Upgrade already???

[bdipauly]

Quick (very) newbie question. I bought the Titan Tanto (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?catid=&prodid=FS-002-OG) - except I upgraded to i7 and 16gb RAM - from OC about 7 weeks ago.

I am slightly disappointed in it's performance in that I can't even run Black Flag at max without slowdown. Is it worth upgrading the graphics card already? It's a bit depressing that I might need to upgrade already. I was kind of hoping that this new PC would run Dragon Age Inquisition and Witcher 3 at max settings.

Thanks in advance.

 

[bdipauly]

The GTX760 is a fine card, though it does sit in the mid range grouping of graphics cards. What resolution are you running?

1280 x 1080

 

[bdipauly]

Which GPU did you pick? The 760?

Yeah

 

[bdipauly]

Yea, id buy a new graphics card. 970 seems decent for the price and works just fine right out of the box so try that.

Thanks. I may well try that. Didn't really want to upgrade this soon but hey ho, PC gaming I guess.

 

[bdipauly]

Do you mean 1920 x 1080?

Sorry. Yes I did mean that

 

[bdipauly]

Do you mean 1920x1080?

Sorry to say it, but that was never going to run Witcher 3 at max settings

You see, that's what bugs me with PC gaming. That PC cost me around £1100 and I would expect it to run games at high settings, at least for a while.

 

[bdipauly]

Yeah hindsight and all that. Well this is depressing lol. Think I will just get Dragon Age on the PS4. Anyone want to buy an underpowered/overpriced PC?

 

[bdipauly]

You could have spent the money differently and ending up with a higher performing system, a 760 is performance that was available in 2012, and I mean the starting days of 2012 (the 7970, which is still faster than the 760)

Yeah I am not a tech head. I just assumed as it was from OC it was decent.

 

[bdipauly]

Yeah I think I will bit the bullet and invest in a 970.

 

[bdipauly]

I just assumed i7 was better than i5 lol. You know... PS4 is better than PS3, it's a higher number!!! Damn my ignorance. Well I am stuck with it now.

 

[bdipauly]

It's a decent system Pauly, just needs a beastly GPU to make games amazing!

Buy a 970 and sell the 760, you will be out of pocket but not by a great amount!

Will do. And thanks a lot guys

 

[bdipauly]

That's great information James, many thanks. I will make the upgrade.

 

[bdipauly]

I feel happy again. Seriously many thanks guys. Much appreciated.

 

[bdipauly]

OK quick update. Ordered the card above as it was on sale!

 

[bdipauly]

Oh well lol. I am not going to spend any more. To be honest I am not a speed whore, as long as I can play Dragon Age Inquisition and the like on good settings I am happy.

 

[bdipauly]

Well pleased with the 780. Big improvement. One thing though.... in the OC box was 2 packs of Haribo sweets. Bit random.