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  • What should I do?

    at the moment my my current PC has:

    MSI 650i SLI
    Q6600 @ 2.7ghz
    4 GIGS DDR2 800
    Nvidia Geforce GTX 460 1 GIGDDR5 overclocked to 870/1740/2130 @ 1.25v
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

    I run the game all high with 4xaa, 16xaf, HBAO, @1280x1024 (got a small monitor) and I get anywhere from 30-80fps.

    But I kinda want to get more than that, like 50-70 FPS constant. I mean, it's playable and it looks really nice, but I get slow downs sometimes especially in the streets. Now, since money is tight for me atm, I can afford one upgrade. DO you think I should keep the Q6600 and get a card like a 560/570? OR get a new CPU say like an i5? I'm not really sure what's slowing me down, my CPU or GFX card. thanks!

  • #2
    Re: What should I do?

    With that small a screen, couldnt you cut a lot of the fancy effects in half without noticing it?

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    • #3
      Re: What should I do?

      I have almost an identical system, even the motherboard is the same. Your CPU is clocked a bit higher than my Q6600 though but I have 6GB RAM.

      With that said, I have a 560Ti GTX (factory OC'ed from MSI to 570 speeds) and I'm able to run the game at 1920x1080 on most everything High/Auto on Metro. HOWEVER, Caspian Border kind of gave my setup a hearty backhand on the same settings to the point I had to drop a few things to medium on that map.

      The problem is, you won't get any substantial gains from any one upgrade. I know that in my case I'm severely CPU bound. You might be a bit better though as you have a slight OC on that and could probably benefit more just from a GPU upgrade. But if you do the opposite of me and go with a new CPU, then you'll probably be GPU bound.

      It's honestly really difficult to say right now since it's still very much a beta and I'm guessing they have room for more optimizations.

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      • #4
        Re: What should I do?

        Turn off the Ambient Occlusion (HBAO).

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        • #5
          Re: What should I do?

          Zips has it right. A better GFX card with that CPU won't do much. And if money is at all an issue, 100%, just turn down the detail and live with it. It's not like Medium looks like rubbish or anything. Save the money for a system wide upgrade/replace down the road.

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          • #6
            Re: What should I do?

            i have my Q6600 at 3.0, why don't you at least put it there? i did the simple BSEL mod to turn it to 3.0.
            i also have a gtx 460, but only 768mb version. however, it's factory overclocked so that makes up for it.

            i have everything on high except textures and shadows which are both on medium. and i turned off HBAO.

            that said, i don't know if i notice fps improvement from default auto to current settings.

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