Thread: Need upgrade help.

Well, BF3 fast approaches and I need to upgrade my rig to be able to play it. The problem is, I'm not as tech savvy as I would like to be, so I need some help figuring out where my rig needs to be upgraded. What I want is to be able to play BF3 at full graphic intensity as well as being able to record video at the same time. The closest game I can compare to BF3 that I play is BC2, and I can only play that on the lowest settings, and I can't record video while playing it. So I'm fairly certain my rig needs some major upgrades for me to get what I want. Here's the gear that I have right now, straight from Dxdiag.

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Sound card: SB X-Fi Audio [C800]

I don't know exactly what else is needed, so if there's anything else, let me know. Advice, product suggestions, and stuff like that is what I want.

You're going to need to upgrade the whole rig especially to record video. How much are you willing to spend? Should be able to reuse the sound card though.

Judging by the vintage of your other parts, I have concerns for your mobo's upgradeablity.

You will probably need a quad core and a definitely a bigger GPU for sure, also more RAM would not hurt. Depending on your mobo it may want a serious upgrade.

What is your mobo and how much do you want to spend?

The Motherboard was one of the things I couldn't find. How would I figure out what it is?

I don't want to spend too much. But I have a lot of leeway with my money. Seeing as I figured I would need a lot of upgrades, I figured I could start out at somewhere around $1000 and I could go from there. I can go over this if need be, but it would be nice if I didn't have to.

Originally Posted by Option hunter

The Motherboard was one of the things I couldn't find. How would I figure out what it is?

I don't want to spend too much. But I have a lot of leeway with my money. Seeing as I figured I would need a lot of upgrades, I figured I could start out at somewhere around $1000 and I could go from there. I can go over this if need be, but it would be nice if I didn't have to.

Download and run this: CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

When in the program, just select the motherboard tab.


Alternately the model of the mobo is stamped on it somewhere, if you look around for something that looks like a name/number (AM2N32-SLI for example) and put it into google, that may work also.

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i like everything here but the PS, just to give you and idea of the ballpark you need to be in.

alot of ppl are going sli with the 560ti's with some good numbers too.

Originally Posted by 619summon

Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, LED LCD TV, Digital Cameras and more!

i like everything here but the PS, just to give you and idea of the ballpark you need to be in.

lol

I literally have that deal in my cut & paste queue right now!

That is about right though ... that and a fat GPU and you will be flying for a few years.

Originally Posted by Option hunter

The Motherboard was one of the things I couldn't find. How would I figure out what it is?

I don't want to spend too much. But I have a lot of leeway with my money. Seeing as I figured I would need a lot of upgrades, I figured I could start out at somewhere around $1000 and I could go from there. I can go over this if need be, but it would be nice if I didn't have to.

mine might not be the best but mine is decent and i built it for 1k see if you can find my old thread and build from there

dont forget to put aside 100$ for win 7