My current rig isn't playing well with games

[Deactivated] on 25/09/2014 - 21:20

Howdy, AAA titles are beginning to lag on my 3 year old system:

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3.40GHz Sandy Bridge
RAM: 16GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 802MHz (9-9-9-24)
MB: ASUSTeK P8P67 (LGA1155)
GPU: 1279MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (Gigabyte)
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
HDD: 2TB SATA

Is my GPU the bottleneck here? If so what's the recommendation on a ~$300ish upgrade that would work in my system? Also, I've not made the move to SDD yet, would I be expecting noticeable improvement on the gaming front if I do?

Cheers

Computing

Comments

  • [Deactivated] on 25/09/2014 - 22:04

    What games? I just upgraded from my 570 to a 295x2 (on a side note, I do not recommend that card or radeon).

    My 570 was doing alright before upgrading and I had a less grunty cpu then you. Why is your ram so slow? You sure you don't mean 1800mhz?

    • scrimshaw on 26/09/2014 - 03:19

      Why is your ram so slow? You sure you don't mean 1800mhz?

      What he wrote is the I/O bus clock of the RAM.

      Double data rate (DDR) allows RAM to transmit data twice per clock cycle, so RAM with a clock rate of 800 will actually have 1600mhz data rate.

      • [Deactivated] on 27/09/2014 - 10:26

        Yeah your right. I went full retard when reading that and just didn't think. Never go full retard.

    • [Deactivated] on 26/09/2014 - 08:58

      It's most things really, if I run them in 1080i (which I do) I am needing to bump many bling options down to get a smooth frame-rate, such is a thing that I am expecting after a few years but I just wanted to ensure that it is the GPU that's lagging behind the most.

      What scrimshaw said about DDR, got lazy and copied from speccy.

    • [Deactivated] on 26/09/2014 - 09:02

      $400 is bit outside of the boundaries unfortunately :c

      • scrimshaw on 26/09/2014 - 14:29

        Yeah, but save up for it…the 970 makes all the high end cards from AMD look like hot, power ineffecient cards by comparison. Could also order it from Amazon if you get the chance, since they sell for $350US.

        http://www.gamespot.com/articles/review-nvidias-gtx-970-is-t…

        Verdict

        Ah, the march of progress. The GTX 780 Ti—which commanded a hefty $699 (£559) at launch and used a full 250W of power—is now, less than year later, largely matched by a £289 card that consumes up to just 171W of power. AMD's flagships—the R9 290 and R9 290X—are now essentially irrelevant. They're wildly inefficient, hot GPUs by comparison, and cost around the same price (more in the US), but are easily bested in the benchmarks by the 970. Even AMD's monster dual-gpu R9 295X2, previously the best value choice for 4K gaming, has its work cut out for it. Two 970s would be far cheaper, run cooler, use less power, and—based on the single-gpu benchmarks at least—run faster. Such a setup would only cost slightly more than a single 980 too.

  • ethereal88 on 26/09/2014 - 06:42

    A 570 is slow it isn't even funny anymore. I second a 970, but do note, big fat Maxwell (980Ti) is coming, the 970 and 980 are only midrange not high end.

  • [Deactivated] on 26/09/2014 - 08:24
    +1

    Board has no support for SLI, so there goes that idea.

    At your budget of $300 you can afford the following, all of which will be a decent upgrade from a Nvidia GTX 570.

    AMD R9 285 OC 2GB
    AMD R9 280X OC 3GB
    Nvidia GTX 760 OC 2GB

    • [Deactivated] on 26/09/2014 - 09:04

      I don't game a lot so had not considered the route of SLI, cheers for the suggestion I shall have a look.

  • [Deactivated] on 26/09/2014 - 09:43

    Just to address the SSD, it will not improve gaming frame-rate at all. But the loading times will improve greatly.

    General computer will be substantially faster - boottimes, web browsing, desktop apps, etc

    Get one!

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