- Oct 16, 2013
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Hello guys,
So. I'm in a very very tight budget. Has been so for some time and unfortunately is not going to change in the next year or so at least.
My system is a Dell optiplex 755 (bought refurbished), which comes with a Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00 Ghz, 4Gb of RAM and a GT 520. I also put an SSD because I needed that for work.
I use this mainly for some gaming: Rfactor, Arma 2, and some Wargame: Airland Battle. I don't intent to get anything else, although Arma 3 when it gets in a big sale would be cool.
Yesterady the GPU failed while playing Arma 2. May be related to the fact that I've been overclocking the s* out of it recently. I told a friend of mine, and he offered to ship me a 4850 that is collecting dust ($25 cost, which for me is not that little). Today I started the computer and the GT 520 was working normal.
Now... performance-wise it's of course mediocre. I get an average of 20FPS in Arma, but often it's around 15. Some times it's the GPU bottlenecking but some times it's the CPU, but it's usually the GPU at lower fps and the CPU at higher fps (around 25ish, which happens on deserts/clear skies). As for Wargame, I think I care a bit less, but I can run on medium settings no problem. Rfactor is all good of course.
So... do you think it would be worth it for me to go for the 4850? Would there be better performance, or at least same fps with better graphics? Is it worth it the money and the trouble, also considering I've seen some people having problem with drivers and whatnot going from Nvidia to ATI?
Cheers, I really appreciate your help.
edit: ah, I snatched IL-2:CoD recently for £2 but it didn't quite run. Would the 4850 run it? Lastly, I believe the GT 520 would not run Arma 3, but the 4850 would? Thanks.
So. I'm in a very very tight budget. Has been so for some time and unfortunately is not going to change in the next year or so at least.
My system is a Dell optiplex 755 (bought refurbished), which comes with a Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00 Ghz, 4Gb of RAM and a GT 520. I also put an SSD because I needed that for work.
I use this mainly for some gaming: Rfactor, Arma 2, and some Wargame: Airland Battle. I don't intent to get anything else, although Arma 3 when it gets in a big sale would be cool.
Yesterady the GPU failed while playing Arma 2. May be related to the fact that I've been overclocking the s* out of it recently. I told a friend of mine, and he offered to ship me a 4850 that is collecting dust ($25 cost, which for me is not that little). Today I started the computer and the GT 520 was working normal.
Now... performance-wise it's of course mediocre. I get an average of 20FPS in Arma, but often it's around 15. Some times it's the GPU bottlenecking but some times it's the CPU, but it's usually the GPU at lower fps and the CPU at higher fps (around 25ish, which happens on deserts/clear skies). As for Wargame, I think I care a bit less, but I can run on medium settings no problem. Rfactor is all good of course.
So... do you think it would be worth it for me to go for the 4850? Would there be better performance, or at least same fps with better graphics? Is it worth it the money and the trouble, also considering I've seen some people having problem with drivers and whatnot going from Nvidia to ATI?
Cheers, I really appreciate your help.
edit: ah, I snatched IL-2:CoD recently for £2 but it didn't quite run. Would the 4850 run it? Lastly, I believe the GT 520 would not run Arma 3, but the 4850 would? Thanks.
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