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Hi all.
Im sorry for reposting this but thought the title bored people from even viewing it. lol
I recently had some advice about upgrading to an i5 2500k setup replacing my mobo cpu and ram which was good advice and im not knocking it but im feeling now as if it might not be worth it.
my build is:
800w psu
And phenom ii x4 940 CPU
4gb ddr2 1066 ram
Radeon hd 6950 1gb version gpu
Alivexfire esata 2 motherboard
1.5 tb hdds
Monitor is going to be 37" 720p Philips LCD tv when I move the rig upstairs.
Ive moved the pc into bedroom and found the tv only supports 1280 x 1024 max res and been playing at 1024 x 768 and it honestly looks as good as my 1080 samsung 2333 monitor i had previously. it supports 75hz refreash rate too.
Now i mainly play bfbc2 at the moment. Im now getting between 45-90 fps on vanilla and on bc2 vietnam im getting between 55-110 ish. I think its better on vietnam as i beleive it was optimised a bit better for pc. Thats with everything maxed. So.....
It would be an upgrade for upgrades sake really to i5 setup even though they are absolute beasts!!!
I was wondering if at those resolutions it would be worth upgrading at all?
The one thing i would like is a more stable fps and especially for BF3 when its released next week.
I was looking at new bulldozer but its a let down completely so thats gone out the window.
I would like to record with fraps at a min of 45 FPS so any advice is most welcome. looking at a budget of around £200.
So would a new mobo/cpu/ram (selling off mine at around £70-100) be worth it?
Or would selling 6950 and getting a gtx 580 make it more stable?
would a gtx be watsed at those resolutions... ive never gamed at those resolutions before so no idea.
Also would a 6 core help with recording fraps? I have seperate HDDs one for recording and I was thinking if I set affinity of 2x cores to fraps it might help fps.... am i right in thinking that?
If i dont really need an upgrade at moment I will stash the cash and wait for a new build.
Any advice?????
Im sorry for reposting this but thought the title bored people from even viewing it. lol
I recently had some advice about upgrading to an i5 2500k setup replacing my mobo cpu and ram which was good advice and im not knocking it but im feeling now as if it might not be worth it.
my build is:
800w psu
And phenom ii x4 940 CPU
4gb ddr2 1066 ram
Radeon hd 6950 1gb version gpu
Alivexfire esata 2 motherboard
1.5 tb hdds
Monitor is going to be 37" 720p Philips LCD tv when I move the rig upstairs.
Ive moved the pc into bedroom and found the tv only supports 1280 x 1024 max res and been playing at 1024 x 768 and it honestly looks as good as my 1080 samsung 2333 monitor i had previously. it supports 75hz refreash rate too.
Now i mainly play bfbc2 at the moment. Im now getting between 45-90 fps on vanilla and on bc2 vietnam im getting between 55-110 ish. I think its better on vietnam as i beleive it was optimised a bit better for pc. Thats with everything maxed. So.....
It would be an upgrade for upgrades sake really to i5 setup even though they are absolute beasts!!!
I was wondering if at those resolutions it would be worth upgrading at all?
The one thing i would like is a more stable fps and especially for BF3 when its released next week.
I was looking at new bulldozer but its a let down completely so thats gone out the window.
I would like to record with fraps at a min of 45 FPS so any advice is most welcome. looking at a budget of around £200.
So would a new mobo/cpu/ram (selling off mine at around £70-100) be worth it?
Or would selling 6950 and getting a gtx 580 make it more stable?
would a gtx be watsed at those resolutions... ive never gamed at those resolutions before so no idea.
Also would a 6 core help with recording fraps? I have seperate HDDs one for recording and I was thinking if I set affinity of 2x cores to fraps it might help fps.... am i right in thinking that?
If i dont really need an upgrade at moment I will stash the cash and wait for a new build.
Any advice?????
