Hi all, I have the upgrade itch, my specs are currently:
i7 2600K 4.4GHz (not quite stable on 4.5)
Asus P8Z68V-PRO (not GEN3)
8GB G.Skill 2133 DDR3 (Lowest CL, don't remember off the top of my head)
Asus R9 290x Direct CU II OC (1100/1400)
OCZ Vertex SSD 60GB - (OS)
2 x Crucial MX500 500GB SSD's (Games)
1 WD Green power HDD 1TB (Storage)
Enermax Galaxy 850 WATT PSU (10+ YO, amazing PSU unit)
That's the important stuff anyway.
I am looking to get the best percentage of increase in gaming power!
I run triple monitors @ 5760x1080 or 6048x1080(BC)
These are my staples at the mo
Euro Truck sim
American Truck sim
iRacing
pCARS
Assetto Corsa
rFactor2
GTAV
Mafia II + III when released.
Skyrim
I run 60hz monitors @ 1080 so no 1440p required, at triples that would be hardcore!
Anyway what is going to give me the best improvement? I'm looking at 3 options.
1) Buy another r9 290x and crossfire them babies up. Would I need the bridge thing? do the cards have to identical? I can see other cards like mine for sale. This looks like it would give a good percentage improvement, but I hear that CF is not always working properly, does anyone have experience with CF on the games above?
2) Just buy a brand new graphics card, apart from TITAN X is anything going to be that big of an improvement? I'd prefer to stay with AMD for graphics, I find they look & work better on driving sims, which I play a lot.
3) Upgrade CPU/MB/RAM to either Asus x99 strix + i7 6800k or a Z170 + i7 6700k
Anyone have any advice please? the itch is killing me. I find that I have to sacrifice AA on most games to keep the FPS agreeable. Would just like to be able to run triples with 4xMSAA and steady 60FPS.
Cheers,
Bully
i7 2600K 4.4GHz (not quite stable on 4.5)
Asus P8Z68V-PRO (not GEN3)
8GB G.Skill 2133 DDR3 (Lowest CL, don't remember off the top of my head)
Asus R9 290x Direct CU II OC (1100/1400)
OCZ Vertex SSD 60GB - (OS)
2 x Crucial MX500 500GB SSD's (Games)
1 WD Green power HDD 1TB (Storage)
Enermax Galaxy 850 WATT PSU (10+ YO, amazing PSU unit)
That's the important stuff anyway.
I am looking to get the best percentage of increase in gaming power!
I run triple monitors @ 5760x1080 or 6048x1080(BC)
These are my staples at the mo
Euro Truck sim
American Truck sim
iRacing
pCARS
Assetto Corsa
rFactor2
GTAV
Mafia II + III when released.
Skyrim
I run 60hz monitors @ 1080 so no 1440p required, at triples that would be hardcore!
Anyway what is going to give me the best improvement? I'm looking at 3 options.
1) Buy another r9 290x and crossfire them babies up. Would I need the bridge thing? do the cards have to identical? I can see other cards like mine for sale. This looks like it would give a good percentage improvement, but I hear that CF is not always working properly, does anyone have experience with CF on the games above?
2) Just buy a brand new graphics card, apart from TITAN X is anything going to be that big of an improvement? I'd prefer to stay with AMD for graphics, I find they look & work better on driving sims, which I play a lot.
3) Upgrade CPU/MB/RAM to either Asus x99 strix + i7 6800k or a Z170 + i7 6700k
Anyone have any advice please? the itch is killing me. I find that I have to sacrifice AA on most games to keep the FPS agreeable. Would just like to be able to run triples with 4xMSAA and steady 60FPS.
Cheers,
Bully
