Upgrade for Witcher 2?

Liggs · 31 May 2011 at 19:33

At the moment I've got:

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (Socket 939)
ATI HD 4850 1GB
4GB DDR3 RAM

I can barely play The Witcher 2 on Medium settings with a decent framerate, which is pretty disappointing. What sort of upgrade cost am I looking at to upgrade my PC to the point that I can play the game comfortably on Ultra settings?

No real budget specified, just looking for the maximum bang for my buck. I guess I'd only need processor, graphics card and motherboard (unless you guys think more RAM would help?)

Liggs · 31 May 2011 at 19:40

Alright, well say I was going to upgrade then. What spec would you guys recommend? Probably the next big games I'm going to play are Skyrim and ArmA3 when that comes out: http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/05/19/arma-3-system-requirements-revealed/

Liggs · 31 May 2011 at 20:12

If I'm honest, I wouldn't want to spend more than £300. I might stretch to £400 if it's going to give me a significant boost.

Liggs · 31 May 2011 at 20:24

Looks like a pretty good deal, probably don't need the cooler as mine is pretty good. My concern is that I'll upgrade now but by the time next year rolls around, the upgrade won't have been significant enough and I'll end up spending another £300 when it would have been better to spend £500 now, you know?

Liggs · 31 May 2011 at 20:47

I can't remember, it was decent when I got it, though. I guess it might not fit the slot?

Well, let's say my budget is £500 then. Would that last me a couple of years of playing games at max settings?

Liggs · 31 May 2011 at 22:59

Do you think a new graphics card would be worth the investment?

Liggs · 1 Jun 2011 at 09:25

So would you guys say upgrading now is a worthwhile investment (based on my current spec)? Or should I wait it out a little while longer?

Liggs · 1 Jun 2011 at 09:33

The saving isn't really an issue, it's the spending and justifying that's the problem!

Liggs · 1 Jun 2011 at 12:34

So maybe for now I should just splurge out on a super powerful graphics card (for future proofing purposes). It may get bottlenecked a bit by my CPU, but it'll most likely be some improvement and I can always upgrade my motherboard and CPU later on in the year.

Sound sensible?

Liggs · 1 Jun 2011 at 13:27

I play on a pretty nice LCD monitor at 1920x1080, so I guess graphics card is pretty important. PSU-wise, I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure it's fairly good. I'll need to check when I'm at home.