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Buying an i5, replacing i3 : need help

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October 12, 2014 12:31:31 AM

Hello, I am a new one here, from India..........and I have a question for you. Now, my PC specs are Gigabyte H61M-S2P R3 mobo, Kingston 1333 MHz 6 GB RAM........XFX AMD Radeon R9 270X gfx card and intel core i3 2120 3.3 GHz cpu. These specs are not bad right now for gaming, as r9 270x has a bandwidth of 192.0 GB/s........but when I try to play Watch Dogs on my Win 7 64 bit OS , it provides me an avg. of 20-25 fps on medium setting (1280x720 lowest possible on my card & 16:9 monitor). Should I need any new processor like i5-3570k........I mean does the i3 2120 processor bottlenecks my GPU...by the AMD list, it is a great high end XFX GPU........will i5 provide me 40-50 fps in at least High ( not in very high or ultra high) setting?? any help will be appreciated...thank u

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October 12, 2014 2:38:07 AM

I think there is a possibility on bottlenecking so yes, you should get an i5. It will increase your fps but you won't run high, if you play on high. (well that was weird.)
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October 12, 2014 9:46:11 AM

AndrewCarter said:
I think there is a possibility on bottlenecking so yes, you should get an i5. It will increase your fps but you won't run high, if you play on high. (well that was weird.)


you mean that I should have bought R9 280 or higher??
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October 12, 2014 9:52:40 AM

Yes although your current card will run you on medium and maybe high at min 30 fps
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October 12, 2014 10:33:10 AM

AndrewCarter said:
Yes although your current card will run you on medium and maybe high at min 30 fps


So you're telling me that if I replace my i3 with i5 3570k , the game will run on high at min 30 fps????
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