trooph Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 (edited) I was planning on upgrading my whole rig to INTEL..but it seems i wont be able to complete this. I was thinking.. Mobo upgrade with better ram cubes and possible ssd drive, would that help me a bit? Currently im running on: Phenom x4 965 BE @3.7 8gb patriot 1333mhz CL9 ram (cheap cubes) Asus M4A77TD mobo with bios that was updated in 2010...;/ And a SAPPHIRE HD 7850 2GB ddr5 (not unlocked i dont know if its possible with sapphire model) slightly OC WD caviar (dont remember which one) 500gb 7200rpm HDD I cant run my DCS title with HDR on coz im losing way too much FPS. Even now without it i cant get a stable 30 fps. Sometimes when i have 3 A10C around with some action below it drops below 20 fps and becoming unplayable.. Any susggestions how can i upgrade it cheap to run the game smoothly? Without sudden FPS drop Trooph Edited February 8, 2013 by trooph
Bodo Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 Not sure. but ya might want to consider putting something like a 660ti or better a 670 in that rig. Otherwise ypu're looking at full on change of CPU and Mobo.. Using an SSD will help with windows feeling a lot more responsive and games loading a bit quicker but that's it. It's really nice tho not having to wait for things to install or load, even just loading waterfox up is instantaneous. Loading DCS is a lot quicker than it used to be. Corsair 550D / Be Quiet 650W Pro 10 / ASUS P8Z77-V Pro / Intel i5 3570K / 16GB Kingston HyperX 1600 MHz / EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX2 4GB / 128GB Samsung 830 / RME HDSPe Multiface 2 / 1TB Samsung F3 / Prolimatech Megalames Rev. B / Windows 10 / BenQ XL2420T / Saitek X52 Pro / Kone Pure+ / Filco Majestouch 2 Ninja
Madone Posted February 8, 2013 Posted February 8, 2013 Your Mobo/CPU/RAM is not that bad, though it's not the very best but I think you can get more than 30FPS with making some compromise in the graphic settings. Your HD7850 seems to be recent so I guess you don't want to change it right now? Right? The HDR is more about the GPU capabilities (personally I hate everything called HDR) Can I know what's your screen size? Strike Posture Set CAS Center of Excellence Intel Core i5 4690k @4,6Ghz, Gigabyte GTX 970 OC, Gigabyte Z97-X, 16GB G Skill Sniper @2400, Samsung 860/850 EVO , Win 10 64 bits, Dual monitors 27"@144"Opentrack + TM Warthog + Saitek pro flight combat
pacotito Posted February 9, 2013 Posted February 9, 2013 What are your graphical settings? From the reviews I've read the 7850 is on par with the 6950. I'm guessing you can tweak the settings a bit. If I remember correctly I was getting around 30-35 fps on a busy mission when I had my 1090t. What is your budget for a new rig? Pacotito I7-5820k@4.5 Z99 extreme4 16gb ddr4 520gb ssd. Gigabyte ssc GTX960 SSC 4gb
DeathInACan Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 A new motherboard might help you get a better overclock on your CPU but I can't see just a motherboard and ram upgrade helping that much. Getting more or faster ram wont do that much either as very few games scale with additional memory bandwidth and faster timings (DCS is not one of those games). One thing that will help your fps is turning off cockpit mirrors. Those are apparently a huge fps drain. See what you can dig up on framerate optimizations. I am running the Phenom II x6 1100T at 4.8Ghz and 8Gb of DDR3 1600 with a 6970 on a 27" monitor pushing 2560x1440 pixels. The game runs well for me only rarely dips to slow framerates, so it much just be you have to adjust a few graphics settings. I think you might be best off saving for new CPU/mobo/GPU for a future rig. SSD is a nice addon (I would love one as well) but that wont help your in game framerate but the sped up loading times would be a nice upgrade. AMD 1090T X6 @4.01Ghz, XFX 6950 890/1375, 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600, WD Velociraptor 600GB, complete watercooling setup, Dell U2711 + Dell U2410, Thrustmaster Warthog, Saitek Combat Rudder, Track IR5
trooph Posted February 13, 2013 Author Posted February 13, 2013 Sorry guys i was AFK for few days :) THanks for ur advices. I managed to OC my CPU a little bit more mande few tweaks and changes with my GPU also OC it a bit. THe game seems to run smooth now. At best i get like 70-80 fps With 2 MFDS set As TGP and MAV i drop down to around 35 and i rarely see drop below 28. My settings are set almost everywhere to high except water and civ traffic. I lowered AA and with new AMD drivers and CCC i Enchanced few options. Now my average looks like 45-50fps Which im happy with :) Before those tweaks i was running the game with constant drops below 20 fps. Now i cant really see it happen that much. I will buy new rig this year. Thats a must! Switching over to Intel and Nvidia seems the best idea. Even thou Intel products cost a bit more :) But with imminent Haswell release Ivy and Sandybridge should go down to very affordable prices :) Budget is not set yet as im moving to a bigger city in few days time. But i think around 600$(400 euro) just for CPU RAM and new MOBO as i will stay with my GPU untill i get more cash for decent NVIdia Once again thank u lads :)
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