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I am looking to freshen up my computer, I would love for it to run the latest games on high settings. Currently I can only get 30-40 fps out of Planet side 2 on low settings when there are lots of people on screen.

This is what I have as of now

Primary Use: Gaming
Budget: 500-800 Dollars
Preference: I would prefer not to have to buy another MOBO
No Overclocking Experience
1920x1080 Resolution



Processor: AMD X6 1090T http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
MOBO: Asus Sabertooth 990FX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Memory: Corsair Vengence 8gig (1 x 8gig) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Storage: Kingston HyperX 3k 120 SSD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Graphics: Sapphire Radeon 6970 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
Power Supply: Seasonic 650 Gold http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


Thanks to anyone who takes a look, I am so out of the loop when it comes to the new hardware trends

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Planetside 2 is still poorly optimized. It dislikes AMD CPU's and GPU's.
The only thing wrong with your build is one stick of 8GB. 2 sticks of 4GB is usually better. Not a big deal, though. Try updating Windows, PS2, and your GPU drivers to get the bets performance.

obsama1 said:
Planetside 2 is still poorly optimized. It dislikes AMD CPU's and GPU's.
The only thing wrong with your build is one stick of 8GB. 2 sticks of 4GB is usually better. Not a big deal, though. Try updating Windows, PS2, and your GPU drivers to get the bets performance.


I hear PS2 is still going through optimization, still even when I play my game of choice BF3 I find myself forced to use a mix of medium/high settings to ensure I dont dip below 60FPS in demanding situations. I previously had RAM issues that prevented me from using 2 sticks of ram, but I believe I cleared that up when I updated my MOBO's bios, I probably will pick up another 8 gig stick soon.



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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($174.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($36.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.59 @ Compuvest)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($77.64 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($25.28 @ CompUSA)
Total: $641.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-23 18:45 EST-0500)

butremor said:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($174.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 Extreme3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($36.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($56.59 @ Compuvest)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.98 @ Outlet PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 520W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($77.64 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-222BB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($25.28 @ CompUSA)
Total: $641.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-11-23 18:45 EST-0500)


thank you for taking a look butremor, but I think you may have misunderstood the intent of my original post. I do not have a 5-800 dollar budget to build a new computer, but supplement my current system with new parts.

The parts in my first post are what I have now, but I really am not sure what part of my system is the bottleneck and needs to be upgraded
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