- Dec 13, 2012
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Hi there,
I built my computer rig last Christmas, and seeing as to how it's going on a year in a few months, I am considering upgrading my rig further. My specifications are as follows:
-Intel i5 3570 (not 100% sure of the clock rate, I'm not on my rig at the moment)
-nVidia GTX 660
-8GB RAM
-MSI z77A - G41 mobo
-60 GB SSD
-1TB HDD
I'm actually decently happy with it at the moment, however, I've noticed a decrease in my FPS while playing World of Warcraft and some other games after I added a second monitor. I currently have a 1980x1080 monitor and a 1024x1080 monitor. While my FPS is still good (running at about 48-80 while playing WoW on maximum graphics), I would like to be able to handle all games at max graphics all of the time.
So, my question to you all is : how hard would it be to ADD a graphics card? Would my CPU be a bottleneck? My mobo?
I'm not really set on a specific card, though I'd probably lean towards something in the nVidia GTX 700 series. (maybe the 760), although I would most likely try to get an MSI Twin Frozr series card, since that's the version of my current one.
Please fill me in.
I built my computer rig last Christmas, and seeing as to how it's going on a year in a few months, I am considering upgrading my rig further. My specifications are as follows:
-Intel i5 3570 (not 100% sure of the clock rate, I'm not on my rig at the moment)
-nVidia GTX 660
-8GB RAM
-MSI z77A - G41 mobo
-60 GB SSD
-1TB HDD
I'm actually decently happy with it at the moment, however, I've noticed a decrease in my FPS while playing World of Warcraft and some other games after I added a second monitor. I currently have a 1980x1080 monitor and a 1024x1080 monitor. While my FPS is still good (running at about 48-80 while playing WoW on maximum graphics), I would like to be able to handle all games at max graphics all of the time.
So, my question to you all is : how hard would it be to ADD a graphics card? Would my CPU be a bottleneck? My mobo?
I'm not really set on a specific card, though I'd probably lean towards something in the nVidia GTX 700 series. (maybe the 760), although I would most likely try to get an MSI Twin Frozr series card, since that's the version of my current one.
Please fill me in.
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