- Sep 20, 2013
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Hi guys/girls, first time posting.
My current gaming rig is a over 2 years old and is starting to show signs of it's age. I recently purchased farcry 3 and upon playing it even with moderate graphics settings it is lagging up and I get terrible FPS and seeing as there are a few games coming out that I am looking forward to playing like Battlefield 4, I need to do something about it as I want to run high graphics on them.
My current setup is: Asus x58 sabertooth mobo, i7 960, 12gb gskill ripjaws 1600mhz ram (3x4gb sticks), 2 x hd6870's running in crossfire, thermaltake 800w PSu, 120gb SSD main drive and 1TB black caviar storage, all in a antec 900 two case.
Now the problem I am facing is that I don't know whether to just upgrade what I have or start from scratch with a new rig, money is not really an issue but I would rather not spend money if I didn't need to as my wife would kick my butt. Also I don't mind canabalising my current setup in order to finish a new rig if my current stuff is still good enough for a high end gaming machine.
I was looking at firstly just buying new graphics cards but then I started to question whether or not that would be enough or if current model graphics cards would even work with my setup. I was looking at buying either a pair of GTX770's or a single GTX780 for now and maybe buying another later if I needed it, or even a single titan though I wonder if it would be worth the extra $500 over the GTX780's as it costs $1300+ here in Australia. There is also the whole 2gb vs 4gb GTX770 thing, I have read a fair few threads here and most people are saying you don't need the 4gb unless running 3 monitors, well I am currently running 2 monitors and I see a lot of conflicting opinions.
Also I do not like ATI cards as they have caused me nothing but trouble in this rig and I would like to steer clear of cheaper brands.
Thank you in advance for any help given.
Cheers, Aaron.
My current gaming rig is a over 2 years old and is starting to show signs of it's age. I recently purchased farcry 3 and upon playing it even with moderate graphics settings it is lagging up and I get terrible FPS and seeing as there are a few games coming out that I am looking forward to playing like Battlefield 4, I need to do something about it as I want to run high graphics on them.
My current setup is: Asus x58 sabertooth mobo, i7 960, 12gb gskill ripjaws 1600mhz ram (3x4gb sticks), 2 x hd6870's running in crossfire, thermaltake 800w PSu, 120gb SSD main drive and 1TB black caviar storage, all in a antec 900 two case.
Now the problem I am facing is that I don't know whether to just upgrade what I have or start from scratch with a new rig, money is not really an issue but I would rather not spend money if I didn't need to as my wife would kick my butt. Also I don't mind canabalising my current setup in order to finish a new rig if my current stuff is still good enough for a high end gaming machine.
I was looking at firstly just buying new graphics cards but then I started to question whether or not that would be enough or if current model graphics cards would even work with my setup. I was looking at buying either a pair of GTX770's or a single GTX780 for now and maybe buying another later if I needed it, or even a single titan though I wonder if it would be worth the extra $500 over the GTX780's as it costs $1300+ here in Australia. There is also the whole 2gb vs 4gb GTX770 thing, I have read a fair few threads here and most people are saying you don't need the 4gb unless running 3 monitors, well I am currently running 2 monitors and I see a lot of conflicting opinions.
Also I do not like ATI cards as they have caused me nothing but trouble in this rig and I would like to steer clear of cheaper brands.
Thank you in advance for any help given.
Cheers, Aaron.
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