Should i upgrade my cpu

[SwaggMcSwaggySwag]

Hello so i currently have a intel pentium g3220 3.00 GHz and i was wonder if it was worth the upgrade to a pentium g3258 because every game i look at the requirements my cpu is lacking i currently have a radeon r7 250 oc can run most games good but still i get the lag spikes in games like BF3 and other games that have a lot of particles and players on screen.

[Aniallation]

Hello so i currently have a intel pentium g3220 3.00 GHz and i was wonder if it was worth the upgrade to a pentium g3258 because every game i look at the requirements my cpu is lacking i currently have a radeon r7 250 oc can run most games good but still i get the lag spikes in games like BF3 and other games that have a lot of particles and players on screen.

Not with G3258. Even with G3258 you will get lag spikes in BF3. Any Pentium will have this issue.

 

Get an i3 if you don't want horrible minimum frame rates.

[Memories4K]

I'd say save up and upgrade your whole system.

 

Gaming on BF3 on an R7 250?

 

What a champ.

[SeanBond]

Hello so i currently have a intel pentium g3220 3.00 GHz and i was wonder if it was worth the upgrade to a pentium g3258 because every game i look at the requirements my cpu is lacking i currently have a radeon r7 250 oc can run most games good but still i get the lag spikes in games like BF3 and other games that have a lot of particles and players on screen.

If you are going to upgrade at the very minimum get an i5, it's better to save up than waste money on a small upgrade. i5 4440?

[Aniallation]

I'd say save up and upgrade your whole system.

 

Gaming on BF3 on an R7 250?

 

What a champ.

I play BF3 on a ULV i5 (dual core with HT) and Intel HD 4400. 

 

Perfectly fine at 720p medium.

[SwaggMcSwaggySwag]

I'd say save up and upgrade your whole system.

 

Gaming on BF3 on an R7 250?

 

What a champ.

I am planing on upgrading but one at a time i a not sure what to upgrade first here are all my specs intel pentium g3220 amd radeon r7250 oc 4 gb ram now i  did order another stick of ram and am thinking of buying a nvidia gefroce gtx 960 

[david cassar]

I am planing on upgrading but one at a time i a not sure what to upgrade first here are all my specs intel pentium g3220 amd radeon r7250 oc 4 gb ram now i did order another stick of ram and am thinking of buying a nvidia gefroce gtx 960

Buy an r9 290 for 10 bucks more :

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9290aedfd

Will it be bottlenecked by the pentium? Yes it will but in the meantime save up some money and get a locked i5 4440. Also what is your current PSU?

[Memories4K]

I play BF3 on a ULV i5 (dual core with HT) and Intel HD 4400. 

 

Perfectly fine at 720p medium.

Ahhh, sorry.

 

Usually 1080p at 60fps is what i consider to be standard.

 

Not knocking you, hahaha

[Aniallation]

Buy an r9 290 for 10 bucks more :

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9290aedfd

Will it be bottlenecked by the pentium? Yes it will but in the meantime save up some money and get a locked i5 4440. Also what is your current PSU?

A CPU upgrade will be better then a GPU upgrade if the big issue OP has is lag spikes. To many people low resolution low settings gaming isn't that big of a deal. 720p medium isn't any worse then "next-gen" consoles. However huge lag spikes and horrible minimum framerates are annoying for everybody. 

 

 

Usually 1080p at 60fps is what i consider to be standard.

Can't do 1080p anyways Laptop screen is only 1366x768

[asim1999]

A CPU upgrade will be better then a GPU upgrade if the big issue OP has is lag spikes. To many people low resolution low settings gaming isn't that big of a deal. 720p medium isn't any worse then "next-gen" consoles. However huge lag spikes and horrible minimum framerates are annoying for everybody. 

 

 

Can't do 1080p anyways Laptop screen is only 1366x768

1080p is standard? 

Well i am definitely behind then. Running a 980 on a 10 year old Dell monitor 

[Syfes]

Buy an r9 290 for 10 bucks more :

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9290aedfd

Will it be bottlenecked by the pentium? Yes it will but in the meantime save up some money and get a locked i5 4440. Also what is your current PSU?

 

That depends on where OP lives, in europe an r9 290 is usually €100 more compared to the gtx960

[Untouchable]

I'd say save up and upgrade your whole system.

 

Gaming on BF3 on an R7 250?

 

What a champ.

I play all ultra settings on BF3 with my g3258 and R7 260X. I get form low 40's to high 50's.

[Memories4K]

I play all ultra settings on BF3 with my g3258 and R7 260X. I get form low 40's to high 50's.

R7 260X > R7 250

 

The R7 260X is great for the money if you can get it at $100 or lower.

 

But i was more surprised with the R7 250 specifically 

[Untouchable]

R7 260X > R7 250

 

The R7 260X is great for the money if you can get it at $100 or lower.

 

But i was more surprised with the R7 250 specifically 

Im aware that the 260X is more powerful, im just saying its suprising because i run 1080p ultra settings with a not so powerful system. 

[zappian]

Just get an i3 and thank me later.