GPU or CPU Upgrade advice
Thread started by Yukizor on Wednesday, 9:20am April 8th with 5 replies. Views: 836
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9:20am Apr 8th 15
hey guys
ok basically im looking at upgrading my PC, because over the last few months i've noticed games updating, newer games and graphics engine struggling to get medium settings on my setup, its just old
My Setup
AMD 955 BE 3.2Ghz
8GB DDR3 1333Mhz G.Skill ripjaw-X
1TB WDD Black
AMD 7770 1Ghz Edition HIS
Basically. ive noticed in most games, my CPU gets capped and overused, and the GPU is having to pickup the slack, and i find myself always having to lower features such as Bloom, AntiAliasing , etc to get a solid FPS
Basically, i have a feeling my CPU is somewhat bottle-necking my GPU, this ofcourse wasnt the case in older games, but as time moves forward. My CPU seems to be getting stressed by the average game engine
but i could be wrong so im here to ask if that could be the case and what the best upgrade path would be
I was looking at this
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard
AMD FX-6300 Black Edition 6-Core Socket AM3+ CPU Processor
And im wondering whether to add a new GPU ( way over my budget , but i can do it ), like a GTX 750 or R7 265
Or just go with a processor upgrade to improve performance
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