A gaming rig for Battlefield 4

[setter]

If i were the op, id hold out to see what haswell brings to the table. As for the current system. An upgrade from the E8400 to a cheap secondhand Q6600 and some more ram would alleviate some of the bottleneck with current games.

Personally myself, ill likely just drop a 3770k into my current setup and add another 670 for sli. I reckon that bf4 will be a pretty demanding game.

 

[Ripjaw]

Theres no specs out yet so no point even thinking about anything yet.

 

[Fire_fly]

Thanks to all for replies.
Everyone recommended ATI gfx so are they generally better performance for the money or just tend to perform better with the Battlefield games?

The AMD cards offer better value for money at the present. BF4 has also been announced as a Gaming Evolved title so it should be better optimised for AMD cards.

Personally myself, ill likely just drop a 3770k into my current setup and add another 670 for sli. I reckon that bf4 will be a pretty demanding game.

I was planning on doing something similar myself. Hopefully the Haswell launch will bring some cheap 3770Ks onto the market.

 

[Marine-RX179]

must agree with you, the i5 and quad core won't cut it much more with the latest games, and may even slow down the better cards, for me the next upgrades need to be 6 cores or more and the extra power the i7 or AMD chips have to offer.

i won't be spec'ing any more i5 unless a low to medium budget is needed, as the cost is high atm with the i7 being a good price

This post is so misinformed in so many way...

The current AMD 8 cores CPU wouldn't have much more longevity than the current i5, considering it's much lower IPC, lesser overclocking headroom, and higher power consumption.

Next gen AMD CPUs though...it could be interesting (particularly with Intel's side don't seem to will have much of an improvement), but would most likely have to wait till after next gen consoles are out to see its full merits.

 

[P1Fanatic]

Yes, you can keep your Case, PSU, SSD and OD..

Though i would do this (if you were buying now) and replace your PSU (so you can go Xfire)

The specs of my PSU say it supports SLI & XFire? Or are you saying not enough power to run that spec and dual GPU?

Do you need dual GPU for ultra settings or only if running over multiple monitors?

Cheers Simon

 

[illuz]

Definitely not enough power, you'll be pushing your PSU heavily.

Dual GPU helps to push higher settings across multiple monitors, however, by the time BF4 is out I imagine you will need a second card for high frames. Look at Crysis 3 with a single card.