- Mar 2, 2014
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I had to slowbuild my system so bought a zoostorm unit that had an
A8-5600K processor
8gb Ram (in 1 stick)
I've upgraded with a
Sapphire 7870 GHZ 2GB
(and power supply)
When i researched for the graphics card most people suggested I would still be maybe getting high on next gen games with the graphics card? But I'm only scraping over 30fps on normal for Thief (interestingly whether I try 1080p or 900p there is really no difference)
Did I read and end up with wishful thinking?
Is it because Thief is new and will be better with the mantle patch?
Or is there something I need to upgrade - unfortunately my CPU being an APU I think my mobo only fits in AXX series processors so a CPU upgrade would be costly!
Would switching to dual channel and faster ram help? Or is this not really neccessary?
Are any of the AXX proccessors a reasonable and worthwhile upgrade as they don't seem to be based on stats?
Should I suck it up and play games on normal for the time being?
I know there's no point in upgrading the graphics card as it's already pretty much at a bottleneck with my processor.
Note: I haven't overclocked annnything - my PSU was a gold certified 450w which I know was minimum for my system based on a psu calculator and so didn't want to push any luck there - should I be able to?
A8-5600K processor
8gb Ram (in 1 stick)
I've upgraded with a
Sapphire 7870 GHZ 2GB
(and power supply)
When i researched for the graphics card most people suggested I would still be maybe getting high on next gen games with the graphics card? But I'm only scraping over 30fps on normal for Thief (interestingly whether I try 1080p or 900p there is really no difference)
Did I read and end up with wishful thinking?
Is it because Thief is new and will be better with the mantle patch?
Or is there something I need to upgrade - unfortunately my CPU being an APU I think my mobo only fits in AXX series processors so a CPU upgrade would be costly!
Would switching to dual channel and faster ram help? Or is this not really neccessary?
Are any of the AXX proccessors a reasonable and worthwhile upgrade as they don't seem to be based on stats?
Should I suck it up and play games on normal for the time being?
I know there's no point in upgrading the graphics card as it's already pretty much at a bottleneck with my processor.
Note: I haven't overclocked annnything - my PSU was a gold certified 450w which I know was minimum for my system based on a psu calculator and so didn't want to push any luck there - should I be able to?
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