Suggested upgrade (specs inside)

jaybee82

jaybee82

jaybee82

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Hi,

I brought a new system back in Feb and everything with it has been great so far however I'm wondering what the next logical upgrade choice would be?

Although I'm happy with the performance, on ultra settings frame rate dips can be prone to drop to 30 on games like Arkham City and Far Cry 3 (games around years old) in areas of big open spaces.

I do like me games running stable at 40-50 and quite frankly Watch Dogs performance is nothing short of appalling dropping as low as 18-20 when I get into a car (I did patch up me drivers). Games such as Dark Souls 2 and Battlefield 4 are superb on ultra settings. Have a look at me system and see what you guys think, would really appreciate some feedback!



Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC WindForce 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply
MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
Corsair RM Series RM 650 '80+ Gold' 650W Power Supply (CP-9020054-UK)
 
I would say grab a cooler and overclock your CPU. That is a pretty high end spec tbh and it should be performing well. Maybe try tweaking with game display settings such as vsync?
 
a lot of the game you have mentioned do suffer from poor optimisation. Especially Batman and watch dogs.

As for upgrades, it really depends on the budget.

As an absolute maximum upgrade you'd be looking at Xfire 290's but thatd mean a new PSU too, and possibly a new motherboard. It gets pricey.

Also games are heading towards bring mire CPU bound so a 4770k would help that.
 
Doomedspeed said:
Also games are heading towards bring mire CPU bound so a 4770k would help that.
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Hmm not sure if that's a good or bad thing :p At the moment it's all about GPUs and we aren't seeing much benefit in new CPUs. So making CPU intensive games could give a boost to the CPU market.
 
never been one confident enough to overclock, understand there's risks involved getting this wrong? could this significantly boost performance like?
 
dacads said:
Hmm not sure if that's a good or bad thing :p At the moment it's all about GPUs and we aren't seeing much benefit in new CPUs. So making CPU intensive games could give a boost to the CPU market.
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jaybee82 said:
never been one confident enough to overclock, understand there's risks involved getting this wrong? could this significantly boost performance like?
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It can definitely boost performance, I've kept my 2500k in the game by running it at 4.5-4.7ghz.

Its only risky if you do it wrong, very wrong.

Normally you'll BSOD before you damage anything.

Its 'classed' as 'risky' as you have control of voltage settings. Though it is actually safer to set the vcore (core voltage) yourself than have the motherboard do it for you, as AUTO modes tend to oulvershoot the vcore needed by a long way (due to silicon lottery).

There are loads of guides out there for each chip and motherboard.
 
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