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BF4 GPU needed

hotdog

hotdog

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Hi

My old and ancient 8800GT (1gb) is probably getting a bit long in the tooth to play BF4 when it arrives, im hoping you guys can give me some advice :

My current rig is :
Win7
Intel lga775 8500 3.06ghz
8800gt
8gig ram
New SSD
P5Q mobo

Clearly i dont want to spend hardly any money as the system only has to last another 12 months.

So, is it worth me
1) buying cheap mobo from fleabay and getting a second 8800 to SLI ?
2) Any point upgrading to 8600 for the extra 200mhz? The quadcores seem to go for silly money still - and does the game take advantage of 4 cores ?
3) Upgrade to a card you guys recommend with maybe a combination of the above?

Hope you can help , its been a while since i renewed my PC:mad:
 
Id say you'd need a fairly big upgrade. if BF4 is anything like BF3 it'll be CPU hungry so you'll need a CPU, motherboard and RAM update too..

Not worth putting anything more than a 7770/7850 in your current rig.. I'd say you could get medium setting out of it too, just..
 
I think your cpu might fall below the minimum requirement. Can you run Battlefield 3 ok on your current setup? If so then i guess you might be ok. I would't go any higher than a 7750/4850/460, not with that cpu.
 
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From a recent reminiscent experience with an 8800GT not being the card I remember, you'll really struggle with that system on the whole. As above I think almost anything worth upgrading to GPU wise will definitely result in a bottleneck. Might be time to check the bank.
 
BF3 runs fine currently - obviously with lowish settings. I am amazed the CPU will now start to bottleneck the system really bad

Is Wolfdale that long ago now - sighs (and shows his age!)

Any other ideas to help (without spending huge amounts?)
 
Well you should be ok on low settings then with BF4 i guess. To be honest though your whole pc could do with a big upgrade, if you can afford it. If your current card is DX10 i wouldn't bother upgrading. You likely won't see any extra fps as you'll be cpu limited.
 
As written several times above, you need a really big upgrade. I don't know how people play on low settings with a game like this. There is a competitive side to BF3 but I love how it looks maxed out (but with my current laptop, I cannot admire it. Roll on new PC)
 
Me 2

Just while this thread is here im wondering how my setup will play Battlefield 4 and future releases


2gb 6950 asus AMD graphics card
AMD phenom II X4 965 Quad core processor
3.40GHz
8 GB of ram
500 gb hard drive
windows 7

currently I have no issues with bioshock infinite, tomb raider and BF 3
 
hotdog said:
Hi

My old and ancient 8800GT (1gb) is probably getting a bit long in the tooth to play BF4 when it arrives, im hoping you guys can give me some advice :

My current rig is :
Win7
Intel lga775 8500 3.06ghz
8800gt
8gig ram
New SSD
P5Q mobo

Clearly i dont want to spend hardly any money as the system only has to last another 12 months.

So, is it worth me
1) buying cheap mobo from fleabay and getting a second 8800 to SLI ?
2) Any point upgrading to 8600 for the extra 200mhz? The quadcores seem to go for silly money still - and does the game take advantage of 4 cores ?
3) Upgrade to a card you guys recommend with maybe a combination of the above?

Hope you can help , its been a while since i renewed my PC:mad:
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Don't waste any more money on this system, you need a new one. Sorry, but there it is.
 
That wolfdale should be able to hit 4.0-4.3 and that alone will be a huge improvement if you dont have the budget for new CPU and what follows.

Secondhand might not be a bad place to look for cheap parts either.
 
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