Wickens
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Will an OEM locked OS be an issue with upgrading the CPU? I'll try and stick some more hertz on it stock, but keep it safe if I can. Otherwise, I'm sure his wallet will let him buy a Hyper 212 Evo or something.
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So I should stick it to like 8Ghz yeah? /s Well, bollocks. I guess I'll do my best. Would it be sensible to try and OC it after sticking on a better cooler? Or tell him it's time for an upgrade?
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Bugger. I honestly thought I'd made a decent budget choice. My only point I'll make is there appears to plenty of cases of this sort of setup working fine in GTA - and considering the performance issues with streaming films as well? Is it a deeper issue, or am I clutching at straws? A case of decent performance with this setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PbdNCxs0Zs
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Well, credit to Rockstar I suppose, they have created a game that uses all the cores properly.
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I assume I must have overestimated the G3258 - Any way I can work around it or should I just tell him to suck it up? I honestly hoped that the 750 Ti and G3258 would be a decent duo - Everyone else's case I have found has reported what I deem reasonable performance figures. I'm aware - Unfortunately, convincing my friend to spend more on a system in terms of future-proofing and sheer performance is very difficult - He doesn't seem to understand why he can't spend the same amount of money as he spent on his PS4 and get more performance.
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Last night a friend and I installed a GTX 750 Ti into his system (specs below) and discovered some rather... interesting issues. He launched up GTA:V, and we noticed performance was no less than shocking. Every group of settings we tried had the same results - anywhere from 8 to 24 FPS, averaging around 15. Running at anything from 1920x1080 at a medium-high preset t0 1280x720, with everything as low as possible and on DirectX10. We went to bed, and slept on it. I came back this morning, and started some testing. Here's what I've found. Every other game has this issue. (TF2 and Gmod have been tested, we assume others are too) The GTA intro movie and streaming any films or shows also has the same sort of lag. MSI Afterburner reports that the GPU is hardly being touched - nothing more than 11% used, while the CPU is screaming at 100% all the time. The BIOS is set to use the PCI-E GPU. His CPU is overclocked to 4.0 Ghz Turbo. I think the key point here is emboldened - the GPU is never shown being used. My Google-Fu has told me that it's probably a bottleneck, but nobody else with this setup is finding one, and honestly, a GTX 750 Ti should not be bottlenecked by a Pentium G3258. I have updated drivers, tried older drivers, nothing changed. Update DirectX, no change. I am tempted to see if putting it on Windows 10 would be of any use. Any help would be much obliged. Here are the specs; PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor (£55.58 @ CCL Computers) Motherboard: ASRock Z97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Blue 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£14.46 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£39.98 @ Amazon UK) Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£104.99 @ Amazon UK) Case: Fractal Design Core 1500 MicroATX Mini Tower Case (£39.50 @ Amazon UK) Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£42.99 @ Amazon UK) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 OEM (64-bit) Total: £297.50 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-21 20:16 BST+0100
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Fair enough then - So I might as well not bother and save myself the risk of a packed up SSD?
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If you can link me to these tests, I might work up the balls to do it.
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Oh, I know. It's very tempting though. So the fragmented files themselves aren't taking up 31GB? That's my issue - Not the performance loss (Which as you said, is none to a little) but the space they eat - If they do eat space.
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I have a Samsung 840 EVO 120GB in my system right now, and it has quite a lot of fragmented files. Is it worth me defragging, despite the fact that it lowers the lifespan of the drive?
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Is it worth me upgrading this year, or waiting for the next generation?
Wickens replied to Wickens's topic in Graphics Cards
1080 yes, but I'm also waiting for the Rift to come out, and I doubt my current setup will handle it. -
Is it worth me upgrading this year, or waiting for the next generation?
Wickens replied to Wickens's topic in Graphics Cards
Oh god, don't tempt me. My wallet already hates me. -
Is it worth me upgrading this year, or waiting for the next generation?
Wickens replied to Wickens's topic in Graphics Cards
You're not wrong, I am merely addicted to those sweet sweet FPS's. -
What's the name of this partition cleaning software?
Wickens replied to Wickens's topic in Operating Systems
Bang bang. Got it in one. Thanks a lot! -
This Christmas, I'm considering pulling the trigger and blowing some money on a 4GB GTX 970 from EVGA. Coupled with a fresh install of Windows (Windows 10), it should be a nice upgrade. But, if we're being honest, the 770 is still not a slow card. I don't want to part with it after only a year. I'm not seeing my performance lacking at all - GTA:V on Very High to Ultra is 60 FPS solid, Witcher 3 on Ultra is 60 FPS solid, even my ridiculously over-modded Skyrim is getting anywhere from 30-40 (and that is truly the only game that would benefit hugely from a 4GB card.) If I don't blow on this, should I wait for another year or even two, and then go for a complete rebuild, or get a monster card. Or perhaps I could finally get myself a Moto 360. Or maybe I could just be sensible and save it for a rainy day. Please give me your input, and thanks a lot.