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*Wasn't sure where to put this thread, mods move if needed*
Well, I've been playing Fallout 4 for exactly 2 hours and my current machine won't cut it. I'm running the game @ 1920x1080 on medium settings... not really interested in playing it lower than that. I built this machine in 2010. Let me preface this by saying I am not interesting in ripping this box completely apart and starting over...
Current machine:
* MSI 890fxaGD70
* AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.8GHz (does run at 4Ghz but I keep it at 3.8 for cooling).
* ATi Radeon HD5850 1GB
* 4GB DDR3 1600
* 2x1.5TB 5,400 RPM HDs (mirrored).
So a few things:
* My OS is on an SSD (60GB), not enough space for Fallout 4 so I had to put it on my data set (mirrored 1.5 TBs) which makes loading slow. I will buy a 512GB SSD for it.
* I will buy 16GB of DDR3 2133 - this is the max capacity and speed my motherboard supports. The main thing is the game runs out of memory and crashes...
* OK, CPU - I have my CPU monitor up when the game is running and it's not pegged, seems to be around 75-85% on all cores. Do I drop in an AMD FX-8370? Will it help? When the game is running I don't have any stuttering really...
* Now to the GPU - this thing is pegged @ 100% utilization and 100% memory utilization the entire time the game is running. Now, it's running nice and smooth but... well, you know, could be faster.
I do not want to buy a $300 video card... What about dropping in a second HD5850? They are cheap right now, can be had for $50 on eBay. I have a 1000 watt PSU so power is not an issue. If I were going to get a new video card for around $100-125 what would it be?
Well, I've been playing Fallout 4 for exactly 2 hours and my current machine won't cut it. I'm running the game @ 1920x1080 on medium settings... not really interested in playing it lower than that. I built this machine in 2010. Let me preface this by saying I am not interesting in ripping this box completely apart and starting over...
Current machine:
* MSI 890fxaGD70
* AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.8GHz (does run at 4Ghz but I keep it at 3.8 for cooling).
* ATi Radeon HD5850 1GB
* 4GB DDR3 1600
* 2x1.5TB 5,400 RPM HDs (mirrored).
So a few things:
* My OS is on an SSD (60GB), not enough space for Fallout 4 so I had to put it on my data set (mirrored 1.5 TBs) which makes loading slow. I will buy a 512GB SSD for it.
* I will buy 16GB of DDR3 2133 - this is the max capacity and speed my motherboard supports. The main thing is the game runs out of memory and crashes...
* OK, CPU - I have my CPU monitor up when the game is running and it's not pegged, seems to be around 75-85% on all cores. Do I drop in an AMD FX-8370? Will it help? When the game is running I don't have any stuttering really...
* Now to the GPU - this thing is pegged @ 100% utilization and 100% memory utilization the entire time the game is running. Now, it's running nice and smooth but... well, you know, could be faster.