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Justin Nickel

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With my current pc build, I can only get around 25 to 35 fps on med settings for Skyrim. I really want to be able to play on high settings with an ENB Mod and have much better fps. Also, looking forward to playing Rome 2 Total War and of course, want to be able to play with large unit scales and on high settings.

Current Build Windows 7 64 Bit

Intel Core 2 Due E8400 3.0GHz, 133FSB Dual Core 6000K
ASUS P5Q P45 1600FSB,PCI Express, 1 Gb motherboard
Geforce 9800GTX 512 Mb PCI EXpress 16x dual head graphics card
500 GB Maxtor/Seagate 7200rpm SATA UDMA 300 32m Cache hard drive
Samsung 20x DVD Recorder Dual Layer
4 g memory

Updated Build Cost $720

AMD FX 4130 3.8 ghz quad core
ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
1TB Western Digital Black Hard Drive
8 Gig DDR3 1600 mhz ram
Asus HD7790-dc2oc-1gd5 Video Card 128 bit PCI-E 3.0
Using the power supply, fan, and case from old build.

I was thinking of replacing the ASUS HD7790 with the GeForce GTX 650 Ti or GeForce GTX 660 due to Nvidia's recent price drop on these 2 cards. Any advice or suggestions is greatly appreciated
 
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icypyro

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Firstly, upgrade your AMD processor the 4350 if you want to go AMD, which is perfectly fine. If you want to go intel, grab the 3220. Next, if you can afford a GTX 660, throw that out. Go for the 7870- the cheapest GTX 660 is only 20$ less than the 7870, which happens to dance circles around the 660. It would also help if we could see exactly what motherboard you are wishing to buy.
 
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Justin Nickel

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ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

I'm a bit confused about choosing between the gtx 660 and the 7870. It appears the 7870 performs slightly better in most games but not Skyrim and only slightly better in shogun 2 total war. This month's article is saying the gtx 660 is the better card due to its new price at $200. I am already stretching it at $200 and prefer to spend $150 to $170 on a graphics card.

Thanks so much for the input so far.



 
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icypyro

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Well it would appear that your motherboard doesn't need any changes, it's fine exactly the way it is. Go ahead and get the 660 if you so desire. You'll see a definite increase of performance from the 7790.
 
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