I've been slowly upgrading parts of my computer and no matter what I upgrade it never seems to increase the performance of my machine in games.
Specs:
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T 2.8 GHz
RAM: 2046MBs - 667 DDR2
GPU: ATI 5870 1GB DDR5
PSU: 750W
Motherboard: M2N68-AM
HDD: 320GB 7200 RPM
OS: Windows Vista 32 bit
After upgrading the video card twice (from a 8500GT to a 9500GT [not knowing they weren't gaming cards] finally to the 5870) I upgraded the CPU from a 2.6GHz Dual to the 6 core and noticed next to not improvement in the performance in games as well as general usage. I thought at first it was a CPU bottleneck so that's why I upgraded the CPU, but now that I have that CPU which should be more than enough (right?) I'm thinking it's the RAM? Though I heard that RAM shouldn't have that much of an affect on graphic performance in a game.
Games:
WoW: ~18fps with shadows on - 30 fps without shadows, everything else maxed.
Starcraft 2: ~45fps Everything maxxed - ~90fps Everything low, in Sotis (like Dota) pretty graphic intensive
Specs:
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T 2.8 GHz
RAM: 2046MBs - 667 DDR2
GPU: ATI 5870 1GB DDR5
PSU: 750W
Motherboard: M2N68-AM
HDD: 320GB 7200 RPM
OS: Windows Vista 32 bit
After upgrading the video card twice (from a 8500GT to a 9500GT [not knowing they weren't gaming cards] finally to the 5870) I upgraded the CPU from a 2.6GHz Dual to the 6 core and noticed next to not improvement in the performance in games as well as general usage. I thought at first it was a CPU bottleneck so that's why I upgraded the CPU, but now that I have that CPU which should be more than enough (right?) I'm thinking it's the RAM? Though I heard that RAM shouldn't have that much of an affect on graphic performance in a game.
Games:
WoW: ~18fps with shadows on - 30 fps without shadows, everything else maxed.
Starcraft 2: ~45fps Everything maxxed - ~90fps Everything low, in Sotis (like Dota) pretty graphic intensive