Currently I have a 1060GTX 6GB (Evga I think?). It struggled to run Elden Ring but was tolerable for me on medium settings - still it frequently drops from 60fps to 40fps or so, rarely able to stay at an even 60.
Can you suggest a modest upgrade compatible with my build? I'm not obsessed with getting max settings, but something that will work decently for 5 years or so would be nice. I don't have an exact budget in mind, but the absolute maximum I would consider is $400 Canadian (approx $300 USD). Prefer to save some money for performance and keep it around $200-$300 CDN, if possible
Here's my parts list started in 2016 - GPU listed is not the current 1060
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/eezeebee/saved/#view=ntbqqs
Even at the top end (RTX 4090) performance difference between PCI 3.0 and 4.0 is pretty negligible.
Yeah, it's at most a 10% decrease, but didn't want to mislead on it.