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bottleneck but upgrade worth it still?

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September 17, 2013 11:37:53 PM

i just bought n built a amd athlon x4 740 pc with a 7850. Based on your advice the cpu is holding the gpu back. minimum on Battlefield i get around 15/19 fps. i was hoping not to upgrade to a bigger card if i got the 7850 (used). but it appears i will have to spend money now.

I am only doing this to be able to play Battlefield 4 at 1080. Don't care about the eye candy as long as i get above 30fps minimum on a mixture of low and medium if possible.
so my QUESTION IS, instead of getting a core I3+ motherboard n Case, Could i just get a gtx 760(7950 is too big and doesn't fit in my case) and even with the bottleneck obtain above 30fps at 1080(since my 7850 1GB gets 16fps )? It would be easier to sell my 7850 than the Brand new Athlon x4 740 & MSI Motherboard i just got this week.

Or will the 7850 1GB edition handle the game above 30fps if i get the core I3? ( if so, that would be better due to power usage. GTX 760 would draw more than a core i3 upgrade) Please don't say to get a I5. I can't afford it. Especially since i mainly only play Battlefield and hardly ever buy games. I used gamefly for my ps3 awhile back. So i can't justify the $$$ for just one game.

any thoughts?

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September 17, 2013 11:52:28 PM

If your CPU is holding you back, then the only option is to upgrade your CPU. upgrading GPU would be useless
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September 18, 2013 12:10:39 AM

im quite confused on how you're getting such low fps. Are you going by what fraps or something says because that is usually off by a long shot. I run a amd 720 triple core oced to 3.4ghz and a radeon 7870 and i max it out and never dip below 50fps, so there is something going on there.
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September 18, 2013 12:22:10 AM

HillBillyAsian said:
im quite confused on how you're getting such low fps. Are you going by what fraps or something says because that is usually off by a long shot. I run a amd 720 triple core oced to 3.4ghz and a radeon 7870 and i max it out and never dip below 50fps, so there is something going on there.


Exactly what I'm thinking but so many people say it's my processor. Yes, I tested a 2 minute benchmark using fraps. And I can feel it. Oh, it's for multiplayer tho. My card is overclocked by default plus a increase I made. I also tested on my previous cpu Athlon x3 425 and got similar results with both cpus. I don't know what's wrong.
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September 18, 2013 12:26:13 AM

kemperkipie said:
If your CPU is holding you back, then the only option is to upgrade your CPU. upgrading GPU would be useless



I'm just a bit shocked that even a current cheap 2012/3 cpu "quad core" can bottleneck a mid range card. While people have older cheap cpu with no issues
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September 18, 2013 12:28:26 AM

what's your anti aliasing set to?
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September 18, 2013 6:38:15 AM

It's not that. I tried messing around with the settings already and nothing changes.
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