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Wow that helps alot. The things you explained of what the 3470 is capable of, absolutely fits my needs. Thanks so much!

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I've owned your GPU and I had to play BF3 at 800x600 (luckily exactly half of my resolution so it didn't look too bad) and lowest settings, and then it proceeded to die on me O.o so yeah...

 

R9 290 now though :3

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3570 is good, but maybe consider an amd processor considering that mantle is just around the corner which will give you a great boost in bf4

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3570 is good, but maybe consider an amd processor considering that mantle is just around the corner which will give you a great boost in bf4

That's unconfirmed if Mantle is that game changing.

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That's unconfirmed if Mantle is that game changing.

This.

 

CPU bottlenecking is the least of your worries. The GT 610 is a terrible graphics card. I would buy a good CPU and graphics card combo for Battlefield 4. Save up your pennies and get an R9 270 and an i5-3470. If that's a bit pricey, pick a GTX 650 Ti Boost if you can find one. Seriously, never buy a GT card. Those low-end GPUs are so pointless from a price-to-performance ratio, especially when they end in a 10.

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A GT610 is a HTPC card, it does it's job for that. GTS450's in SLI were popular for low budget builds back in the day but now the GT/GTS Line is just a complete joke.

A 7870 is usually a good $30-50 cheaper and it's the same card as a 270X.

Save and upgrade both CPU and GPU at the same time. A new GPU will bottleneck that no HT Dual core something terrible but will give increased FPS, while buying the CPU first wll yield no gain.

 

Integrated graphics is just fine for that. If the CPU doesn't have that, though, I can see why someone would buy a GT 610. But more gaming PCs have integrated graphics than those that don't, these days.

 

If you can find an HD 7870, it's probably cheaper and it performs pretty much as well as an R9 270(X).

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That's unconfirmed if Mantle is that game changing.

That's true, but i'd still wait for the mantle update, and not buy a new cpu at this moment, considering that mantle will be coming soon.
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upgrading the cpu is definitely a good thing for you (and the one you suggest is a good choice too) but don't expect to see any big fps improvement until you upgrade the gpu too (I suggest something along the lines of a hd 7750 but you said you're on a very low budget so...) I hope this helped :) cheers

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That's true, but i'd still wait for the mantle update, and not buy a new cpu at this moment, considering that mantle will be coming soon.

You still make Mantle sound so good. Oh well, your opinion.

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That's true, but i'd still wait for the mantle update, and not buy a new cpu at this moment, considering that mantle will be coming soon.

I'd suggest getting a cpu before 1155 cpus gets too expensive or lower in availability. 

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I'd suggest getting a cpu before 1155 cpus gets too expensive or lower in availability.

Yeah maybe a 3570k
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Yeah maybe a 3570k

No point. the OP doesn't have a z77 mobo.

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If you're looking for an FPS increase upgrade your GPU. You're going to be dropping like $200 or something like that on the CPU? 

 

I'd suggest that you spend around $100 on a decent GPU first, try and find a 7850 on clearance or something. Do that before CPU upgrade. 

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