Bro needs a new PC.

xyz123 · Mar 31st 2012, 9:42am

Hey Bros,
I bought a "GTX 550 Ti" from nvidia a month ago, it's a good midrange card for about 100€. But it doesn't make much of a difference (I had a GTS 250) when playing games, probably because the GPU is bottlenecked by my shitty old CPU. It's an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @2.33Ghz. I will buy 1 or 2 components for a new PC every month. So here's my question: Do you think my 550 Ti would work better if I buy the AMD Athlon II X3 455 @3.3Ghz CPU? It's just a triple-core but most of the people say that this CPU is totally enough, even to play games like Battlefield 3.

thexfiles123 · Mar 31st 2012, 1:05pm

I think Intel Core 2 Quad is enough, besides Intel works better with Nvidia, like ATI works better with AMD.

Mr.StooooooL · Mar 31st 2012, 1:16pm

thexfiles123 wrote:

I think Intel Core 2 Quad is enough, besides Intel works better with Nvidia, like ATI works better with AMD.

I have Intel Core #2 Duo with a Radeon and it works Fine. I can Run Mass 3 on Full

thexfiles123 · Mar 31st 2012, 1:19pm

Mr.StooooooL wrote:

thexfiles123 wrote:

I think Intel Core 2 Quad is enough, besides Intel works better with Nvidia, like ATI works better with AMD.

I have Intel Core #2 Duo with a Radeon and it works Fine. I can Run Mass 3 on Full

Me too ( NVIDIA + AMD ) but Intel is designed to function with NVIDIA and AMD is designed to have better performance with an ATI card.

xyz123 · Mar 31st 2012, 1:45pm

But why can't I see/feel any big difference between the GTX 550 Ti and my old GTS 250? I have a 400w power supply, 4GB of RAM (1066mhz) and a Asrock G43Twins-FullHD mainboard.

karlsanada10 · Mar 31st 2012, 1:53pm

It's because of your cpu.:) What are you trying to play? BF3?

post what your FPS before and after you bought the card.:)

xyz123 · Mar 31st 2012, 2:09pm

I can't remember the exact fps. But I think with the GTS 250 it was 20-40fps on low at 1920x1080. With the GTX 550 Ti it's 30-40fps. It lags even more on Back to Karkhand maps. I tried to set down the resolution but that gave me a maximum of 5-10fps more.

karlsanada10 · Mar 31st 2012, 2:24pm

I played @ 1680x1050 @ almost ultra and I'm haing 40-60FPS.:)

My settings are:
Intel i5-2320
4GB ram(when I played it, nao I have 8GB)
Sapphire 6950

550ti sucks for its price jsyk. 6770 is more powerful and it has the same price. But since you buy it, you have to live with it. And NO! Don't buy AMD Athlon II. It's an old cpu.

Go to atleast.

i5-2320
Asrock H61m U3S3
Gskill Value 4GB DDR3 1333 Cl9

I don't know how much this will cost you but its worth it.

xyz123 · Mar 31st 2012, 2:49pm

What do you think about the AMD Phenom II X4 965? It's 60€ cheaper than your processor and the stats look better. I'm not a fan of amd but it's much cheaper. I should've bought the HD 6850, the 550 Ti sucks.

karlsanada10 · Mar 31st 2012, 3:46pm

:NO: Phenom II= i-series first edition. Intel i5 sandy bridge is a lot better than Phenom II. heck even i3-2100 is much stronger than it.

Anyways, you should have bought AMD HD 7770. new card, less power consumption, equivalent to 6850.

Inzanityinc · Apr 8th 2012, 9:05am

If you have AA on, turn that off and it will boost your FPS alot

Linus · Apr 8th 2012, 9:16am

BUY IT!

Inzanityinc · Apr 11th 2012, 3:31am

Found this vid a while back, got some really good pointers
youtube.com/watch?v=JxB01hwMou…l_h1uiB7FrC-Je7r3dUAKo%3D

Bro needs a new PC.

Bro needs a new PC.

thexfiles123 wrote:

Mr.StooooooL wrote:

thexfiles123 wrote:

Share

Users Online 1