BF3/New Games.. Specs

[nocredrs]

Hi, Im running a Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.5GHZ/8GB DDR2, Radeon HD 6870. What kind of FPS would i get in BF3? Im looking into getting a Phenom II X6/8GB DDR3 Vengeance/ Ocing.. So I don't know. Please If you have any reccomendations for newer games or are my current specs enough? Thanks.. im also typing this at 3:40 AM so soz if i miss-spelled. Thanks.

~ NocredRS ~

 

[sam_fisher]

BF3 will probably be more taxing on your video card and not your processor/RAM so much. By the looks of things your 6870 would do the job fine, of course, buying a X6 and faster RAM will make a difference, but probably not as much as would be worth it. I'd just leave what you have and see how it goes when it comes out.

 

[gamerk316]

The X6 would be an upgrade, but not a huge one. The Phenom II line wasn't significantly better then C2Q. I'd just as much argue to OC the Q8300 a bit.

 

[ngoy]

Hi, Im running a Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.5GHZ/8GB DDR2, Radeon HD 6870. What kind of FPS would i get in BF3? Im looking into getting a Phenom II X6/8GB DDR3 Vengeance/ Ocing.. So I don't know. Please If you have any reccomendations for newer games or are my current specs enough? Thanks.. im also typing this at 3:40 AM so soz if i miss-spelled. Thanks.

~ NocredRS ~

If you are going to get a whole new system practically you should just go the i5-2500K route. If you are thinking of an X6 so you can upgrade to bulldozer, at least wait until bulldozer comes out before you make a buying decision. Either the X6 will drop in price even more, bulldozer will be better than Intel, or it won't.

Whichever way, I suggest waiting. If you have to buy now then an OC'd i5-2500K is way better.

 

[nocredrs]

Thanks Guys! Yeah i've been looking at a 2500k. Is the 2600k worth a extra $100? Thanks.

~NocredRS~

 

[Supernova1138]

For gaming the 2600k is not worth the extra $100. The 2600k has three advantages over the 2500k:
1. Slightly higher stock clock speed (an extra 0.1GHz I believe)
2. Slightly larger L3 cache, 8MB over the 6 MB on the 2500k
3. Hyperthreading

Advantage number one is easily countered by overclocking, the larger cache and hyperthreading do not have any effect on game performance. If you have some applications that can make use of more than 4 threads, hyperthreading may improve performance for those applications. No games currently use more than 4 threads, making the extra $100 for the 2600k pointless if gaming is the main use for the CPU.