Can an upgraded Dell XPS 8700 from 2015 Game?

Twiggy1995 · September 3, 2018

A little over a month ago, I bought a used Dell XPS 8700 from a guy, only $375 Canadian, and it was a big upgrade over my mid 2011 mac mini I had previously.

Specs:

3.2ghz 64bit quad core i5-4460
16GB DDR3 ram
1tb hard drive
gtx 745
460w dell PSU

before I did any upgrades GTA V did run smooth but on quite low settings.

my first upgrade was a 600w bronze evga power supply, and just a few days ago I got a GTX1060.

Playing GTA V it now automatically sets itself to pretty high and good looking settings, and it barely drops below 60fps according to steams fps counter, and when it does, it is still 57fps or higher.

3 days ago, I bought Fallout 4, it automatically set itself to "ultra" and it looks amazing. 95% of the time, even during combat it remains at 60fps, sometimes it goes up to 63fps, and very rarely it drops between 55 and 59fps. It only dropped to 42fps once right after getting out of a loading screen.

So to answer the question, can it game? I'd say yes it can game. It does indeed seem to be able to hold it's own.

I am looking at getting a 2tb hard drive, and later on an i7-4770 as high of a clock speed as I can find at a reasonable price.

I'm glad that the GTX1060 greatly improved performance, after I spent what came to be $485 Canadian once taxes were counted.