What to upgrade...

My pc run almost everything like crap. The final straw was 35 fps in far cry. So what should i upgrade?Here what i have9800 GTX (I have 9800 gx2 in the closet)160 gb 7200 rpm WD hddAsus sli deluxe motherboard6 Gb of ram ( 2 2 gigs 2 1 gigs)Amd 6000+ 3.0 duel coreRosewill Xtreme 700 watt psuWindows vista premiumI cant figure out why my pc is so gimp. I figured id ask u fellas What to upgrade...
[QUOTE=''icey6ch9'']My pc run almost everything like crap. The final straw was 35 fps in far cry. So what should i upgrade?Here what i have9800 GTX (I have 9800 gx2 in the closet) 160 gb 7200 rpm WD hddAsus sli deluxe motherboard6 Gb of ram ( 2 2 gigs 2 1 gigs)Amd 6000+ 3.0 duel coreRosewill Xtreme 700 watt psuWindows vista premiumI cant figure out why my pc is so gimp. I figured id ask u fellas [/QUOTE] Over kill on the RAM, you wont need 6GB of RamYour HDD is fine, it doesn't effect much (unless its broke)3GHZ Processor sounds good, have you tried to overclock it a tiny bit more?The only thing that could be doing your PC a injury would be the graphics card, but im not 100% on how well your model performsWait for somone with more experience to post, but that RIG seems preety good to me What to upgrade...
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[QUOTE=''icey6ch9'']Quik question IF i somehow got Windows vist for free coug cough. Would that have any effect?[/QUOTE] no. your proc isnt the best on the block bud. in fact its middle of road. equivilent to about an e6600. its holding you back. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-x2-6000_4.html
[QUOTE=''Rhamsus''][QUOTE=''icey6ch9'']Quik question IF i somehow got Windows vist for free coug cough. Would that have any effect?[/QUOTE] no. your proc isnt the best on the block bud. in fact its middle of road. equivilent to about an e6600. its holding you back. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-x2-6000_4.html[/QUOTE]But i thought most games dont support quad core so why would this matter? edit* because most new procceors are quad core
[QUOTE=''icey6ch9''][QUOTE=''Rhamsus''] [QUOTE=''icey6ch9'']Quik question IF i somehow got Windows vist for free coug cough. Would that have any effect?[/QUOTE] no. your proc isnt the best on the block bud. in fact its middle of road. equivilent to about an e6600. its holding you back. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-x2-6000_4.html [/QUOTE] But i thought most games dont support quad core so why would this matter? [/QUOTE] there is far more to it than clock speed and cores. id rather not give a processor lesson at the moment, but given the very limited imformation i have, this is what i can deduce. AMD procs are not as good as Intel atm. (Sorry AMD guys but its just the way it is). you will need to move to higher end chip to see better performance. upgrading your videocard may even cause a bottleneck (if you dont already have one) between your CPU and VidCard.
[QUOTE=''icey6ch9''][QUOTE=''Rhamsus''][QUOTE=''icey6ch9'']Quik question IF i somehow got Windows vist for free coug cough. Would that have any effect?[/QUOTE] no. your proc isnt the best on the block bud. in fact its middle of road. equivilent to about an e6600. its holding you back. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-x2-6000_4.html[/QUOTE]But i thought most games dont support quad core so why would this matter? edit* because most new procceors are quad core [/QUOTE] Im with you...I cant see the processor holding this RIG back....Tis a wierd one
[QUOTE=''Joker1232003''][QUOTE=''icey6ch9''][QUOTE=''Rhamsus''] [QUOTE=''icey6ch9'']Quik question IF i somehow got Windows vist for free coug cough. Would that have any effect?[/QUOTE] no. your proc isnt the best on the block bud. in fact its middle of road. equivilent to about an e6600. its holding you back. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-x2-6000_4.html [/QUOTE] But i thought most games dont support quad core so why would this matter? edit* because most new procceors are quad core [/QUOTE] Im with you...I cant see the processor holding this RIG back....Tis a wierd one [/QUOTE] its damn near an e6600 which is a decent proc dont get me wrong, but you arent going to see top of the charts FPS in demanding games. its just not gonna happen. he asked what to upgrade i made the suggestion based on the tiny amount of information we have at hand. OP it may be a driver issue, or other software issue, but we need much more information to figure that out. what video card drivers are you using? do ALL games run crappy? what are your temps like?
[QUOTE=''Rhamsus''][QUOTE=''icey6ch9''][QUOTE=''Rhamsus''] [QUOTE=''icey6ch9'']Quik question IF i somehow got Windows vist for free coug cough. Would that have any effect?[/QUOTE] no. your proc isnt the best on the block bud. in fact its middle of road. equivilent to about an e6600. its holding you back. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-x2-6000_4.html[/QUOTE]But i thought most games dont support quad core so why would this matter? [/QUOTE] there is far more to it than clock speed and cores. id rather not give a processor lesson at the moment, but given the very limited imformation i have, this is what i can deduce. AMD procs are not as good as Intel atm. (Sorry AMD guys but its just the way it is). you will need to move to higher end chip to see better performance. upgrading your videocard may even cause a bottleneck (if you dont already have one) between your CPU and VidCard. [/QUOTE] Any suggestions on what proc i should get?
[QUOTE] its damn near an e6600 which is a decent proc dont get me wrong, but you arent going to see top of the charts FPS in demanding games. its just not gonna happen. he asked what to upgrade i made the suggestion based on the tiny amount of information we have at hand. OP it may be a driver issue, or other software issue, but we need much more information to figure that out. what video card drivers are you using? do ALL games run crappy? what are your temps like? [/QUOTE]yea basicly everything runs crappy. I have a 9800 gtx plugged in now and i took out my 9800 GX2 becuase it was running everything horrible.
ill need you to answer all the questions. as far as suggesting a better proc, ill pass that to someone more knowledgable than me when it comes down to AMD procs. i dont do much more than keep up with the news on them.
[QUOTE=''Rhamsus'']ill need you to answer all the questions. as far as suggesting a better proc, ill pass that to someone more knowledgable than me when it comes down to AMD procs. i dont do much more than keep up with the news on them. [/QUOTE] how should i get my temps? i used to have some nvidia program but idk what it was called
if you are familar with it, you can just use NVIDIA System Tools 6.02 to get them. post your temps while idle and under full load of your most demanding game
[QUOTE=''Rhamsus'']if you are familar with it, you can just use NVIDIA System Tools 6.02 to get them. post your temps while idle and under full load of your most demanding game [/QUOTE] gpu and cpu were at 52c and after 10 minutes of far cry my cpu wasat 66 and my gpu was at 56
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i can get it to run real cold with riva tuner. Thats if i turn the fan speed to 100 but its on auto control right now,
[QUOTE=''Rhamsus''][QUOTE=''icey6ch9'']Quik question IF i somehow got Windows vist for free coug cough. Would that have any effect?[/QUOTE] no. your proc isnt the best on the block bud. in fact its middle of road. equivilent to about an e6600. its holding you back. http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/athlon64-x2-6000_4.html[/QUOTE] His CPU isn't the best, but its very doubtful its holding back his GPU, certainly not in Far Cry...
so what the fudge is?
bump
Has it always done this? How old is this build? Your running latest video drivers? Also what resolution are you running?