GeneralXTL Posted October 27, 2013 Member ID: 9997 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 39 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 15 Achievement Points: 347 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/20/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 31, 2015 Birthday: 12/22/1989 Share Posted October 27, 2013 So current system specs Dual GTX 560 Nvidea Graphics cards with 2 gigs of ram each running in SLI 8 Gigs of Ram. Windows Vista. PCU: Intel i5-3570k @ 3.4 GHz 850 W power supply. 1.25 Terra bytes of hard drive space Now i thought this would be enough to power BF4 at max settings however it's a little short only running on "High" not ultra. Which is upsetting. SO what should i do to improve performance? I'm looking for the best bang for my buck. I'm thinking just a GPU upgrade though Nvidea (which im a long time buyer of) seems to be a bit more expensive when i could be getting the same performance for less elsewhere. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkie 13 Posted October 27, 2013 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 417 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 346 Achievement Points: 3583 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted October 27, 2013 well first I would get win 7 or 8.1, just my opinion but I had vista 64 and when I moved to win 7 with same hardware things seemed to run smoother. Could just be me but only my opinion. As for cards wait another month and see what nvidia comes out with to trump AMD's new releases. Then if the next gen isn't your thing the older models will lower in price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tsw 8.5 Posted October 27, 2013 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 143 Topic Count: 514 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17095 Content Per Day: 3.25 Reputation: 42091 Achievement Points: 148644 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 678 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Share Posted October 27, 2013 first get rd of vista..go to windows 7 or 8 .and you just want to spend money to play on ultra what for ..you have a good rig ..and can run the game on hi so why spend 3 or 4 hundered on new cards ..or card ..cant see putting out more money just to see better camos you will get better fps with it on hi then trying to run on ultra ..but if you want to spend money go with the gtx 780 ti..or the 770 4 gb.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
MrBubbles Posted October 27, 2013 Member ID: 349 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 821 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 541 Achievement Points: 5195 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/10/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 5, 2017 Birthday: 01/27/1971 Share Posted October 27, 2013 General, check out this link at TomsHardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html I used this same link to help me determine which path to take. What I ended up doing is purchasing two Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 video cards with 2048MB GDDR5 memory. These are the overclocked Windforce units. My purchase price was $249.00 US. Two of these cards should run Battlefield4 in Ultra adequately. We shall see! You can spend a thousand on a single card and not come near the performance of having two at $500.00. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djMot Posted October 27, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted October 27, 2013 3rd generation i5 is pretty weak. Also, you need to check your video slots to see if they are PCIe 3.0 slots. Yours may be 2.0 or 2.1, and although the 3.0 cards will work in the 2.x slots (reportedly without all that much of a penalty,) it's worthwhile determining whether it's time to upgrade the card, or the whole system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
GeneralXTL Posted October 29, 2013 Member ID: 9997 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 39 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 15 Achievement Points: 347 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/20/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 31, 2015 Birthday: 12/22/1989 Author Share Posted October 29, 2013 Thanks for the suggestions guys! Think im just going to focus on getting the OS upgrade to 8.1 or 7. Hopefully that will give me the little boost im looking for to keep things running at max for a little while longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoarch Posted October 30, 2013 Member ID: 1733 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 614 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 555 Achievement Points: 5925 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 16, 2022 Birthday: 10/14/1967 Share Posted October 30, 2013 man.... my comp sucks... lol. wish mine was half as fast as yours... still running a 8500 gt card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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