Hey. I was talking to my buddy about this earlier and he had a few suggestions for me.
Here's my rig:
q6600 oc'd to 2.8 GHz
GTX 560
4 GB DDR2 RAM
nForce 680i sli lt
My friend says he gets around 60 FPS in both BF3 and Skyrim on high/ultraish with a GTX 460 and a much better CPU, but I'm not sure if I'm CPU-bound or not.
I'm barely pulling 30/40 FPS on Skyrim and barely 20 on BF3. I should also note that TF2 runs like shit.
He suggested that my motherboard might be limiting my GPU's potential, as it doesn't have PCIe x16 2.0 slots, only PCIe x16 1.0 slots. I don't know what the fuck that means, but is there any merit to that, or is there some other part I should be focusing on? I'm pretty sure that I shouldn't be getting such poor performance in either game.
Can a "bad" part be a limiting factor, such as faulty RAM or a.. "bad" CPU? I don't know much about hardware, but it seems like this could be the case, right? Is there a way to test the performance of specific parts and benchmark them against what their performance should be?
Can anyone help me out here and maybe suggest some new parts that don't break the bank? ($400?) Thanks!
[QUOTE=Downsider;33244716]Hey. I was talking to my buddy about this earlier and he had a few suggestions for me.
Here's my rig:
q6600 oc'd to 2.8 GHz
GTX 560
4 GB DDR2 RAM
nForce 680i sli lt
My friend says he gets around 60 FPS in both BF3 and Skyrim on high/ultraish with a GTX 460 and a much better CPU, but I'm not sure if I'm CPU-bound or not.
I'm barely pulling 30/40 FPS on Skyrim and barely 20 on BF3. I should also note that TF2 runs like shit.
He suggested that my motherboard might be limiting my GPU's potential, as it doesn't have PCIe x16 2.0 slots, only PCIe x16 1.0 slots. I don't know what the fuck that means, but is there any merit to that, or is there some other part I should be focusing on? I'm pretty sure that I shouldn't be getting such poor performance in either game.
Can a "bad" part be a limiting factor, such as faulty RAM or a.. "bad" CPU? I don't know much about hardware, but it seems like this could be the case, right? Is there a way to test the performance of specific parts and benchmark them against what their performance should be?
Can anyone help me out here and maybe suggest some new parts that don't break the bank? ($400?) Thanks![/QUOTE]
Yea your CPU is bottlenecking your 560 and thats why you're getting worse frames, Also how is he getting 60 FPS on ultra? What is his resolution?
Your best bet is to get a new CPU but since the lga 775 sockets are dual cores only ( unless you want to spend $260 on a quadcore server CPU ) You should get something new.
This might work if you have the cash to do it.
CPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072[/url]
Motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271[/url]
RAM: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145315[/url]
[editline]12th November 2011[/editline]
You can always get a cheaper i5 but the 2500k is the best i5 you can get.
[QUOTE=Zerokateo;33245634]Yea your CPU is bottlenecking your 560 and thats why you're getting worse frames, Also how is he getting 60 FPS on ultra? What is his resolution?
Your best bet is to get a new CPU but since the lga 775 sockets are dual cores only ( unless you want to spend $260 on a quadcore server CPU ) You should get something new.
This might work if you have the cash to do it.
CPU: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072[/url]
Motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271[/url]
RAM: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145315[/url]
[editline]12th November 2011[/editline]
You can always get a cheaper i5 but the 2500k is the best i5 you can get.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the help! I'm not sure what his resolution is, and I'm not sure if he's pulling 60 frames [i]always[/i]. I'll have to ask him.
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