Upgrade intel i5 3570k to a better cpu is it worth it?
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pilster123
March 26, 2014 3:12:05 PM
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March 26, 2014 3:31:06 PM
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That's a very nice build.
Your set with your gpu. You can attempt to overclock it, but it should be fine at stock settings.
What are you using for a cpu cooler? I think you might get more fps with a better and stable overclock.
I'm also curious as to what games you're playing that getting below 60 fps.
As for the is it worth it question, I guess it depends on your situation. If you were starting with a brand new build and didn't already have a quality CPU, I'd say go for it. Keep in mind there are so few games and programs that take advantage of hyper-threading though. For a pure gaming machine, an unlocked i5 is usually the way to go and overclock the I5. That being said, it's your dime, and if you want to get an i7, go for it. They are very nice CPU's, are a little more future resistant than an i5, and I don't see how it could hurt anything other than your wallet.
Your set with your gpu. You can attempt to overclock it, but it should be fine at stock settings.
What are you using for a cpu cooler? I think you might get more fps with a better and stable overclock.
I'm also curious as to what games you're playing that getting below 60 fps.
As for the is it worth it question, I guess it depends on your situation. If you were starting with a brand new build and didn't already have a quality CPU, I'd say go for it. Keep in mind there are so few games and programs that take advantage of hyper-threading though. For a pure gaming machine, an unlocked i5 is usually the way to go and overclock the I5. That being said, it's your dime, and if you want to get an i7, go for it. They are very nice CPU's, are a little more future resistant than an i5, and I don't see how it could hurt anything other than your wallet.
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pilster123
March 26, 2014 4:00:03 PM
pilster123
March 26, 2014 4:09:47 PM
pilster123
March 26, 2014 4:17:22 PM
Yeah graphics card is, and I have made sure bios is updated to latest. I do have mods on skyrim like 2k textures but i thought a 780ti should be able to handle them, I dont run an enb but I see people who do like keep a stable fps with weaker gpu, are they lying or is there something wrong, I know every system is different but its an expensive card so you would expect it to pull atleast 60fps at 1080p
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I'm not sure then. Crysis 3, GTX 780 Ti can run at 60 FPS @ 2560x1440 (high settings).
Your CPU is fine, especially with the OC. You have plenty RAM and a strong GPU. Doesn't make sense to me. Just to be safe, check your temperatures using HWMonitor, and look at how much of your CPU/RAM is being used in task manager.
Your CPU is fine, especially with the OC. You have plenty RAM and a strong GPU. Doesn't make sense to me. Just to be safe, check your temperatures using HWMonitor, and look at how much of your CPU/RAM is being used in task manager.
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pilster123
March 26, 2014 5:22:45 PM
pilster123
March 26, 2014 5:54:48 PM
I have just tested skyrim, and the weird thing is when it drops below 60fps my gpu usage is around 35 to 40% but when its over 60fps its usually around the high 60% usage, as for the cpu its usually around 38-52% usage do these sound strange, some kind of memory leak or do I need to completely reinstall graphics drivers, my gpu is overclocked, gpu temp was max 68C, cpu 45C. does anything sound bad there?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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Nothing sounds bad. I'm not all too smart when it comes to GPUs, but it is not working hard when it needs to the most.
There may be some setting in your driver software to set it to not auto configure the load, however that's typically only for fans. Your GPU is not running at its full potential, and neither is your CPU, which is the issue.
There may be some setting in your driver software to set it to not auto configure the load, however that's typically only for fans. Your GPU is not running at its full potential, and neither is your CPU, which is the issue.
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pilster123
March 26, 2014 6:02:28 PM
I'm guessing that its multiplayer where you are experiencing the framerate drops. There I would check router/modem settings. Is the lan running latest drivers? Are you maxing out bandwidth? Is the computer running something other than just the game, maybe a background update checker claiming bandwidth?
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pilster123
March 26, 2014 6:18:20 PM
Best solution
Skyrim is on a terrible, terrible engine. Graphics mods will bring any graphics card or CPU to low framerates eventually, and it's only really optimized for 2 cores (the 3rd and 4th just handle small things).
I ran into a person on the Nexus with a 4GB GTX 780 TI and FX-8350 OC'd to 4.5Ghz. They claimed to get over 120 fps in Skyrim with HD textures and ENB. I said they were lying, and after pressing them for a while and having them post a benchmark to prove it, it turned out 120 fps was the max indoors and on average they were getting 40 fps.
I assume you're not using a ridiculous amount of antialiasing like 16x or 32x or anything? Higher than 8x is pointless, and really it's even hard to see the difference from 4x to 8x at 1080p or higher.
I ran into a person on the Nexus with a 4GB GTX 780 TI and FX-8350 OC'd to 4.5Ghz. They claimed to get over 120 fps in Skyrim with HD textures and ENB. I said they were lying, and after pressing them for a while and having them post a benchmark to prove it, it turned out 120 fps was the max indoors and on average they were getting 40 fps.
I assume you're not using a ridiculous amount of antialiasing like 16x or 32x or anything? Higher than 8x is pointless, and really it's even hard to see the difference from 4x to 8x at 1080p or higher.
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pilster123
March 26, 2014 7:11:57 PM
Why do people lie? its annoying to be honest. Im not bovered about max framerates, aslong as im getting similar or correct performance then im not to fussed about it dipping, shame it was not designed for pc proper but hey its still great. Thanks for clearing up, and nope, im running on 4X AA, 8x AA drops it 2 fps but i cant see any difference,
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pilster123 said:
Why do people lie? its annoying to be honest. Im not bovered about max framerates, aslong as im getting similar or correct performance then im not to fussed about it dipping, shame it was not designed for pc proper but hey its still great. Thanks for clearing up, and nope, im running on 4X AA, 8x AA drops it 2 fps but i cant see any difference, *shrug*
That guy in particular won't stop spamming his 3Dmark scores everywhere, so I assume it's a power trip for him.
Other people sometimes can't tell when it drops so they just say 60 if that's the max.
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pilster123
March 26, 2014 7:26:08 PM
I get 60 in most places I'm capped at 60 because I like vsync because of the tearing effect I notice easily, aslong as it's 60 its fine but when it drops to 40 looking at certain areas it's stupid, but yeah I upgraded to see if I could manage better frame rates oh well, I'm sure the newer games will be optimised for better hardware, crysis 3 is mostly 60fps tbh tomb raider does drop but I think that's because trees fx not great with nvidea and I use the ssaa options instead of fxaa
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