What is burdening me?

[JoshRawrrs1]

I have a Intel E8400 clocked at 3.00Ghz Dual Core and a Factory OCed 260GTX Black Edition.

When I play Bf3 I find it hard to substain 30FPS. While I see some other people play this on High and still have higher FPS than me.

Is my Gfx Card the problem or my CPU?

If it's my CPU, how can i OC it to 3.7+

I'm using a EP45 - UD3R Gigabyte board

 

[JoshRawrrs1]

No one can help? Please!!!!

 

[JoshRawrrs1]

Someone help please!!!

 

[jsrudd]

What resolution are you playing at? You can really only play BF3 at low resolution with a 260

 

[mouse24]

Honestly you won't get very good performance in a game like BF3 with an older dual core and a 260, those are both fairly outdated.

 

[JoshRawrrs1]

So what's a good choice?

Do you think pre built PC's at Originpc.com are good? Or CyberPowerGaming

@1024x768. I do fine at 1280x1024 until recently. I think it's because of the dust gathered

 

[JoshRawrrs1]

Hello? Answer my above question anyone please?

 

[doive1231]

Maybe you could get away with just buying a new gfx card and not a whole system as you seem to suggest. An nVidia GTX670 or above equivalent would do the trick I imagine. You could add more RAM if necessary too.

 

[JoshRawrrs1]

I already order my new system, I was wondering what I could do so this computer won't make annoying noises when I play.

New Specs:

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-3770K 3.50 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1155
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (64GB Sandisk Sata III Boot Drive + 1 TB Single Drive Only)
MEMORY: 16GB (4GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory [+66] (G.SKILL Ripjaws X)
MOTHERBOARD: [CrossFireX/SLI] ASUS P8Z77-V Pro Intel Z77 Chipset DDR3 ATX Mainboard w/ IRST, Lucid Virtu MVP, Wi-Fi GO!, 7.1 HD Audio, Intel GbLAN, Display Port, 3x PCIe x16 (2 Gen3, 1 Gen2), 2x PCie x1 & 2 PCI
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card