Improvements without MOBO

thepeteh

thepeteh

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Hi knowledgeable folk of ocuk, I have the following system;

Asus Z77 Maximus V Gene Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz
16GB DDR3 PC3-12800
GeForce GTX 670 2GB
Kingston 256GB SSD
Samsung 500GB

Is there much worth doing to improve my current system before the inevitable bite the bullet and get a new CPU, Mobo and GFX all together? Currently struggling to play BF4 and CSGO with a decent frame rate, goes a bit sluggish at times.

If it is to be a new CPU, Mobo and GFX, then what is the current reconsiderations for good £ per performance? :p

Cheers
 
Overclock it, changing the CPU wont do much for you.

Add a 2nd GTX670 if you have a suitable PSU.

Or buy a GTX970.
 
A new GPU would help much more than a new CPU, your CPU is more than good enough for those games.

What resolution are you playing at? GTX 670s are severely crippled in the memory bandwidth and quantity departments.
 
what frame rates are you getting in CSGO?

I play the game on the following system

I7 950 @ 3.2ghz

Asus P6X58D-E Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard

6GB of ram running @ 1600mhz

Radeon HD 5830 2GB video ram.

I must admit I turned off AA and texture filtering down to Billnear but I can get a decent 150fps most of the time and maybe more.

I have recently just got a 970 which I haven't tested yet.

if you put in net_grpah 1 in to console if gives you a running fps section to watch. if you had to upgrade I would get a new GPU as the rest seems fine!

I play mine at 1080P
 
1920 x 1080

Just opened up my case and reckon there is room for another but think I'd rather upgrade the card, will look at 970's.

Will also check out how to overclock, never done that before.

Cheers
 
As above, I had a 3770k oc'd to 4.5ghz with sli'd 670's. Averaged 90 fps in bf4 on max settings at 1920x1200. Now on haswell which ran similarly with those cards. The 2gb of ram may be an issue with some newer games so a 4gb 970 would be a very good choice.
 
struggles to keep above 40-50fps with most stuff maxed out on csgo. battlefield really struggles now, though I think a few updates have caused that as well. pretty much unplayable.
 
thepeteh said:
struggles to keep above 40-50fps with most stuff maxed out on csgo. battlefield really struggles now, though I think a few updates have caused that as well. pretty much unplayable.
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that's quite low, your GPU is much better than my radeon HD 5830.

for the time being in CSGO turn off AA and texture filtering to Billnear as this gave me a lot more fps. see if this helps.

the game only requires GTX 430 as recommended
 
thepeteh said:
1920 x 1080

Just opened up my case and reckon there is room for another but think I'd rather upgrade the card, will look at 970's.

Will also check out how to overclock, never done that before.

Cheers
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My advice, overclock your currant CPU first before spending anything major ( you might need a better heatsink and fan depending on what you currently have) that way you might find you can get a reasonable bump I performance for now and then get a much bigger jump sometime in the first half of next year if/when the new cards arrive.

But definitely overclock your CPU first before buying a new GPU.
 
Little update. For some reason I didn't spot that only 1 core of my CPU was running. I didn't know why but seems it was crippling performance. Did a bios reset and all seems much better now! :) 150 - 250fps on full settings CSGO and BF4 is back to its smooth self.
 
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