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How can you determine the performance bottleneck on your pc?
Posted on 3/27/13 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 3/27/13 at 10:31 pm
If you have plenty of ram it would come down to the processor or the video card right? I was thinking of upgrading my graphics card (a geforce gt440 1gb) but I only have a 2.66ghz xeon quad core processor. Also 8gb ram, ssd hd, etc. It plays the latest games just fine (I think I was running Crysis 3 on medium setting, but with either low or no AA) but I wanted to upgrade nonetheless. I know my rig can handle a pretty serious graphics card (750W p. supply, etc) but how do you figure out if additional GPU performance will be effectively utilized?
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Posted on 3/27/13 at 10:41 pm to el duderino III
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(a geforce gt440 1gb
thats the problem
Posted on 3/27/13 at 10:48 pm to jcole4lsu
Games now days are mostly gpu driven so that should be your first upgrade.
Posted on 3/27/13 at 10:57 pm to el duderino III
Yeah its time to upgrade that gpu.
Treat yourself to a nice one and revel in the glory.
Everything else looks fine honestly. Slap your fav game on your ssd and get a new gpu and you will be in gaming heaven
Treat yourself to a nice one and revel in the glory.
Everything else looks fine honestly. Slap your fav game on your ssd and get a new gpu and you will be in gaming heaven
Posted on 3/27/13 at 11:33 pm to el duderino III
I've got a 670 that I might be getting rid of in the next week when my 7970 comes in.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 12:47 am to Mr Gardoki
so even if all 4 cpu cores operate around 100% when I'm running a game, a better GPU will still be completely utilized? Is the way it works basically that the CPU just hands off the processing workload that it can't or isn't intended to handle to the GPU?
Posted on 3/28/13 at 12:53 am to el duderino III
To put it simply as possible...yes
Posted on 3/28/13 at 12:55 am to puffulufogous
probly out of the price range i'll be looking for, thanks though. gonna try to find something under $250
Posted on 3/28/13 at 12:58 am to jefforize
ok, thanks. i was worried that i would find that i needed to get a new cpu, and a new mobo to go with it. so I'd basically have to build a new computer if i wanted to upgrade my graphics card.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:00 am to el duderino III
For that budget I'd recommend taking a look at Radeon 7870 "xt" or "Tahiti le" editions.
if your motherboard can support another 8gb of system ram I'd consider that too, for $50. altho 8gb is sufficient...just that could be your next upgrade down the line.
if your motherboard can support another 8gb of system ram I'd consider that too, for $50. altho 8gb is sufficient...just that could be your next upgrade down the line.
This post was edited on 3/28/13 at 1:03 am
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:38 am to puffulufogous
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I've got a 670 that I might be getting rid of in the next week when my 7970 comes in.
Might be interested, price? Can you combine a 670 with a 570 for SLI, or would that not work? I've got a superclocked 570 that handled everything I throw at it, Far Cry 3 on ultra, Crysis 3 the same, etc. But I'm always looking for a deal. Still need to grab an SSD.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:44 am to Tom288
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Can you combine a 670 with a 570 for SLI, or would that not work
Wont work... Has to be with another 570
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Still need to grab an SSD.
I have one I'm trying to sell
Posted on 3/28/13 at 7:02 am to bluebarracuda
eta: I wasn't paying attention to my original link. If you can find the 7878 myst or xt edition those will be the best for under $250. If not you can get the 7870 ghz edition.
This post was edited on 3/28/13 at 9:18 am
Posted on 3/28/13 at 7:26 am to bluebarracuda
Heya Blue, what are you selling? I've been considering going with a SSD just not looking forward to the downtime.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 9:04 am to Beast Rabban
120gb sandisk extreme.
Bought it to Raid 0 with my other one but decided not to
Bought it to Raid 0 with my other one but decided not to
Posted on 3/28/13 at 9:07 am to Mr Gardoki
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Gardoki
you know you can get the tahiti le version of that card on newegg for $215 after rebate right?
Posted on 3/28/13 at 9:08 am to Tom288
like blue said it has to be same model in same series. can be different manufacturers and different amounts of vram, but the card with higher vram will default to the vram of the other card. I am looking for around 300 for the 670.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 9:15 am to jcole4lsu
I thought that was what I linked, guess I wasn't paying attention too well. Good call
Posted on 3/28/13 at 9:18 am to puffulufogous
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I've got a 670 that I might be getting rid of in the next week when my 7970 comes in.
dibs.
Posted on 3/28/13 at 9:20 am to Mr Gardoki
i dont think so. the powercooler tahiti models have a core clock of 925mhz and a 6 Gbps memory clock.
the one you linked had a 1000 mhz core clock and 4.8 Gbps memory clock, so i think thats a GHZ edition.
the one you linked had a 1000 mhz core clock and 4.8 Gbps memory clock, so i think thats a GHZ edition.
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