gaming pc upgrade question?

[MrLegalAce]

Hey everyone I bought an hp pavilion 1597c and upgraded the GPU to a 1.5GB gtx 660 and the PSU to a Antec 500 watt and I was wondering what should I upgrade now the GPU or CPU I have i5 3330 at 3.0 ghz and a gtx 660 1.5 gb should i upgrade to a 2gb gtx 660 or upgrade the cpu this is a gaming pc i play cod ghost bf4 and games like that and the textures arent that great at high settings and the frames are sort of choppy please help thank you!

 

[clutchc]

The processor is fine. Nothing you can upgrade to will make much of a difference for gaming. The i5-3330 is in the top tier of gaming CPUs, as are all the SB, IB, and HW processors: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

And moving from a 1.5GB (?) GTX 660 to a 2GB GTX 660 will be a sideways move. (I've never seen a 1.5 GB GTX 660).
You'd have to move at least 3 tiers above the GX 660 to see any real improvement: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Maybe a little housekeeping clean up will help. Give CCleaner a try. Run the Clean and Registry portions both. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Then check and see how many items you can eliminate that is running in the background at the same time you're trying to game. Check your tray and check your System Configuration/Start up tab for how many boxes are checked.

 

[MrLegalAce]

i am going to get a gtx 760 would that improve things?

 

[clutchc]

i am going to get a gtx 760 would that improve things?

It depends on which Antec 500W PSU you have. The low end model only has 2 x 18a +12V rails and a single PCIe aux power cable. The GTX 760 is a 170W card (14.2A @ +12V) and requires 2 x PCIe aux pwr cables.

But the difference between the 660 and 760 with BF4 is: http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page3.html