Pc upgrade or Witcher 3

[PapaGangster]

Hey guys, was thinking about upgrading my computer a week or so ago but after Witcher 3 coming out I kind of want to get it but If I do it means I would have to wait a little longer before upgrading my pc vice versa. Which one should I do first is my question? 

My Pc specs are 

AMD FX-8320 8 Core Black Edition Processer (stock CPU cooler)

 

Asus M5A99X EVO Motherboard R2

 

Kingston Hyper X Fury 2x4GB

 

MSI R9 290 4GB

 

Corsair spec 01

 

And then for cooling I have 3 fans one at the top, back and front 

 

For my upgrade I was planning on getting

Noctura NH-D9l CPU cooler

 

ASRock Z97 Extreme 4 Motherboard 

 

Intel Core i5 4690k

[Momkai]

So whats the problem? Looks fine to me.

[ShadowCaptain]

Is your pc playing games to your satisfaction? if so, get the game

 

if not, go the upgrade route

[Goldensapling]

Witcher 3. System is already amazing. I would get a cooler though, I have the 8320 and it gets VERY hot.

[Nergale]

I recently bought a q6600 for 15$ for my brothers PC, overclocked it to 3.6GHz and It runs Witcher 3 on high at stable ~40-50 FPS.

 

I don't think you need an upgrade at all. Seeing that DX12 comes out soonish anyway and will probably be awesome for CPUs with lower performance per core.

[PapaGangster]

Hmm well from the feed back I think I may get the game first then do my upgrades a little later.

[blu4]

I recently bought a q6600 for 15$ for my brothers PC, overclocked it to 3.6GHz and It runs Witcher 3 on high at stable ~40-50 FPS.

 

I don't think you need an upgrade at all. Seeing that DX12 comes out soonish anyway and will probably be awesome for CPUs with lower performance per core.

If devs don't optimize for DX12 it won't matter.

[VortexS]

Hmm well from the feed back I think I may get the game first then do my upgrades a little later.

 

Maybe try to get a good CPU cooler already. Most CPU coolers work with all CPU's, and it will really help with heat and throttling problems. But the rest of your desktop is good enough for a while, at least until the new Intel CPU's come out you'll be fine.

[Humbug]

No point upgrading. Vulkan and DX12 will also give you a healthy boost. At most just get that noctua cooler and crank that fx-8320 up slightly to 4.3Ghz.

It's important to focus on the end objective which is playing games, otherwise you get caught up in benchmarks and end up wasting money for no added happiness.

[Humbug]

If devs don't optimize for DX12 it won't matter.

All the big engine makers for cryengine, frostbite, unreal4, unity etc will optimize the engines for it. Have already began doing so in fact...

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Hmm well from the feed back I think I may get the game first then do my upgrades a little later.

I would upgrade CPU but anyways how do you think you can upgrade your PC with 60$?

[PapaGangster]

couple hours later and I have brought the game

[Humbug]

couple hours later and I have brought the game

Use the new catalyst 15.5 and limit tessellation to 8x via catalyst control panel. Then you can get good hairworks performance.

[slay english]

Buy a cheapo air cooler and overclock that 8320. Also dx12 should improve the performance of your cpu hopefully. I recommend for the money a hyper 212 evo. I have a 2700k at 4.6 and it's ice cold with that cooler paired with mx4.