What should I upgrade/add?

[retox]

Hello everyone, my question is what should I upgrade or add to my computer to be able to record these games at 60FPS? Is it the graphics card? The hard drive?

Battlefield 3 (mid-high settings with no AA or AF is fine)
L4D2 (high settings with 4x)
TF2 (high settings with 4x)

My computer components are :

i7 920 @ 2.67 GHz
ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard
EVGA GTX 460 SC Edition
12GB Kingston HyperX @ 1600 MHz
1TB 7200rpm HDD

Thanks for the future answers!

EDIT : I have a 1920x1080 monitor and will only play games on one monitor.

 

[DM186]

It is not the hard drive. You have good specs but you didn't show the PSU brand and how many watts it is. If your PSU is good and you have a good budget to work with.

Then I would look at the AMD HD 7950 and OC your CPU a little then again your PSU comes into play. Is it good or bad? BF3 uses a lot of Vram and the 7950 has 3 gigs on it and will run it on ultra.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

The graphics card..your is a couple of years old now and not poweful enough for what you want....

The rest is fine...

All the best Brett

 

[kajabla]

The worst possible GPU for BF3 on high would probably be a 6950, but a 7950 would definitely last you much longer.
I think you should OC that 920 significantly. 3.5ghz would probably do it. Do you have an aftermarket heatsink? If not, get one. The Hyper 212 EVO would be fine ($35).

 

[retox]

I don't believe I can afford a 7950, but would a 570 suffice? Is it worth it to save up to a 7950? Or should I try to hold off for the supposed 600-series from Nvidia?

Also, if I do overclock, would a H80 or H100 be a more significant change in temperatures? Because my home is practically made of dust and heat. : (

EDIT : I have a 1920x1080 monitor and will only play games on one monitor.

 

[diellur]

A 570 should do you, I'd have thought, especially if you OC.

The H100 is on a par / a bit better than high-end air. It'll be lower noise for good cooling, and no weight hanging off your mobo.

 

[signor]

Grab a twin Frozr 7950 and a nice cooler for the lovely 920, H100 if you want watercooling or a Phanteks air cooler, if you can fit em in your case you can easily get that 920 to 4ghz+ (50% OC).

Sig

 

[kajabla]

A Scythe Mugen 3 would be a good value at $50.

 

[AntiZig]

depending on which program you use to record, I'd recommend getting a dedicated HDD to dump the raw on.

 

[retox]

A 570 should do you, I'd have thought, especially if you OC.

The H100 is on a par / a bit better than high-end air. It'll be lower noise for good cooling, and no weight hanging off your mobo.

Which 570 brand should I buy? Would a regular EVGA 1.2GB be fine?

depending on which program you use to record, I'd recommend getting a dedicated HDD to dump the raw on.

I use Fraps at 60 FPS, full-size, and sometimes add Lossless RGB Capture. Any suggestions on a HDD?

 

[AntiZig]

no suggestion, just get a separate one that the program would use instead of it writing to the same HDD as your OS

 

[HEXiT]

personally im a fan of the samsung spinpoint f3. its the fastest of its type,,, problem is HDDs are ridiculously priced atm and will be for the next 8-12 months... if you dont wanna go the whole hog and upgrade the gfx to the latest and greatest then think about an ssd.

 

[retox]

I ended up purchasing a GTX 570 at Fry's Electronics. It's working great so far, thanks everyone!

 

[retox]

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