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GeauxTime9 
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| Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 8:37 pm)
Trying to update my desktop to be more gaming friendly. Just recently bought a new graphics card it helped some but not as much as I would like. Can I buy anything else new to help or am I better off buying a new computer for Xmas?
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sbr2
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 8:40 pm to GeauxTime9)
Got to list what you had and what you replaced before we can help. If you are trying to upgrade a 6+ year old computer, you might be better off getting a holiday deal (imo)
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UltimateHog 
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 8:43 pm to GeauxTime9)
Impossible to answer without RAM/CPU info and what GPU did you just buy and for how much?
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GeauxTime9
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 8:44 pm to UltimateHog)
LINK
That's link to specs.
Added a raddeon 7750 hd graphics card and an extra 2gb of ram
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GeauxTime9
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 8:47 pm to GeauxTime9)
Yeah it's fine playing pve on about 30 fps but playing pvp it drops to 5-10 fps. Totally unplayable
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bluebarracuda
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 8:49 pm to GeauxTime9)
Oh man that's a pretty up to date pc 
I wouldn't invest much more into it because the 7750 is a pretty decent card for moderate gaming, and your processor will most likely bottleneck anything better that you throw in there
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bluebarracuda
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 8:50 pm to GeauxTime9)
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playing pvp it drops to 5-10 fps
Aren't PvP games like GW2 and WoW? Those are very cpu intensive over most games and your cpu probably has a hard time handling them
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GeauxTime9
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 8:54 pm to bluebarracuda)
Yeah it's rough and that's all I play is gw2 and wow. Could I buy like a new CPU or motherboard and update the old one or am I better off just getting something new?
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UltimateHog
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:00 pm to GeauxTime9)
You could upgrade to a Z77 mobo for around $150 and buy an i5 3570K for 200 and with that GPU and ram run pretty much anything flawlessly.
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GeauxTime9
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:04 pm to UltimateHog)
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You could upgrade to a Z77 mobo for around $150 and buy an i5 3570K for 200 and with that GPU and ram run pretty much anything flawlessly.
This is what I wanted to here. I'm a computer noob so explain to me what I need please sir.
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bluebarracuda
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:07 pm to UltimateHog)
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that GPU and ram run pretty much anything flawlessly.
Flawlessly... Eh. Games like GW2, yes, but mw3, skyrim, and bf3, not happening unless you want to play with minimal graphics
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bluebarracuda
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:07 pm to GeauxTime9)
What's your budget? I can mock you up something
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UltimateHog
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:09 pm to bluebarracuda)
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Flawlessly... Eh. Games like GW2, yes
He said that's all he plays. 
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GeauxTime9
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:09 pm to bluebarracuda)
I would wait until Xmas...so lets say $400-$500
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:11 pm to bluebarracuda)
If I were him, and wanted to upgrade for cheap, I would use that 7750 along side the new AMD APU chips with this mobo. It will allow you to run eyefinity and it's pretty much like having two 7750s crossfired.
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bluebarracuda
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:12 pm to UltimateHog)
You said run anything flawlessly. Just making sure he doesn't expect to try out BF3 on high settings expecting good fps
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bluebarracuda
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:13 pm to stout)
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f I were him, and wanted to upgrade for cheap, I would use that 7750 along side the new AMD APU chips with this mobo. It will allow you to run eyefinity and it's pretty much like having two 7750s crossfired.
I was going to suggest the same hybrid xfire 
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GeauxTime9
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:19 pm to bluebarracuda)
Are these things easy for me to install or will I need to have to bring it somewhere?
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:19 pm to bluebarracuda)
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I was going to suggest the same hybrid xfire
I am very intrigued by the possibilities of this set up. Only thing is that they say you really need 1866MHZ or faster ram and also need a little more than 8GB because the APU unit uses the system ram as if it wear ram on a vid card.
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stout
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| re: Computer help....? (Posted on 11/11/12 at 9:20 pm to GeauxTime9)
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Are these things easy for me to install or will I need to have to bring it somewhere?
It's pretty straight forward and plenty of guides on youtube if you get confused. Newegg has a really good guide you can watch.
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