Any Point in Upgrading?

Kosmiche · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:51

All my games run fine, at 1920x1080 with settings maxed on most games apart from max AA.

Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz
4GB 1066mhz ram
Ati 4870 512mb

I find it runs anything I throw at it more than acceptably. I play so called "demanding" games like arma 2 and fsx with no problem, just with some of the shiny removed.

I was thinking of getting one of those 6870's, for BF3 and Skyrim which might be too much for my pc. But at the moment I cant justify it when I find the gaming experience with my pc perfectly decent.

The ONLY game that does not perform well is black ops, it stutters, but I think there are lots of performance issues with that game since my pc runs both cod 4 and mw2 without fault.

Should I upgrade? I'm going to buy 2 new games soon - witcher 2 and deus ex. Anyone foresee me struggling to play them?

Thanks.

Kosmiche · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:55

I don't even like black ops btw so it doesn't present itself as a problem.

Kosmiche · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:58

I am not a "graphics whore" type of person who must have the best image on their screen. Doesn't bother me to play a slightly uglied version of the game.

Don't think I'll upgrade for ages.

Kosmiche · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:01

I think I'll just wait and see how bf3 performs on my pc, then buy a new gpu if it needs it.

Does that seem sensible?

Krony · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:01

If ur happy then stick with what u have and wait and see what the next gen brings.

Kosmiche · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:03

Yes ok.

I just dont understand what people have these I7, 580 rigs FOR exactly.

What game needs that power I just dont know. Unless youre playing at some insane resolution.

Krony · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:07

Have u tried to run Metro 2033 fully maxed out ? or maybe Crysis 1 with particle and texture mods ?

Jony27 · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:10

how about an SSD upgrade?
it not might help with games but it will make your PC speedy and snappy

Krony · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:12

An SSD would make the pc noticably quicker in all tasks, as for the gpu, try the Witcher 2 and see how it goes, it is pretty demanding with all the trimmings on but u might be able to find a happy medium of looks v performance.

Kosmiche · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:13

Tbh thats two games.

And I played warhead and it bored me completely.

I'm interested in playing metro, my pc would struggle with it then? Bearing in mind I'm not bothered if I have to run it not totally maxed out?

Kosmiche · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:15

Jony27 said:
how about an SSD upgrade?
it not might help with games but it will make your PC speedy and snappy

That would be upgrading just for the sake of upgrading.

My hdd's are just fine.

Jony27 · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:22

Eames said:
That would be upgrading just for the sake of upgrading.

My hdd's are just fine.

well as Krony said, if you're happy with what you have and it does what you want, then there is no point in upgrading.

clv101 · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:26

Eames said:
That would be upgrading just for the sake of upgrading.

My hdd's are just fine.

I'm sure they are fine - but an SSD will improve the speed of the system for general tasks substantially. Applications open ~instantly, it mikes a big difference to the feel of a system.

I certainly wouldn't bother with a CPU upgrade though, a 3.4GHz Quad Core 2 is a perfectly powerful set up.