Upgrade from a 560ti 448 core

[agnes]

The card above is BRILLIANT bang for buck. However, I want to upgrade, it's a pet hate not being able to whack a game to max settings and play haha.

BF3 has to have the smoke and effects turned down to high from ultra with no AA... It hurts

Also, running at 1920x1080.

Thanks

 

[Marine-RX179]

The card above is BRILLIANT bang for buck. However, I want to upgrade, it's a pet hate not being able to whack a game to max settings and play haha.

BF3 has to have the smoke and effects turned down to high from ultra with no AA... It hurts

Also, running at 1920x1080.

Thanks

What's the GPU usage is like during those moments? And what CPU you using? If GPU usage is not at 99%, and the issue is more to do with on the CPU side...

 

[agnes]

What's the GPU usage is like during those moments? And what CPU you using? If GPU usage is not at 99%, and the issue is more to do with on the CPU side...

I will check tonight

But almost sure the GPU is the cause.

 

[andybird123]

BF3 ultra with 4xMSAA needs 1.5gb of VRAM+ to run smoothly
this is the most likely issue (unless you are using a dual core CPU)

I went through 560ti 1GB, 570 1.25GB to 580 1.5GB before BF3 was smooth - all on a Q6600 and my GPU utilisation was 99% on all of them and only dropped to 95% when the 580 was OC'd