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vrgadin

vrgadin

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so heres the skinny. i have an old rig......very old

e6600 2.4 core 2 duo
4 gigs (3 useable) of slow arse ram
a broke arse 9800 gt
vomit inducing vista 32.....yeh 32

iv been able to play the latest games like bf3 shogun 2 surprisingly halfway decently. although shogun turns into a slideshow. planetside 2 forget it, unplayable.

here is what iv thrown together on magic micro. due to money constraints, reccomending other hardware is out of the question, so dont turn this into a "whats better thread"

ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS AM3+, Onboard Video,Sound, GB LAN
AMD FX-6350 Piledriver (Vishera) 3.9GHz (Six Core) 32nm, AM3+ 8MB Cache
8GB (2x4GB) PC12800 DDR3 1600 Dual Channel (super talent)
GeForce GTX 650 1GB PCI EXpress 16X Dual head, HDMI- (done my homework, seen and heard great things for a budget card, and can upgrade whenever)
1000.0 GB Western Digital Green SATA3 6GB/s 64m cache
Antec Basiq 500w Extra Quiet ATX Power Supply w/ 6pin PCI-E
and obviously win 7 64

i also want to mention i play alot of cpu intensive games ala shogun 2 and upcoming rome 2....so i wanted a much better cpu

also my monitor is only 1280x1024 so gpu isnt a huge deal at the moment but def plan on upgrading to at least a 660

im going amd for price, 6 cores will future proof gaming for awhile etc

my question is this.....how drastic a difference will i see coming from my old beat up hoopdey?
 
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hanna44

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Dear user You will see many differences with your new upgrade its worth every penny and you can do a lot of things according to your "grandpa" machine congrats and be well dude.
 
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If possible you should try and swap out the GTX 650 for an HD 7790. Particularly this one... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127726

It's very cheap, it comes with 3 really awesome games, and it also comes with a $25 rebate. I think you would benefit from the AMD card more. Also if you're a new customer on newegg and you buy that graphics card today you can save an extra $10 just enter promo code "NEWCUSTOMER06" at checkout.
 
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Watch this video HD 7790 vs GTX 650 ti.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCoctop9jkA

The GTX 650 ti is a lot better than the GTX 650. And you can see in the video that the HD 7790 outperforms the 650 ti. If all you can get is a GTX 650 and you're getting a really good deal then stick with that. It's still a nice upgrade from your previous card. Otherwise, if you can get something better for about the same price then why not do that?
 
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The new GTX 760 is a huge value at US $250. I'm assuming you are not in the US as we don't say arse too much ;)

It may be out of your price range. But you get amazing performance for the price with it.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-760-review-gk104,3542.html

The AMD 7xxx series do have issues with micro stuttering and frame latency but it's mostly when they are run in Crossfire. AMD says they have a driver fix coming at the end of next month but the issues have been known for over a year and they are not fixed yet so I will believe it when I see it.
 
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Yeah we try to keep it pretty family friendly but saying 'ass' generally does not get the mods too upset. :vip:

If it did we would have to ban some mods! lol
 
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