Time To Upgrade

[trentklein]

Hey everyone, havnt posted on here in sometime. Now that Forza Horizon 3 and the Battlefield 1 beta (and the full game soon) is out, it's time for me to upgrade my PC. My build is currently; fx6350 watercooled, a XFX 290 watercooled (via G10), 16gb of 1866 ram, 860w EVGA Supernova PSU, and a Gigabyte 990fx mobo (I forget what model). Currently running the battlefield 1 beta, on high and ultra, I get an average of about 45 fps. Not to mention massive frame drops during headshots. I don't want to spend an arm and a leg again if I don't have to on upgrading so I was thinking just getting an 8350?? I know it's old, but... AMD. Would I benefit more if I switched to Intel on a budget?? Other alternatives??

[Shouom]

Why would anyone want to go AMD right now? The Zen is like a corner around i suggest you should wait for Battlefield 1 to be released, Zen should show up by then, At least i think so.

[trentklein]

Just now, Erest said:

Why would anyone want to go AMD right now? The Zen is like a corner around i suggest you should wait for Battlefield 1 to be released, Zen should show up by then, At least i think so.

Yeah, I'm hoping so. I'm just saying if it doesn't show up anytime soon.

[0ri0n]

Why not upgrade the gpu with the new rx 480. For less than 300 bucks you got  8GB of memory.

[trentklein]

1 minute ago, 0ri0n said:

Why not upgrade the gpu with the new rx 480. For less than 300 bucks you got  8GB of memory.

Could, I just feel like my old "6 core" is what is the biggest issue.

[0ri0n]

9 minutes ago, trentklein said:

Could, I just feel like my old "6 core" is what is the biggest issue.

Gaming performance is about the same for both CPUs. If you want more FPS I will go with a better gpu.

[Shouom]

Are you kidding me? That card should perform really really well in Battlefield 1, wouldn't upgrade the GPU in this case if i'd be you.

[Vasllo]

First of all, use MSI Afterburner and see what is holding you back, CPU or GPU. Don't buy a new CPU assuming it's holding you back to later discover you were GPU bound.

 

And don't buy a 8350, it won't be a upgrade, games are just starting to use 4 threads, 8 won't be of much use. Gaming performance won't get much better, if at all in case you're GPU bound (The way it's meant to be).

[trentklein]

15 minutes ago, Erest said:

Are you kidding me? That card should perform really really well in Battlefield 1, wouldn't upgrade the GPU in this case if i'd be you.

That's what I was thinking! Haha

[trentklein]

15 minutes ago, Erest said:

Are you kidding me? That card should perform really really well in Battlefield 1, wouldn't upgrade the GPU in this case if i'd be you.

That's what I was thinking! Haha

[trentklein]

15 minutes ago, Erest said:

Are you kidding me? That card should perform really really well in Battlefield 1, wouldn't upgrade the GPU in this case if i'd be you.

That's what I was thinking! Haha

[trentklein]

Woah sorry for the three replies ha