Does my CPU or GPU cause lagging

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Sponge023

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A few weeks ago I've bought 4 more gigs of RAM because I had 4gb already and I had a HD 7770 GPU. I've decided to buy a CPU next so I went and bought a i5 3570 processor.

Well, everything seems in order but when I start playing Battlefield 4 for example I still have some lagging.

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i5 3570
8gb RAM
HD 7770
biostar motherboard
 
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I'm not sure how to answer that. More GPU performance will improve the frame rate of the game for a given setting. Unless the FPS is limited artificially, or there is another resource issue, like CPU bottlenecking.

In your situation, you have a top tier CPU that is contemporary. Very few games that are coming out list your processor as the minimum (closest I have seen is an i5-2500k recommendation) 8GB of ram is enough for gaming. On newer games you would probably want to close as many other programs as possible.

7770 was an entry level gaming card for 1080p 4 years ago. Was about $150 on release, but was as cheap as $80 if I recall. Now you have the RX460 for $110-120 and that is at least 50% faster for less money (and I am probably...
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So what do you advise me to do?
 
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Will buying a better GPU somehow make a situation better?
 
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I'm not sure how to answer that. More GPU performance will improve the frame rate of the game for a given setting. Unless the FPS is limited artificially, or there is another resource issue, like CPU bottlenecking.

In your situation, you have a top tier CPU that is contemporary. Very few games that are coming out list your processor as the minimum (closest I have seen is an i5-2500k recommendation) 8GB of ram is enough for gaming. On newer games you would probably want to close as many other programs as possible.

7770 was an entry level gaming card for 1080p 4 years ago. Was about $150 on release, but was as cheap as $80 if I recall. Now you have the RX460 for $110-120 and that is at least 50% faster for less money (and I am probably underselling that quite a lot)

 
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