Soldato
- Joined
- 13 Jun 2011
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Hi all,
bit dissapointed in my current rig playing bf3 i get massive FPS drops at some points sometimes dropping to 30fps on certain maps [looking out over river on seine crossing and inside the tower on sharqi]
ive been thinking about a move to intel for a while now as i cant get any further than 4ghz on my current machine even under water and hearing of 5ghz on the intel cpus makes me want one!. Unfortunatly i know absoutly nothing about intel, no idea what board i need what cpu to buy or anything!
from recording gcard usage on afterburner my g card seems to hit 95%-99% usage so is my cpu holding me back somehow? i honestly thought that going from a 6950 - 7970 [espically an overclocked 7970] i would be able to **** on bf3 from a great height at ultra - 1080p.
would a change to intel make a difference? or cant it really be answered and i just need to find out? my pc is used for gaming/browsing only and ideally id like to keep my current ram and PSU and just change out the mboard and CPU.
Current rig :-
Amd phenom x6 @ 4.0ghz
ASUS sabertooth 990fx mboard
8gb corsair 1866mhz ram [can only get stable 4ghz at 1333mhz]
gigabite windforce 7970 1200/1650 @ 1.250v
700wat corsair PSU
watercooled cpu on custom loop
so to cut a long story short
thanks in advance,
Steve
bit dissapointed in my current rig playing bf3 i get massive FPS drops at some points sometimes dropping to 30fps on certain maps [looking out over river on seine crossing and inside the tower on sharqi]
ive been thinking about a move to intel for a while now as i cant get any further than 4ghz on my current machine even under water and hearing of 5ghz on the intel cpus makes me want one!. Unfortunatly i know absoutly nothing about intel, no idea what board i need what cpu to buy or anything!
from recording gcard usage on afterburner my g card seems to hit 95%-99% usage so is my cpu holding me back somehow? i honestly thought that going from a 6950 - 7970 [espically an overclocked 7970] i would be able to **** on bf3 from a great height at ultra - 1080p.
would a change to intel make a difference? or cant it really be answered and i just need to find out? my pc is used for gaming/browsing only and ideally id like to keep my current ram and PSU and just change out the mboard and CPU.
Current rig :-
Amd phenom x6 @ 4.0ghz
ASUS sabertooth 990fx mboard
8gb corsair 1866mhz ram [can only get stable 4ghz at 1333mhz]
gigabite windforce 7970 1200/1650 @ 1.250v
700wat corsair PSU
watercooled cpu on custom loop
so to cut a long story short
- would i notice a difference AMD - intel
- can i use my current RAM and PSU
- and can someone please spec me a mboard/ cpu budget £300-£400 ideally around the £300 mark unless i can some how sell my current boarad and CPU
thanks in advance,
Steve
