I recently bought some games on steam that are newer than skyrim, witcher 3, and Titanfall(games I been playing for quite some time). Steam has a sale on a bunch of games so I take advantage and buy a few. Rise of Tomb Raider and Watch Dogs 2 are the only two games I had completely installed.
I played Tomb Raider and noticed when loading new scenery, cutscenes, or auto saving performance slows down drastically. Video stutters and sometimes even freezes. I lowered display settings and it gave me better performance but still stuttered a bit and I made it through the game. Now I wanted to play watch dogs 2 and the game doesn't even load. Ubisoft icon comes on but with a message in the corner saying my CPU does not meet the minimum requirements of Intel i5 2400/ AMD FX 6120. I never checked minimum requirements since my pic has always been good enough for my needs. I use my PC mainly for games. No video editing. I don't store videos or pics. But now it seems I need to upgrade. But I don't know what to get to keep up with the times simply because I could spend up to $1000 in components and get a monster pc but I don't want to spend that if I will be fine with $500 worth. My current build is:
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
AMD PHENOM II x3 720
6144 RAM
AMD RADEON r9 270
Samsung 600 gb ata
Cosair 550w PSU
Connected to 50 " Samsung via hdmi.
How should I go about buying components? How powerful should the components be for my needs? Which components should be enough to last me plenty years as my current build?
I was thinking of going with an Intel build since based on many articles they are better just more expensive. Is that a good idea?
I played Tomb Raider and noticed when loading new scenery, cutscenes, or auto saving performance slows down drastically. Video stutters and sometimes even freezes. I lowered display settings and it gave me better performance but still stuttered a bit and I made it through the game. Now I wanted to play watch dogs 2 and the game doesn't even load. Ubisoft icon comes on but with a message in the corner saying my CPU does not meet the minimum requirements of Intel i5 2400/ AMD FX 6120. I never checked minimum requirements since my pic has always been good enough for my needs. I use my PC mainly for games. No video editing. I don't store videos or pics. But now it seems I need to upgrade. But I don't know what to get to keep up with the times simply because I could spend up to $1000 in components and get a monster pc but I don't want to spend that if I will be fine with $500 worth. My current build is:
Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
AMD PHENOM II x3 720
6144 RAM
AMD RADEON r9 270
Samsung 600 gb ata
Cosair 550w PSU
Connected to 50 " Samsung via hdmi.
How should I go about buying components? How powerful should the components be for my needs? Which components should be enough to last me plenty years as my current build?
I was thinking of going with an Intel build since based on many articles they are better just more expensive. Is that a good idea?
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