Need to upgrade.. Thoughts??

**dustyCALIBER** · 11-09-13, 09:16 PM

Hey Everyone,
I have been lagging up a STORM in BF4 and I know I haven't upgraded in a VERY long time.
Here is what I am running now so What should I upgrade first. It will have to be one thing at a time since I'm not going back to work for another month or so. I am thinking Processor for starters. Plus I have to be able to install whatever it is on my own.

Thanks
Dusty

**Phyrelight** · 11-09-13, 09:26 PM

moving to windows 8 64 bit will enable the direct x 11 on your video card, it will help ~20% performance increase in BF4 with windows 8 over windows 7 because of direct x 11 optimizations.

Solid state drive to go with that new OS wouldn't hurt

I am not familiar with your processor but the BF4 recommendation was a quad core i5 or i7

**dustyCALIBER** · 11-09-13, 09:37 PM

Ok thanks for the info...

(I hate windows 8

)

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**DJ Ms. White** · 11-09-13, 09:59 PM

Don't buy piecemeal. Save up until you have enough.

**HeavyG** · 11-10-13, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by dustyCALIBER

Ok thanks for the info...

(I hate windows 8

)

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Windows 8 is God awful, but I have gotten used to it. I still prefer the simplicity of Windows 7, but there are some applications that can help removing MOST of the Windows 8 Metro interface, but even things like the task manager are sort of stupid compared to every other version of Windows.

Dusty, do you have a budget in mind? Looking at all of those specs, I would recommend buying new CPU/Board/Memory as well as a graphics card. You can get a pretty decent build for between $700-800 if you recycle a lot of your other parts (case, power supply, optical drives, hard drives).

SSD will help with the load times, but if you really want raw performance while in game, the #1 factor will be your graphics card, followed closely by your CPU as BF4 takes full advantage of multi-threaded applications, thus the i7 would out perform the i5, etc.

**DJ Ms. White** · 11-10-13, 03:53 PM

Oh, and Process Explorer works in Windows 8 perfectly.

**dustyCALIBER** · 11-10-13, 03:55 PM

Ok maybe I'll just suck it up and revisit the thought of a New PC in a few months. Then I will be back to see what my wonderful buddies think my best choices are .
I will everything I can to stay away from Windows 8 though

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**Guyver** · 11-10-13, 04:32 PM

There's also ways to make Windows 8, look and act just like 7.

**moving-target** · 11-10-13, 04:38 PM

AMD Phenom II X4 955 Deneb 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor HDZ955FBGMBOX - Newegg.com

Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model 996782 - Newegg.com

if those are good for you dusty you can have em