Hardware Requirement for PC games

[Peter Tsang]

Folks,

Upgraded to Core i5 3570K at default clock speed recently, with 8GB DDR3 RAM running at 1668MHz. Graphics card is GTX 560 Ti.

Tried BF3 at Ultra settings, smooth like silk. Also tried Flaming Cliff 2, very smooth too.

Is my upgrade overkilled for most games? What titles can stretch my current setup?

Peter

 

[Cupra]

what resolution do you play?

In no way is it overkill infact graphics card wise its low end enthusiast and a gen old at that

 

[Idleman]

Folks,

Upgraded to Core i5 3570K at default clock speed recently, with 8GB DDR3 RAM running at 1668MHz. Graphics card is GTX 560 Ti.

Tried BF3 at Ultra settings, smooth like silk. Also tried Flaming Cliff 2, very smooth too.

Is my upgrade overkilled for most games? What titles can stretch my current setup?

Peter

There is no way you are playing BF3 on Ultra, not at 1920x1080.

 

[Peter Tsang]

Okay folks, I'll go back and check again. The graphics isn't top notch nor the CPU, therefore I doubt it myself too.

 

[yashiro]

CPU is fine for current games. The 560 is a little behind the curve but not massively so. If it's playing nicely for you why beat yourself up about it?

 

[Idleman]

Okay folks, I'll go back and check again. The graphics isn't top notch nor the CPU, therefore I doubt it myself too.

Just checked settings for single 560ti@ 1920x1080, all high. But I can`t play it smoothly on Ultra, only with sli.

 

[Peter Tsang]

CPU is fine for current games. The 560 is a little behind the curve but not massively so. If it's playing nicely for you why beat yourself up about it?

Actually Windows Experience i saying 7.9 7.8 7.6 5.9. The last one is the hard drive which makes sense to me. Those before 5.9 are the CPU, graphics..etc as you know, so they are pretty close.

 

[Peter Tsang]

Just checked settings for single 560ti@ 1920x1080, all high. But I can`t play it smoothly on Ultra, only with sli.

My monitor is a 22" LG. The resolution is 1680*1050.

 

[Peter Tsang]

What are all the fuzz about the Z77 chipset? And now that I have this Z77 board. what sort of benefits I am getting ?

 

[Idleman]

Actually Windows Experience i saying 7.9 7.8 7.6 5.9. The last one is the hard drive which makes sense to me. Those before 5.9 are the CPU, graphics..etc as you know, so they are pretty close.

There is nothing wrong with your system. The 560ti is a good card and will play most games on medium to high settings depending on resolution.
If you are worried about your system`s performance, just run some bench tests.

 

[Idleman]

My monitor is a 22" LG. The resolution is 1680*1050.

Well, you will get higher settings at that res, so stop worrying about your system and just enjoy it.
If you want to know more about your components, then do a little research.

 

[Peter Tsang]

There is nothing wrong with your system. The 560ti is a good card and will play most games on medium to high settings depending on resolution.
If you are worried about your system`s performance, just run some bench tests.

Any recommendations? Preferably free of charges

 

[Idleman]

Any recommendations? Preferably free of charges

What games do you have besides BF3?
Metro 2033 has a benchmark in game.


http://www.3dmark.com/3dmark11/download/

http://unigine.com/press-releases/120307-heaven-benchmark-3.0/

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-free-benchmark-programs/

Can`t gaurantee they all have benchmark tools but most have.

Just Cause 2
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2
Crysis
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Grand Theft Auto 4 and the expansions Ballad of Gay Tony / Lost and the Damned.
Street Fighter IV
Lost Planet 2
Resident Evil 5
Metro 2033
Dirt 3
Shogun
Arma 2

http://www.giantbomb.com/pc/60-94/t...t-of-pc-games-with-benchmark-tools/35-505036/