What Upgrade(s) Should I Buy Next?

SlowBeanz · Aug 26, 2016

Im sure this Question is asked constantly. What should I upgrade in order to play the new gen of games. My specs follow:

Processor: Intel Core i5 (i5-4460)
Graphics Card: XFX Roadeon Graphics Card R9 390 8gb GDDR5
Psu: Rosewill Hive 650W
MotherBoard: ASRock H97 Anniversary
Memory: 8gb G.Skill Ripjaws X
Storage: 2 tb western digital + 120gb ssd

Right now im having trouble playing minecraft 60fps on max settings while recording in 1080P 60fps

As you see in my minecraft let's play. it struggles like a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdHPE5py9Ok

Daniel Woodward · Aug 26, 2016

SlowBeanz :

These two things don't usually go together, however you might have better luck with a better graphics card. Your CPU is fine for a game like minecraft, I remember back in the day using a core two duo machine and getting 55fps.

SlowBeanz · Aug 26, 2016

Daniel Woodward :

what graphics card would you recommend?

tsnor · Aug 26, 2016

"...trouble playing minecraft 60fps on max settings while recording in 1080P 60fps..."

recording changes the dynamic a bit. Run windows monitor underneath the game while recording and see if your CPU is pegged.

Are you using " AMD gaming evolved recording software" to record? If not consider it.

SlowBeanz · Aug 26, 2016

tsnor :

No You see, thats the thing. My cpu still has a lot left before it fills up. The Ram is Fine too. So Im not so sure on why It stutters so much

tsnor · Aug 27, 2016

Causes of stutter:

Video card: Check this by sharply dropping your AA and other image quality things while keeping the same resolution. If the stutter goes away you are out of video. (changing resolution would also test this, but lower resolution also removes work from the CPU so it's harder to tell whether it was CPU or video).

Disk Drive: This would be odd for game play, but with recording if your drive cannot keep up then you get problems. Run windows resource monitor in the background, http://www.pcworld.com/article/241677/how_to_use_resource_monitor.html look at the "active time" on the column on the disk tab in the "storage section". If 70% or higher then disk is not keeping up. Cross check by looking at the memory tab and seeing how much memory is "modified". A high number here is bad.

Processor: You have 4 threads on your i5-4460. There will be four graphs on the CPU tab in resource monitor. If a process in the process section of the CPU tab is using near 25% CPU then it is consuming an entire thread and may be CPU limited. Google the name of the thread to see what it is.

Overall: turn off recording and see if the stutter goes away. If so you are likely CPU bound but maybe disk drive limited. Look into the quality/bitrate setting in your recording software. Google which setting drive CPU use and turn them down and see if the stutters go away.

The suggestion to use " AMD gaming evolved recording software" to record was to move most of the work from the CPU to the GPU. If that fixed the stutter then it was likely a CPU problem.

SlowBeanz · Aug 27, 2016

tsnor :

Causes of stutter:

Video card: Check this by sharply dropping your AA and other image quality things while keeping the same resolution. If the stutter goes away you are out of video. (changing resolution would also test this, but lower resolution also removes work from the CPU so it's harder to tell whether it was CPU or video).

Disk Drive: This would be odd for game play, but with recording if your drive cannot keep up then you get problems. Run windows resource monitor in the background, http://www.pcworld.com/article/241677/how_to_use_resource_monitor.html look at the "active time" on the column on the disk tab in the "storage section". If 70% or higher then disk is not keeping up. Cross check by looking at the memory tab and seeing how much memory is "modified". A high number here is bad.

Processor: You have 4 threads on your i5-4460. There will be four graphs on the CPU tab in resource monitor. If a process in the process section of the CPU tab is using near 25% CPU then it is consuming an entire thread and may be CPU limited. Google the name of the thread to see what it is.

Overall: turn off recording and see if the stutter goes away. If so you are likely CPU bound but maybe disk drive limited. Look into the quality/bitrate setting in your recording software. Google which setting drive CPU use and turn them down and see if the stutters go away.

The suggestion to use " AMD gaming evolved recording software" to record was to move most of the work from the CPU to the GPU. If that fixed the stutter then it was likely a CPU problem.

I switched over to the AMD gaming evolved recording software and know it doesnt really stutter. although it has its hiccups, but minecraft lags in general here and there so its not so terrible.

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