What to upgrade 1st??

1uke · 29 Jun 2016 at 17:14

My computer has been struggling a lot in games and need advice on where the problem likely is or if everything?

Monitor resolution: 2560 x 1600
GPU: Crossfire 7970's 3gb Mild overclock
Processor: AMD FX 8350 @4.7ghz
4x SSD's
Ram: 16gb
Windows 10 64bit

My hunch is the GPU's only having 3gb memory are struggling at this resolution but could it also be the AMD processor??

1uke · 29 Jun 2016 at 19:42

Doom, Overwatch and Rocket League I can only play on low settings.

1uke · 29 Jun 2016 at 21:06

Asus Crosshair V Formula motherbored. And the cpu and gpu's are custom watercooled.

1uke · 30 Jun 2016 at 11:06

What should I monitor? I use hwmonitor to keep an eye on temps which all seem fine when gaming.

1uke · 6 Jul 2016 at 23:00

My pc problems gradually got worse and worse and then one of my 7970's died. So I ordered a new D5 water pump and a MSI GeForce GTX 1070 SEA HAWK EK X 8192MB and wow I have a gaming rig again. I think the problem must have been a dieing water pump making temps high and a 7970 gpu that has been dodgy since buying it with coil whine etc.
At least I don't need to replace the processor for now as I'm maxing out all my games like Doom and Plants vs Zombies 2 with ease even with this 30" monitor. And the temperatures are brilliant