- Dec 6, 2015
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I bought a pre-built pc from IBuyPower, it has served me well for the past year, I can get 45-55fps on medium settings in most games. : AMD FX-4300, ADATA 8GB DDR3 1600mhz, PowerColor R7 260x, MSI 760GMA-P34, WD 1TB 7200rpm, 400w psu. But with Black Ops 3, I would get 50-55fps on medium to low settings at 1080p, and with COD, being fast paced, just one or two frames to me, really affects my enjoyment.
So I made some upgrades, got a new case (Rosewill Thor V2) to support a new Geforce GTX 970 STRIX 4GB, and I also got a Corsair CX750M psu to power it, and in case I wanted to upgrade more in the future I would have the psu necessary for it.
No problems with compatibility, everything went together well with no big driver issues, I get significantly better performance in games like minecraft or csgo, but black ops 3, I didn't see as much performance increase than I had expected, I get 50-60 fps on high/ medium settings but I was really looking for constant 60fps on decently high settings, when it has more than double the futuremark score than my old card. Even in BF4 I would only get 40 frames or so on medium, a $300 card only changed performance by a few fps.
Is my cpu or mobo bottle necking my gpu that should be sufficient for what I want to use it for?
If so, how should I go about upgrading, I'm not looking to drop $400-$500 on a i7 4790k and a high end mobo for a couple extra frames since my monitor is only 60hz. Around $200-$250 max is what I want to spend, preferably the lower end on the budget that will handle newer games for a while.
Thanks!
So I made some upgrades, got a new case (Rosewill Thor V2) to support a new Geforce GTX 970 STRIX 4GB, and I also got a Corsair CX750M psu to power it, and in case I wanted to upgrade more in the future I would have the psu necessary for it.
No problems with compatibility, everything went together well with no big driver issues, I get significantly better performance in games like minecraft or csgo, but black ops 3, I didn't see as much performance increase than I had expected, I get 50-60 fps on high/ medium settings but I was really looking for constant 60fps on decently high settings, when it has more than double the futuremark score than my old card. Even in BF4 I would only get 40 frames or so on medium, a $300 card only changed performance by a few fps.
Is my cpu or mobo bottle necking my gpu that should be sufficient for what I want to use it for?
If so, how should I go about upgrading, I'm not looking to drop $400-$500 on a i7 4790k and a high end mobo for a couple extra frames since my monitor is only 60hz. Around $200-$250 max is what I want to spend, preferably the lower end on the budget that will handle newer games for a while.
Thanks!
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