Lag, what could I upgrade.
jezzer:
I would honestly recommend updating your video card first, because I guarantee* that's where most of your bottleneck is happening. A decent video card would help lighten up the load on your processor, as would shutting down background programs while you're gaming.
*"guarantee" is a strong word; let's go with "think"
mephlabs:
I can agree with Jezzer.
Also, if you are gonna change to Intel, you must change your motherboard, thing that will create more pain in your pocket, and as I said before, also need to upgrade your PSU. (if you don't have a good one).
silverkitty:
Quote from: jezzer on 2012 June 15, 17:07:24
I would honestly recommend updating your video card first, because I guarantee* that's where most of your bottleneck is happening. A decent video card would help lighten up the load on your processor, as would shutting down background programs while you're gaming.
*"guarantee" is a strong word; let's go with "think"
Video card it is then. I would like to go somewhere in the upper 500 or lower 600 GeForce range... Currently my power supply isn't enough to upgrade, but to upgrade both should only be a few hundred, not too bad. Not as much as a new PC!
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I can agree with Jezzer.
Also, if you are gonna change to Intel, you must change your motherboard, thing that will create more pain in your pocket, and as I said before, also need to upgrade your PSU. (if you don't have a good one).
Sucks, I wasn't aware of that. It makes me kick myself for not just buying a computer with a better processer to begin with. When I got the computer I couldn't find one with an i7 that didn't have intigrated graphics, and none of the OEM were enough. I ended up just buying a cheap pc and replacing the card. Looking back I should have just waited and built my own, but my own impatience got the best of me! >.<
jezzer:
Don't just buy hardware upgrades all willy-nilly. Check your motherboard's specs to see how upgradable it is. You should be able to find that information on your manufacturer's website; it should tell you what hardware it comes with, and how powerful you can upgrade it to. My computer is an HP Pavilion that came with a dual-core processor, 5 GB of RAM, an integrated crappy video card, and a dinky PSU, but it had a lot of flexibility for upgrading. I've since converted to a 6-core CPU, 12 GB of RAM, a GeForce 570 GT video card, and a 585w PSU.
silverkitty:
Quote from: jezzer on 2012 June 15, 21:44:49
Don't just buy hardware upgrades all willy-nilly. Check your motherboard's specs to see how upgradable it is. You should be able to find that information on your manufacturer's website; it should tell you what hardware it comes with, and how powerful you can upgrade it to. My computer is an HP Pavilion that came with a dual-core processor, 5 GB of RAM, an integrated crappy video card, and a dinky PSU, but it had a lot of flexibility for upgrading. I've since converted to a 6-core CPU, 12 GB of RAM, a GeForce 570 GT video card, and a 585w PSU.
It's a process I plan to take slowly, I just want to figure out what will help curb my frustrations the most. I'll check the website, I do remember when I got it that one of my reasonings was it was the most upgradable option that was available in the store at the time, but it's been a while so I'm not sure. Than you again, it's very helpful. Envy your machine!
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