 

Ehh...that's heavily generalized/simplified, but not entirely wrong (e.g. larger textures have a larger memory footprint, and shader effects benefit from more processing power). I'd go with the cheaper 4GB card - the performance delta up to the overclocked once is very small (if even noticeable), and the extra RAM will eliminate any debate/worry about VRAM capacity. The 380X that Thanelze mentioned would be somewhat faster still, but may cost more, and uses more power (which isn't a big issue given your PSU but still worth noting); not a bad alternative consideration but the performance upgrade you're looking at either way (960 or 380X) over your 750 is pretty significant, so you should be set. Especially running at 1680x1050.

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Especially running at 1680x1050.

 

Turns out it's 1080p widescreen, I think Speccy / HWMonitor was drunk at the time. I had to launch a game to find out, as I can't find the screen resolution setting in Windows 10. Seriously, where's the good old right-click resolution? Either way, it's still low end resolution compared to some of the setups people have.

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Turns out it's 1080p widescreen, I think Speccy / HWMonitor was drunk at the time. I had to launch a game to find out, as I can't find the screen resolution setting in Windows 10. Seriously, where's the good old right-click resolution? Either way, it's still low end resolution compared to some of the setups people have.

 

 

Oh then just use the 1080p #s from the link I provided - still good to go with the 960 though (it'd only really be a problem if it was 4K or something equally huge). :blush:

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