Cheap Upgrade For BF3

WaynelleUK09 · 22 Aug 2011 at 20:05

Looking to upgrade my comp maybe a couple hundered to spend at the moment, so wondering what would be the best thing i could do with my current setup to be able to play bf3 smoothly:

Setup:
E8400 @3.3ghz
Asrock p45de Motherboard
4 gig corsair xms2
coolermaster 650watt psu
Nvidia GTX 280

Cheers

honosuseri · 22 Aug 2011 at 20:23

I'd wait for the games release fella, then we'll know what runs it well and what struggles.

That said a gfx card upgrade would make sense at the time. Your card im sure doesnt support directx11. An nvidia 460 would support DX11 and still leave enough in the budget to possibly consider a CPU upgrade (changing mobo and RAM will be out the question though, so limits your upgrade path).

Although your CPU is only dual core it is still close to what the quadcore for your mobos socket benchmarks in games. I'll add a link so you can compare the two and decide for yourself if it's worth the upgrade for other tasks not just gaming.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/56?vs=89

I would wait myself. You might kick yourself if you see your upgraded part/s bought now having depreciated come BF3s release.

WaynelleUK09 · 23 Aug 2011 at 09:13

ok nice one mate, does seem that this cpu isn't to bad still, i might do what u said and wait a bit long see how the game runs first

wigz · 23 Aug 2011 at 12:04

looking to upgrade also, neglected my pc over last couple of years, (thats what happens when you meet a woman).

Asus p5b mobo (very old)
q6600 quad core 2.4ghz
radeon 4890 xfx
4gb 800 mhz ram
corsiar 850 psu

not looking to spend a lot as dont really play much anymore but guessing i will need a whole new set up as old mobo wont support new ram and processors. would it be better to buy a bundle then just add a decent gfx card ? thanks for the help

stulid · 23 Aug 2011 at 12:43

wigz said:
looking to upgrade also, neglected my pc over last couple of years, (thats what happens when you meet a woman).

Asus p5b mobo (very old)
q6600 quad core 2.4ghz
radeon 4890 xfx
4gb 800 mhz ram
corsiar 850 psu

not looking to spend a lot as dont really play much anymore but guessing i will need a whole new set up as old mobo wont support new ram and processors. would it be better to buy a bundle then just add a decent gfx card ? thanks for the help

You will save more money by just getting the bits separately, Your PSU is still great so keep that.

If I was you, I would stick a heatsink on the Q6600 and overclock it, then add a new graphics card and see how it performs.

wigz · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:24

i need a new motherboard p5b is donkeys old,q6600 can be over clocked as not had need to overclock yet.

stulid · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:34

The try and find a second hand suitable P45 or X48 etc motherboard etc.

wigz · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:56

unsure wether to upgrade for i series cpu or risk getting a board for my current cpu thats the dilemma, not knowing if my q6600 will stutter in new bf3 then will be a waste of money purchasing that kind of board . hmm decisions

Jony27 · 23 Aug 2011 at 14:02

you wont know until its out, what if it handles BF3 fine without stutter, then you just saved yourself a lot of money.

get the motherboard second hand as Stulid suggested.

BTW, you kind of hijacked the OPs thread

wigz · 23 Aug 2011 at 14:18

ha so i did its the same thread im sure he can take as much as the advice as i can. no point having 2 threads the same . thanks for all the advice