Will my CPU & Bus Speed be a Bottleneck?

GodMac · 17 Oct 2014 at 09:43

Hi guys,

I'm getting ready to play the new COD Advanced Warfare and looking to upgrade my current GFX card to the below:

Asus AMD Radeon R9 270X DirectCU II Top 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Card (PCI Express 3.0, HDMI, DVI-I, DVI-D, Display Port, 256-bit,

The spec of my existing system is below which meets the minimum requirements and I can even use my existing GFX card but is sluggish on COD Ghost so want to be able to get better resolution and performance.

If I install this card will I get a bottleneck with my current system build. I've OC'd the Q6600 to 3.2Ghz and have the OCZ IBIS 256Gb SSD, but will I be limited? Will the card be overkill for the system?

Thanks in advance.

GodMac · 17 Oct 2014 at 13:48

Thanks for the replies guys. Basically I'm not limited to price. I am looking to upgrade my rig in April next year so if I buy a GFX card now at around £200-£250 then I'd like it to be valid for a few years on a new mobo and CPU.

Thanks

BTW what is "MM"?

GodMac · 17 Oct 2014 at 13:57

I've had various GFX cards over the years and the ones that have been most reliable have been the ASUS. I've had BFG that continuously fail but since they went bust I've baked the cards and got them working again.

I'll take a look at the 290 and see if I can get a good price on it.

What's "MM" you mention in your last but 1 post?

GodMac · 17 Oct 2014 at 19:34

OK I've just looked down the forum and I have access to the Members Market but to be honest and no disrespect to OC but it is awful! Having to go into each listing to get a view of what you want without a picture image or detailed description is Wack! Apologies OC if I am not seeing it right but if I look on any website I can scroll and click in seconds. Get into the 2020's guys seriously.