A cure for stutter - ssd/gfx card/cpu?

[*Rage*]

Whenever I crash there is a stutter. 100% reproducible every time whether in BS2 or WH.

 

Current rig C2D @ 3.6ghz. 4gb ram. Gtx 260 896mb.2560x1600 resolutionVista 64.

Upgrading to 2500k/3570k. 8gb ram.7950/7970.

 

I don't particularly mind the long load times. Just the crash stutter and other less consistent/reproducible stuttering. Would an ssd help? Or am is it due to cpu or insufficient/slow ram or low gfx vram?

 

Thanks

[cichlidfan]

Whenever I crash there is a stutter. 100% reproducible every time whether in BS2 or WH.

 

Current rig C2D @ 3.6ghz. 4gb ram. Gtx 260 896mb.2560x1600 resolutionVista 64.

Upgrading to 2500k/3570k. 8gb ram.7950/7970.

 

I don't particularly mind the long load times. Just the crash stutter and other less consistent/reproducible stuttering. Would an ssd help? Or am is it due to cpu or insufficient/slow ram or low gfx vram?

 

Thanks

 

I would make VRAM your first target, especially with that screen resolution. I originally ran A-10 on a similar CPU/memory rig but with a better video card and I did not have any significant issues.

 

EDIT: Upgrade to Win 7-64 while you are at it.

[Pilotasso]

There is no stutter on my machine. I can only atribute this to the SSD and the nice overclock I got from my I5 processor. I have used a variety of GFX in the last few years, 9800GX2, 470GTX, 570GTX, ranging from 512 to 1280MB of VRAM and i have never encountered a sutter condition due to GFX limitations. Only hard drive seeks during the game.

 

A better GFX helps as will more RAM (unless you already got 4GB or more) but you will get the most gains in ED's simulations by using a strong CPU and SSD's. GFX plays a secondary role here, as will the type of VRAM your GFX has. A 560Ti (your 7950 is already overkill) will do just fine.

[FlankerFan2012]

I don't have stutter either but I'm not sure if it's the SSD. I have the graphics maxxed and screen resolution is at 1920x1080. I have the i5 2500k with a 4.3 GHz oc. I have my OS on a 30 gig SSD but my swap drive is a normal hd, which never gets used with 8 GB of ram. Lockon doesn't max anything on my machine: cpu runs at about 30% (1 core 100%, another at about 50%, others idle), gpu runs at about 70%. I'll check vid card mem usage.

 

Vid card is a GTX 470 1.2 GB.

[Mustang]

Going from 4gb of RAM to 8gb was the best thing i've ever done to my system.