Assassins creed 4 is bottlenecking my custom PC?

Pilman · Mar 9, 2014

I was wondering if there is a possible bottleneck with my setup, I am planning on making some upgrades soon. I am running assassins creed 4 on high for environment, shadows at normal, reflections high, aa is saoo, and for the most part I am getting 30 fops and the game looks great, there are parts where it dips down to 20 fps, my current computer is as following

I3 2120 CPU Intel 3.3 ghz
Radeon 6870 video card 1 gig
8 gigs ram g.skill DDR 3
Bio star tz77b motherboard

I'm wondering at this point if I should upgrade to a i5 processor or just upgrade the video card? I am worried about bottlenecking the video card.

Greybush · Mar 9, 2014

AC4 is a bit of on intensive game to be honest or just poorly optimized. While your system will do for most games, if you do decide you want to upgrade all you will need to do is buy an i5 and a new GPU and you will be set. The rest of your system is fine.

fields224 · Mar 9, 2014

the graphics card is your biggest bottleneck, the i3 is not great but its the graphics thats holding you back the most, a cheap upgrade to a 750 ti or 760 would be the best and cheapest way to upgrade as changing to an i5 will need a new motherboard too unless you can find an old sandy bridge somewhere

Pilman · Mar 9, 2014

I can find a sandy bridge, would a 750 or 760 bottleneck the CPU? I don't play many multiplayer games but concerned that the CPU May be holding me back.

fields224 · Mar 9, 2014

well a 750 or 760 wont bottleneck the cpu, but the cpu may bottleneck the 760.. but only slightly i would say, and considering you do not play multiplayer games i doubt it would be an issue.

realistically for the money on that system a 750 ti is the best choice

Pilman · Mar 9, 2014

Gotcha, would you recommend the 750 or the 760 for performance? I'm hoping to have a system that will play watch dogs when it is released too, maybe later I will upgrade the CPU, but yeah I am not going to be playing multiplayer anytime in the near future,

fields224 · Mar 9, 2014

not the 750 if your going to be playing 2014 titles, either get the 760 or the 750TI

Pilman · Mar 9, 2014

What is the difference with the 760 ti and 750 ti ?

fields224 · Mar 9, 2014

well basically the TI just means its a more powerful version, so it goes in order of: 750, 750 ti, 760, 760 ti.

the prices will be respective of how powerful each card is, eg the 760 ti is going to be quite alot more than the 750 ti in price.

best off either a 750 ti or 760 depending on budget for your system

Pilman · Mar 9, 2014

I see, would a upgrade of CPU be necessary or just to prevent bottlenecks in the near future? My assumption was that most games require 4 cores now.

fields224 · Mar 9, 2014

for the future yes, but currently you would be ok playing all games with that system plus a 750ti/760, on med/high at 1080p.

if you wanted more you would have to really get a new cpu but that may mean getting a new motherboard too.

and most games still dont use 4 cores anyway yet, but if the game is using 2 cores, your system doesnt have much to work with

Pilman · Mar 9, 2014

I have not found the 760 ti for sale anywhere, even checked the nvidia page and it just says oem but no where to buy.

fields224 · Mar 9, 2014

Pilman :

yea haha i dont actually think its been released, in that case either a gtx 760 or a bit more powerful R9 280x

Pilman · Mar 11, 2014

fields224 :

apparently the 760 ti is a oem only rebadged version of the 670. some people are reporting the 670 is 11 percent more powerful than the 760 card but about 50 dollars more. even though it is a older generation would you recommend the 670?

fields224 · Mar 11, 2014

Pilman :

if you can find a 670, i actually remember looking for one myself a while ago but couldnt seem to find one but depends where you are i guess.

but yea if you can get one it will be good, it uses the same kepler architecture as the newer 7 series anyway.

Greybush · Mar 11, 2014

fields224 :

Ivy bridge will also fit in his mother board. It is the same socket.

Greybush · Mar 11, 2014

If you can find one, the R7 265 will be the card for you. It fights neck and neck with the 760 and is only $149 USD. That will be your best bet.

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