Seriously low fps, time for upgrade?

ChAIn3D

ChAIn3D

ChAIn3D

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Hi guys,

I've looked at various threads and I'm uncertain what to do in my situation. When playing any game my fps varies between 40-130fps, especially when playing online games such as csgo. I want to be able to stabilise my fps if possible so what improvements should I make (if any) to get a better fps; some people say I might get away with only changing the gfx card and others say its a complete upgrade. Money isn't an issue but I don't want to spend over the odds if I get exactly the same performance cheaper. Also would prefer not to be doing a full upgrade unless I really need too! So what you suggest?

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16ghz
MB: Rampage Formula
Ram: 4GB
Gfx: Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX (768mb)

Cheers guys!
 
Im in the same boat as you my friend though my cpu is a Intel Core 2 Duo 6600 @ 2.4Ghz !!

despite having a GTX 460 it still struggles occasionally in black ops 2.

To be totally honest if you want to play the latest games such as BF4 you really are looking at a full upgrade,this might even include psu to run the better graphics cards.

heres what i'm currently looking at getting but there are much cheaper options such as going with the AMD piledriver cpu's,cheaper mobos etc.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Vapor-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £185.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £134.99
1 x Antec High Current Gamer 750W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (0-761345-06223-7) £99.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Prolimatech Black Megahalems CPU Cooler £49.98
2 x Corsair AF140 Quiet Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack (CO-9050009-WW) £14.99 (£29.98)
1 x Akasa AK-FN058 Apache Black Super Silent 120mm Fan - 4 Pin PWM £9.98
Total : £996.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
As suggested before, go for a new GPU first...it might surprise you...

And if you don't see the improvement that you're hoping for then you can always reuse it in the new rig :)
 
Seem like a whole rig update really.

You can't just throw a new (mid-high) GPU in your current rig as the E8500 will bottleneck it.

Mr Ghost provided a sound spec, though i don't know if you need a new case, cooler or PSU.. and also if you want to overclock?
 
As Doomspeed said you don't need to include a new case. As for cooler and PSU it depends on what you have at the moment.As mentioned the spec shown is for a new PC i'm planning on buying but gives you an idea on costs.

The reason i went for a pricey mobo and gpu is simply to give it a few years on the current gaming market.
 
You could overclock the cpu and just change to a more up to date graphics card for the time being. A E8500 in that board will hit at least 4Ghz, maybe even 4.5Ghz (mine did 4.5Ghz in a Asus P5E X38).

There are some cracking deals around on GTX 670's and AMD 7950's at the moment.
 
I know I don't need a case and my PSU is an Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU, so would this be enough to run my system with some latest components?

Whats the best make and type to look for in a gfx card? and if I get anything power hungry then would I need to get another PSU.

I'm leaning towards getting the gfx card first and then see how the system handles, just like Scott C suggested. I can always upgrade CPU, MB and memory afterwards.
 
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