Hardware upgrade for Battlefield 4

Rocush21

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Hey guys, I am having a blast playing battlefield 4 but I cant seem to get away from the cpu spike bug that plagues so many players. I have tried every fix I can find (unpark cores, install directx, use the custom user.cfg file) but nothing seems to fix the issue. While this issue doesn't make the game unplayable, it is really starting to drive me crazy. I am running the game on a mix of medium and low settings on an HD 6950 2gb edition and a AMD 1090t x6 overclocked to 3.7ghz (ill post full specs below) and the draw graph command shows that my cpu jumps off the screen at random times screenshot. A bump up to 3.8 ghz seems to help a little but I cant get the system stable when stress testing at that setting so I don't want to leave it there. Anyway, long story short, this computer has been a workhorse for a few years now and I was wondering if anyone thinks that upgrading to an i5 4670k and a nice mobo with an overclock would remedy this issue? I realize I will probably need a new gpu too, but I can handle playing on medium/low until I get more money but I just want the game to play smoothly until that happens. Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading!


Full Specs:
CPU: AMD 1090t OCd to 3.7 stable
CPU Cooler: Hyper 212+
GPU: AMD HD 6950 2gb dirt 3 edition
MOBO: AsRock 890gx Pro3
RAM: 8gb G.Skill Ripjaw 1333 ram (2x4)
HDD: Hitachi 1tb 7200rpm
SSD: Samsung 840 120gb
PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 750w
 

slimething

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I was using a 965BE and HD6970 so was about in the same boat as you, except not as fortunate; you can upgrade the cpu and keep the mobo. As for the spikes, if your system has the latest drivers, bios etc., I'd bet there's something in the background sucking up the cpu.

If it were me, I'd keep the current setup, get a better video card first (AMD R9 270x on a tighter budget), see how it works, then worry about a CPU. Mantle is supposed to increase the video performance substantially for BF4 on newer AMD cards (7xxx and up); we'll all find out in a short time.

The 1090t should be better than the 965be playing BF4.

How much can you spend is always the question.





 

Rocush21

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I'm looking to spend ~300 right now. I was thinking a cpu would be better first because even with everything on the lowest setting I still get cpu spikes and skipped frames. When I upgrade my gpu I want to get a monster like a 280x or 290x be those just aren't affordable for me until summer when I can work more hours. I could certainly save up for longer and get a gpu instead but from what I've read bf4 is very cpu hungry and that is the root of the issue (besides it being a poorly optimized game in general). Also, everything is up to date as far as I can find and closing everything but the bare necessities barely seems makes any difference at all unfortunately.