Is it really necessary ?

[Ahhlong]

I have a I5 760 @ 3.2 ghz with a gigabyte p55a ud3p motherboard and a GTX 650 . I am preparing for battlefield 4 so I am planning to upgrade to a MSI GTX 760 . But do you guys really think that it is really necessary to upgrade?

[Coombzy]

if you want a better experience in games as a whole definitely 

[skullbringer]

That i5 will bottleneck that 760 quite a bit.

[TideRower]

Just wait until you get the game and see how it runs.

[Guest]

dont buy nothing yet save more moneh and buy better card

im still running a q6600 fine but it is a bit slow these days

[das affe]

the cpu and gpu are quite even, if you want better perfomance you have to buy both: gpu and cpu. I would start with a good gpu and then look how much money is left and maybe save some more and get a haswell i3-4130 as it is preety cheap and not much slower than the i5-4670k.

[Excon]

That i5 will bottleneck that 760 quite a bit.

No it won't.

[Ahhlong]

Took my friends GTX 760 and tried it out on my system in bf3 all settings set to ultra and got about 60-80 fps

[skullbringer]

No it won't.

 

well, ok then,

a friend of mine had problems with his i5 2500 not keeping up in cpu heavy games.

But if this isnt the case here, good for ahhlong

[Ahhlong]

well, ok then,

a friend of mine had problems with his i5 2500 not keeping up in cpu heavy games.

But if this isnt the case here, good for ahhlong

but alot of people say that the frostbite 3 engine is more of a gpu based rather than a CPU . And I pretty much only play bf4

[Excon]

well, ok then,

a friend of mine had problems with his i5 2500 not keeping up in cpu heavy games.

But if this isnt the case here, good for ahhlong

There's a difference between a cup not being able to provide enough for a game and it holding back a Gpu.

[lachyman]

You will have to save up for a complete new build, your CPU is crap.

[A/C]

or you could try an overclock it if you have a solid cooler somewhere lying around... maybe being used as a doorstop or smthng

 

That would definately save you some money. But it still wouldn't be ideal solution. Still, you'll be able to play bf4 in high... And you can always upgrade next year when you have the money, and AMD give us some new chips