Applying Upgrades

[chalklin]

Seeing as I built my PC about 2 years ago now when I had no knowledge of parts, my system is super limited on the upgradability side of things.

Currently I have an a10-5800k along with a Gtx 660 Ti. Although I haven't had issues until now, I can barely play BF4 at medium settings without getting horrible fps drops. 

Pretty much my question is on how I should go about upgrading. I plan on getting a GTX 970 around Christmas time/Black friday time in the hopes that it will drop price. If I continue to use to a10-5800k, but upgrade to a 970, how much bottle necking will I experience? I'm in university so I don't have the time or money to do a complete upgrade, although I hope to do that in the summer time as I should have a good cash flow. Is it even worth upgrading to a 970 now, or will I be better off waiting for a price drop in the summer time?

 

If I get the 970, will it allow me to play at high/ultra settings with my current cpu?

I'm in no need of concrete evidence, just in need of opinions.

Thanks 

[Krzyimprt]

Seeing as I built my PC about 2 years ago now when I had no knowledge of parts, my system is super limited on the upgradability side of things.

Currently I have an a10-5800k along with a Gtx 660 Ti. Although I haven't had issues until now, I can barely play BF4 at medium settings without getting horrible fps drops. 

Pretty much my question is on how I should go about upgrading. I plan on getting a GTX 970 around Christmas time/Black friday time in the hopes that it will drop price. If I continue to use to a10-5800k, but upgrade to a 970, how much bottle necking will I experience? I'm in university so I don't have the time or money to do a complete upgrade, although I hope to do that in the summer time as I should have a good cash flow. Is it even worth upgrading to a 970 now, or will I be better off waiting for a price drop in the summer time?

 

If I get the 970, will it allow me to play at high/ultra settings with my current cpu?

I'm in no need of concrete evidence, just in need of opinions.

Thanks 

5800K is not the best CPU in the world, but your rig should be able to handle BF4 just fine on high settings.

[lx_srs]

That CPU is holding you back, not the graphics card.

[chalklin]

That CPU is holding you back, not the graphics card.

Do you think I would be better off upgrading the CPU and motherboard and then upgrading the rest at a later date?

[chalklin]

5800K is not the best CPU in the world, but your rig should be able to handle BF4 just fine on high settings.

the rig i have now or the rig i would have with the 970?

[chalklin]

If upgrading CPU and Motherboard would be better than GPU at this point, is the i7 4770k worth the extra cost over the i5 4690k

[Krzyimprt]

the rig i have now or the rig i would have with the 970?

Rig you have now..

[chalklin]

Rig you have now..

could my motherboard be holding me back? I'm using the gigabyte f2a85x-up4. 

Not sure why I'm getting spikes at medium settings.

[Krzyimprt]

could my motherboard be holding me back? I'm using the gigabyte f2a85x-up4. 

Not sure why I'm getting spikes at medium settings.

Nahh, motherboard has nothing to do with it. I saw people use x4 965's you should be able to play it just fine.

[chalklin]

Nahh, motherboard has nothing to do with it. I saw people use x4 965's you should be able to play it just fine.

alright, well either way, do you think a motherboard + cpu upgrade would be more beneficial than a gpu upgrade?

[lx_srs]

Do you think I would be better off upgrading the CPU and motherboard and then upgrading the rest at a later date?

I think so yes.  I have a friend with a 660 Ti and she has no problem with it running modern games.

[XiaoPineApple]

alright, well either way, do you think a motherboard + cpu upgrade would be more beneficial than a gpu upgrade?

If u can monitor ur gpu usage during bf4 will give u a clear idea what is holding u back

[chalklin]

Does anyone know if broadwell will use LGA1150? Also, 4690k vs 4790k considering price to performance?