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May 22, 2014 7:49:41 PM

i have a gigabyte amd r7 250 1gb gddr5 and a amd athlon ii x4 645 processor and also DDR2 ram of 8gb the thing is i never get satisfied with the fraps am getting. Am thing of upgrading but the money is......well horrible so for my next upgrade should i just buy a amd phenom ii x6 or just upgrade my gpu??....orrrrr should i just save my money and buy me a new board that supports ddr3 ram please your opinions might help me

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May 22, 2014 7:55:45 PM

I'm going to assume by fraps you mean fps. For gaming you want the best graphics card you can afford, but your cpu will prevent games from using the full power of the gpu so you need a good balance. buying a new motherboard won't be a very good use of your money for your budget. I would recommend finding how much money you're willing to spend, then browse some new graphics cards. If you do a lot more than gaming you might want to invest in a new processor and buy a new graphics card when you have more money.
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May 22, 2014 8:09:01 PM

list your hardware.....be specific......don't forget to list... motherboard/ram/power supply/.....................BUDGET
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May 22, 2014 8:15:58 PM

i only want to play games that is it no more than that and thanks for the fast reply so whats really the problem here cpu or gpu cuz what i want is to play dolphin games i know dolphin have its issues but i've seen so many pc's on youtube with guys getting good fps and no lag i just hate lag in games i know i will have to spend more but i can't spend more than maybe 400-300 since am not in america i have to order so things might be a little more expensive games like need for speed most wanted 2012 and sonic generation i get good fps but than it drops i don't know why
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May 22, 2014 8:19:34 PM

Zane Lovence said:
i only want to play games that is it no more than that and thanks for the fast reply so whats really the problem here cpu or gpu cuz what i want is to play dolphin games i know dolphin have its issues but i've seen so many pc's on youtube with guys getting good fps and no lag i just hate lag in games i know i will have to spend more but i can't spend more than maybe 400-300 since am not in america i have to order so things might be a little more expensive games like need for speed most wanted 2012 and sonic generation i get good fps but than it drops i don't know why

Is that 300-400 US dollars?

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May 22, 2014 8:21:24 PM

Oh am sorry i have a Gigabyte Amd radeon r7 250 1gb Gddr5 oc edition and Amd athlon ii x4 645 3.1ghz 8Gb Ddr2 (800mhz) power supply xtech 500watts msi 785gt-e63 motherboard my budget is around 300-400 ec dollars
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May 22, 2014 8:22:35 PM

nah EC dollars
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May 22, 2014 8:28:24 PM

Zane Lovence said:
nah EC dollars

For that price you might be able to find a 7770, 660, or possibly a 7870. That would boost your performance quite a bit, but your cpu would still be bottlenecking a bit.
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May 22, 2014 8:30:57 PM

the whole machine is a mess. the power supply is weak. putting a decent card in requires more. the processor is weak. is it worth upgrading it? without some serious investment it's not worth moving on.

minimum cpu/PS/graphics............ did I say power supply? you can't just slap stuff in your machine without first upgrading that.

if you put a newer processor on the board you will probably need to update the BIOS so it will support it.
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May 22, 2014 8:41:49 PM

am aware of that but am just asking for help please go easy or your answers i also had a feeling that my powersupply is weak to i got it from a another my like the office pc's i have been using it ever since 7770 sounds good enough be the 7870 you trying to kill me here -_-
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May 22, 2014 8:42:21 PM

by the way the bios is fully updated
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May 22, 2014 8:53:51 PM

Zane Lovence said:
is this graphics card a good upgrade ?http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-SUPERCLOCKED-Graphic...

Yes, the 660 is a good card.
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May 23, 2014 2:57:04 PM

am also thinking of the gigabyte r9 270x i compare this to the evga gtx 660 and the r9 won but i don't know what i usually watch is the bandwidth memory speed and if its a Gddr5
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May 23, 2014 2:59:23 PM

i just want to make sure that for my next upgrade i will be satisfied and that i will not have to upgrade for a long while but please if you guys have better gpu's that is recommended for me please i will greatly help searching and i don't even know which one to buy
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May 23, 2014 2:59:30 PM

Zane Lovence said:
am also thinking of the gigabyte r9 270x i compare this to the evga gtx 660 and the r9 won but i don't know what i usually watch is the bandwidth memory speed and if its a Gddr5

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-270X-vs-GeForce-GTX-6...
They perform very closely, with the 270x ahead in a few areas.
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May 23, 2014 3:53:52 PM

so what you're saying is that either of these cards will perform great for me uh ?
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May 23, 2014 3:58:30 PM

Zane Lovence said:
so what you're saying is that either of these cards will perform great for me uh ?

Pretty much, but keep in mind everything swifty_morgan said is true

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May 23, 2014 4:08:03 PM

yh i know it is really true
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