Upgrading PC to a Gaming PC

supervirus5 · Jul 22, 2014

Well I made a little mistake and I bought a pc without researching a bit further and so on i got this specs .

CPU : AMD FX(tm)-8120 Eight-Core Processor 3.1 Ghz
RAM : Kingston HyperX - x1 - 8GB I don't know it's Hz yet.
GPU : Sapphire HD 7850 1GB - <--- I guess this is the worst thing i have ever done in my whole life .
HDD : 500 GB WD Blue Edition .
Mother Board : GIGABYTE 970A-D3 rev 3.0 - <--- That's because I updates the BIOS from the website to the latest version i hope .
Power Supply : Cooler Master Extreme 2 525 - <--- That's another problem that made me can't Change the GPU no 8 pin connector .
CASE : Cooler Master K380 Mid Tower <--- srry I forgot to add this important part .

My Monitor is kinda old but i still like it : ViewSonic VG1930wm , the thing is that i still get FPS drops beyond 75 Fps at 1440x900 resolution with some games in the lowest settings made me super sad .

Games like Dragon Nest cant' run on stable 75 fps on lowest settings .
Leauge of legends on lowest settings still drops to 45 in some time .

And for PC cooling My Room is always at 23 C , because of the air conditioning system + 4 fans inside the computer case .
Guys can anyone tell me what should i think of upgrade/change in order to make this pc good for today's games at least to run on 1440x900 resolution with a stable fps more than 75 FPS . ( Because my Screen Refresh rate is 75 fps ) and i can see the difference between 60 and 75

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Thanks in advance .

Calvin7 · Jul 22, 2014

GIGABYTE 970A-D3

rev. 1.3, rev. 1.0/1.1, rev. 3.0, rev. 1.4 or rev. 1.2

What revision number is printed in lower left corner?

ak47jar3d · Jul 22, 2014

That's weird, you should be able max out those games with that configuration. If you want to upgrade, it will cost you quite some, with the 280x being the first significant upgrade @ 280 usd.

clutchc · Jul 22, 2014

At 1440x900 that system should fly. Just what is wrong with 75 fps?!

The Builder · Jul 22, 2014

What is your budget and where will you be buying your parts?

supervirus5 · Jul 22, 2014

Calvin7 :

rev 3.0 srry if i didn't post it earlier .

supervirus5 · Jul 22, 2014

ak47jar3d :

Trust me I'm tired from reinstalling OS to updating my Drivers to OC .

The problem isn't with pc neither with OS , it's a hardware related problem .

Because the graphics card VRAM is always 7xx cuz of the free Vram for the card , i guess that's what causes the lag .
and The thing is get LOWER FPS THAN 75 , with my current spec i should get higher , but instead i get lower that's why i was wondering .

supervirus5 · Jul 22, 2014

clutchc :

The problem is i don't get 75 in most of the games .

Dragon Nest 30~55 FPS and some times 10 or 20 .

I know what i do carefully with my computer trust me again it's not a problem with settings , if you think that there is something wrong with my OS or programs , I'd be glad if you tell me any steps required to do any check.

1 - I have no viruses .
2 - Since I'm well acknowledged with programs i don't even have an AV installed I can recognize viruses myself

3 - I have all game boosters tools and I have my drivers installed and updated .

supervirus5 · Jul 22, 2014

The Builder :

Well About Budget It doesn't really matter to me as I can ask for anything i want now .

What really annoys me is that I'm buying this computer specs from a pc store in EGYPT which i might got scammed and i didn't get the original Stuff although it was all box sealed and stuff but for some reason i doubt that the real hardware can't run this system with 1440x900 resolution .

anyway i guess it's around 300$-500$

clutchc · Jul 22, 2014

I'm still trying to figure out what is disappointing about 45-75 fps with a HD 7850? The monitor only refreshes at 60 fps. 30 fps and above is smooth game play if you aren't affected by poor frame latency. What were you expecting to get?

supervirus5 · Jul 22, 2014

clutchc :

All I could say is that i was exptecting nothing less than 75 stable FPS in most of the games even if it was vs the quality . as i mentioned earlier "Lowest Settings" .

I'm a pc gamer and i know the difference and the slightest difference between 60 and 75 as my screen refresh rate is 75 Hz

And If i feel that laggy feeling between 50 - 40 - 60 fps i really get annoyed by it .
Trust me i can even feel the difference between 73 fps and 75

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I have been playing quite a lot and i even found that i drop to 20 or 10 in some conditions when the game draws a really big field or a big job on the GPU i mean a big render object that really the GPU can't handle lol .

clutchc · Jul 22, 2014

I think what you are experiencing is poor frame latency. Try setting your monitor's refresh rate to 60 hz and see if it makes any difference.

supervirus5 · Jul 22, 2014

clutchc :

low frame latency i don't really understand what it means but i will do what you said and test it and give feedback soon .

supervirus5 · Jul 22, 2014

clutchc :

Okay i changed to 60 Hz and noticed a lot of stuff .

First the mouse speed is slow and I can see even my mouse lagging like i know it's mouse slower than usuall in terms of speed + fps lol .

Second A lot of games that i usually get more than 1.5k FPS like osu! i noticed that it began to really Lag (FPS lag) although the FPS counter says it's running with 1800fps but i still was feeling a bit of fps lag , once i changed back to 75 Hz I no longer can see any lag but still in the other games i play , I get extremely FPS drop to 20 - 50
because of the hardware issue .

supervirus5 · Jul 23, 2014

I'm not sure But I guess i can bump my thread right ?

EDIT : Nope I couldn't

GG .

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