Evga GTX 260 192 CUDA Cores decent enough for playing modern-ish games

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Efrain96

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I understand that the card is quite old from its released in 2009 and is quite a power hog consuming about 183 watts of power and the maximum API is a Direct X10.1 .

What I wanted to know from the good folks of Tom's Hardware if it is a still fairly decent/capable card on running nowadays games, I wanted to know how does it run Battlefield 3 and 4. I obtained the card as a gift. And have had it tested by a friend confirming that it works by running Batman Arkham Asylum and Crysis at the highest settings
 
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as you said you are limited to dx 10.1 games. newest games are dx11 only. however the games you mention are dx10 compatible.however you have a very low capable cpu for such games not to mention your 1gb of ram which isnt enough! to put it simple you will need upgrade:(
 
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Efrain96

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Well apparently my friend (a fellow pc enthusiast) tested the card the same day I posted this thread and confirms it can run Battlefield 3 on ultra 1080p, overclocked however . But his build in regard to the cpu question he had an AMD FX 6300, so it pretty much ran like a champ.

I was thinking on pairing the GTX 260 with a Pentium G3258,

according to legitreviews.com it can run Battlefield 4 and other modern games pretty good------------------->http://www.legitreviews.com/intel-pentium-g3258-dual-core-processor-gaming-performance_145873/9

Along with,

Bit-tech.net-------------------->http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2014/06/24/intel-pentium-g3258-review/5

However I am aware of the fact that the pentium is a dualcore processor and games such as battlefield use up to 4 cores, which supposedly you'd need atleast an i3 because of hyperthreading. I am going to make an Intel build I already have the majority of the parts including an MSI B85-G43 Motherboard.

Also quick question, I heard that the G3258 can only be overclocked by Z87 and Z97 Motherboard chipset, if so, what is the deal with "Overclock Genie" on the B85-G43 that can deliver "enthusiast performance" on a "silver plate" or something like that. How does that work?

Anyone know?
 
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