- Aug 26, 2013
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Hi everyone,
I recently updated my rig with Sapphire R9 290 Tri-x edition graphics card. My processor is bit old Athlon X2 260 & also I will be replacing it too within few weeks. But the reason I'm writing this is different. Before buying R9 290, I only hoped it will give me enough juice to play any game with a constant 60FPS & above with Ultra settings at 1080p resolution. But the scenario is however different. My framerate varies largely with different games. Here are the list of games I was playing & their FPS ratings: Everything in Ultra settings at 1920 x 1080 resolution.
(avg)
Assassins Creed Black Flag -43.4
Battlefield 3 - 76
Metro Last Light - 20.3
Farcry 3 - 36.2
Splinter Cell Blacklist - 40
Grid 2 - 45
Need for Speed Rivals - 23.7
Borderlands 2 - 62
Crysis 3 -23.5
Especially Metro LL,Crysis 3 & Rivals r unplayable. Sometimes there are frame drops in Black flag & blacklist also.Also the difference between maximum & average FPS is huge. Like for Crysis 3 & Battlefield 3, max FPS is 58 & 133 respectively. Similar cases for all of the rest.
Now before upgrading my processor & motherboard I want to know why is this happening. Will upgrading my MoBo & proc. allow me to play all these games above 60 FPS? Or is there a problem with something else?
My CPU usage while gaming shows 100% usage for both the cores for all of the above mentioned games.Is it a good thing or is it processor bottle-necking my card?
Also one more thing I would like to specify is that R9 290 requires 750W PSU. I have Corsair GS600 & I'm running R9 290 on it. It runs fine but is under powered PSU has anything to do with Framerate? Though I feel its not underpowered because 600W PSU is enough to run a beasty graphics card but still I may be wrong. Please help.. After all what is the worth on investing so much on a graphic card if you get this kind of framerate.
I just want to make sure that on upgrading my processor will really make a difference or I won't upgrade it at all.
I recently updated my rig with Sapphire R9 290 Tri-x edition graphics card. My processor is bit old Athlon X2 260 & also I will be replacing it too within few weeks. But the reason I'm writing this is different. Before buying R9 290, I only hoped it will give me enough juice to play any game with a constant 60FPS & above with Ultra settings at 1080p resolution. But the scenario is however different. My framerate varies largely with different games. Here are the list of games I was playing & their FPS ratings: Everything in Ultra settings at 1920 x 1080 resolution.
(avg)
Assassins Creed Black Flag -43.4
Battlefield 3 - 76
Metro Last Light - 20.3
Farcry 3 - 36.2
Splinter Cell Blacklist - 40
Grid 2 - 45
Need for Speed Rivals - 23.7
Borderlands 2 - 62
Crysis 3 -23.5
Especially Metro LL,Crysis 3 & Rivals r unplayable. Sometimes there are frame drops in Black flag & blacklist also.Also the difference between maximum & average FPS is huge. Like for Crysis 3 & Battlefield 3, max FPS is 58 & 133 respectively. Similar cases for all of the rest.
Now before upgrading my processor & motherboard I want to know why is this happening. Will upgrading my MoBo & proc. allow me to play all these games above 60 FPS? Or is there a problem with something else?
My CPU usage while gaming shows 100% usage for both the cores for all of the above mentioned games.Is it a good thing or is it processor bottle-necking my card?
Also one more thing I would like to specify is that R9 290 requires 750W PSU. I have Corsair GS600 & I'm running R9 290 on it. It runs fine but is under powered PSU has anything to do with Framerate? Though I feel its not underpowered because 600W PSU is enough to run a beasty graphics card but still I may be wrong. Please help.. After all what is the worth on investing so much on a graphic card if you get this kind of framerate.
I just want to make sure that on upgrading my processor will really make a difference or I won't upgrade it at all.
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