Anything to upgrade

bakes0310 · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:10

Current spec:
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 965 BE [email protected]
Asus Crosshair III Formula
Corsair Dominator XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 16000C9D
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition 2048MB GDDR5
128gb SSD
2x 500gb harddrive
windows 7 premium 64bit
Samsung Blueray Drive
Akasa Eclipse 62 case
Akasa Fan Controller
Senhesier HeadPhones
Zalman PSU 1000W
Dell U2711 27" Monitor
G15 Keyboard
Razor Mouse

Anything performance wise is there anything i can improve. Ive got the upgrade itch and promised myself i wouldnt do a full upgrade till jan 2013.
But that doesnt mean i cant touchup my current build.

[WU-TANG]GZA · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:18

You got a dedicated sound card? Or a good gaming surface?

If you game a lot and want an ugrade I would get a Razer Blackwidow.

I think it's gonna be a peripheral or sound card tbh....

You COULD get another 4GB ram but completely unnecessary I would imagine.

RJC · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:20

Your system is pretty good as is.

Cookeh · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:22

RJC said:
Your system is pretty good as is.

Indeed.

Nothing worth touching there. Especially if you're not seeing any slow down in games.

bakes0310 · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:23

[WU-TANG]GZA;18222076 said:
You got a dedicated sound card? Or a good gaming surface?

If you game a lot and want an ugrade I would get a Razer Blackwidow.

I think it's gonna be a peripheral or sound card tbh....

You COULD get another 4GB ram but completely unnecessary I would imagine.

I got a razer Deathadder would it be a nice stepup?
Also the mat i got is the razer exactmat.
Soundcard i dont need as my headphones do a brilliant job already with the asus soundcard that the motherboard came with.

More ram? Interesting ive never thought of that. I know very little about ram, would 4gb more be used in games?

If i was to upgrade my ram i would take out my old memory and replace it with this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-292-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

anuraj · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:27

I used to have a 4gb set-up for ram until 2 of my ram sticks failed and started to give me bsods. But when I did have 4gb I would use 75% of it while rendering a video so I guess it's you call. If you do lots of ram heavy things.

bakes0310 · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:32

So the question is, will 4gb to 8gb ram give a performance boost in games?

anuraj · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:34

I think probably not but I'm not that much of an experienced when it comes to monitoring ram usage so wait for the reply of others

[WU-TANG]GZA · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:40

bakes0310 said:
I got a razer Deathadder would it be a nice stepup?
Also the mat i got is the razer exactmat.
Soundcard i dont need as my headphones do a brilliant job already with the asus soundcard that the motherboard came with.

More ram? Interesting ive never thought of that. I know very little about ram, would 4gb more be used in games?

If i was to upgrade my ram i would take out my old memory and replace it with this:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-292-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1387

No can't say gaming would be affected in the slightest.

I've got the Deathadder and the eXactmat also.

I've just ordered the Puretrak Talent gaming mat - read good things about it. But it's only available ine the US from what I could see so I got it off that internet selling site...£13 incl delivery.

You'd be surprised what a difference a dedicated soundcard can make.

I'd say:

Blackwidow

Dedi Sound card

Mouse mat

That's it really.

More monitors? Eye-finity ?

Cookeh · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:48

No.

Games never utilise more than 4GB.

bakes0310 · 13 Jan 2011 at 20:49

The only reason i wanna upgrade really is that i was told i wont be able to play shogun 2 total war at max settings

Cookeh · 13 Jan 2011 at 21:03

bakes0310 said:
The only reason i wanna upgrade really is that i was told i wont be able to play shogun 2 total war at max settings

lolwut?

anuraj · 13 Jan 2011 at 21:05

bakes0310 said:
The only reason i wanna upgrade really is that i was told i wont be able to play shogun 2 total war at max settings

wut

bakes0310 · 13 Jan 2011 at 21:09

Cookeh said:
lolwut?

anuraj said:
wut

I love the total war series and the thought of not playing it at max settings gives me the upgrading itch.

anuraj · 13 Jan 2011 at 21:11

I guess that makes sense

Cookeh · 13 Jan 2011 at 21:18

bakes0310 said:
I love the total war series and the thought of not playing it at max settings gives me the upgrading itch.

I'd be damned surprised if you couldn't max it.

bakes0310 · 13 Jan 2011 at 21:39

Cookeh said:
I'd be damned surprised if you couldn't max it.

Even at my res of 2560x1440, thats what the others were saying about my rig. If my res was lower then i wouldnt have a problem. But its all speculation really so we will see.

Ch3m1c4L · 13 Jan 2011 at 21:58

If you cant, then add another 5970 when it comes out? How much memory does it have? Who told you that you wouldnt be able to run it, some Intel/nvidia fan boy?

You could swap over to a sandy bridge build, or er, what others said. That might net yuo some FPS gains, reviews on an I5 to an I52500k gained quite a lot in some games.

While games dont themselves use all my ram, while gaming i often see mine up at 65-85% usage, with a few tabs etc open in firefox in the background. It just means theres more for windows to use for its things, while leaving ~6gb free (right now im on exactly 25%used and only have firefox/steam etc running). But you wont notice more than ~1-3% increase in FPS in gaming, other things make use of it though.

Cookeh · 13 Jan 2011 at 22:02

Ch3m1c4L said:
If you cant, then add another 5970 when it comes out? How much memory does it have? Who told you that you wouldnt be able to run it, some Intel/nvidia fan boy?

You could swap over to a sandy bridge build, or er, what others said. That might net yuo some FPS gains, reviews on an I5 to an I52500k gained quite a lot in some games.

While games dont themselves use all my ram, while gaming i often see mine up at 65-85% usage, with a few tabs etc open in firefox in the background. It just means theres more for windows to use for its things, while leaving ~6gb free (right now im on exactly 25%used and only have firefox/steam etc running). But you wont notice more than ~1-3% increase in FPS in gaming, other things make use of it though.

Nononono, Quadfire is atrocious, especially when combined with a Phenom II X4.

If you do see it lagging slightly, best course of action would be a HD5870 for Tri-fire.

Orcvader · 13 Jan 2011 at 22:03

I suppose you could try clocking your 965 further. And at that resolution I would have thought the 5970 is fine. I guess you could always add a 5870 for trifire OR sell the 5970 and get a couple of 580s (or the upcoming 6990).

Whoever told you that your system is not good enough, are just plain jealous

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