Upgrade time or not?

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  1. Solomace

    Solomace Member

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    Hi all,

    I spent a lot of dosh on my rig back end of 2009 and I note that I am starting to have to play games (Crisis 3/FarCry 3/ BF3 (all the 3s eh)) on lower settings.

    Can some kind soul take a look at my specs and give me some advice please. I am wanting to get that "Woosh" effect again in my gaming :)..

    My Specs -

    gig gaex58 Mother board UD5

    I7 920 4gig over clocked

    Titan power Tx 750

    Corsair XMS 3 6x 1600hz

    Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition.

    Thanks in advance peeps.
     
    Solomace, Mar 28, 2013
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  2. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    is that 6 gig of ram? if on low settings then upgrade your videocard.
     
    ddp, Mar 28, 2013
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    May need more memory 8gb is recommended when gaming
     
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  5. rengineer

    rengineer Newbie

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    Also get an AMD processor theyre much more powerful.
     
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  6. ddp

    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    no they are not.
     
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    Kids say the darndest things. [​IMG] A Clydesdale is more powerful than a Thoroughbred, but who wins the race?
     
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    a pony?
     
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    Pagasis, of coarse. He got wings...
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    not even a sea horse?
     
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    I guess if you run in a sea horse that would mean AMD wouldn't be bringing up the rear. huh?
     
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    i thought the AMD and intel 8 core processors are about the same specs but intel cost 4times as much.
     
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  13. Solomace

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    Wow, too many zombies around for this thread.

    It was over a year ago when I posted chaps :)...

    Cheers anyway.
     
    Solomace, May 18, 2014
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