Is a new GPU the answer ?

[Hodders]

I tend to upgrade every 3 or 4 years or so.

My current PC (spec below). Is still running very nicely and gets performance I'm happy with in most of the games I play. I recently started playing AC-Unity and sure enough it drops to 15fps in certain areas which is not OK.

So the question - what is the bottle neck (I'm 99% sure it's the GPU but it would be nice to get you guys to confirm).

8GB Ram
Intel i5-2500 @ 3.3GHz
AMD Radeon 7850 2GB GPU
Asus Z68 chipset MB
Game at 1920x1080

I never go for the current 'fastest' as you pay 3 times as much for 15% of the speed.

But where do I look for an worthwhile upgrade ?

 

[new boy]

Gpu is defiantly the weak link

 

[z10m]

Just install afterburner enable osd and monitor your gpu usage, vram usage and cpu usage and while you get those fps drops look at the osd to check which is hitting close to 100% that's usually your bottleneck.

 

[Uncle_Gravy]

Def GPU, and I think the general answer here will be, wait for the RX 480 to drop which is quite soon.

 

[Hodders]

Ran GPU-Z and GPU was constant at 99% with CPU at about 65%.

So - Where is the sweet spot for an upgrade ?

AMD or NVIDIA ? I'm guessing at least 4GB of VRAM for modern games But any advice gratefully received....

Happy to spend ~£300 but only if that is a much better (50% greater) performance than £200. After a while you are paying a fortune for an extra 2fps.

Thanks for the help guys....

 

[new boy]

Grab a rx 480 when they launch in 9 days

 

[karik666]

I tend to upgrade every 3 or 4 years or so.

My current PC (spec below). Is still running very nicely and gets performance I'm happy with in most of the games I play. I recently started playing AC-Unity and sure enough it drops to 15fps in certain areas which is not OK.

So the question - what is the bottle neck (I'm 99% sure it's the GPU but it would be nice to get you guys to confirm).

8GB Ram
Intel i5-2500 @ 3.3GHz
AMD Radeon 7850 2GB GPU
Asus Z68 chipset MB
Game at 1920x1080

I never go for the current 'fastest' as you pay 3 times as much for 15% of the speed.

But where do I look for an worthwhile upgrade ?

Wait for the rx480 8gb should be around £250 for good custon cooler card,and should be over 2 times faster than you 7850.
Released on wed 29th june.

 

[Wucked]

The rx480 should be perfect for you.

 

[Hodders]

Reading up a bit about it, it sounds like a perfectly positioned product.

 

[HarryBizzle]

For 1080p it should do brilliantly.