HI WANT TO IMPROVE MY PC GAMING

[themasta09]

Hi guys and gals

Ive just recently bought a new mobo and an asus 3850 x2 G card,

and i run windows 7.

Although ican run ALL games inc crysis at very high sttings i doget stutters and shutdowns occassionally.

I have around £50-£100 to spend and wondered how best to 'upgrade further'?

MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE & HAPPY CHRISTMAS..

I have the specs below and my PSU is an 800w.

My mobo and compatible cpus list is here:-http://www.asrock.com/mb/cpu.asp?Model=P4FSB1333-650&s=775%2bCPU.....

 

And heres cpuid results:-

PC Wizard 2009 Version 1.911

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Owner: TheMASTA09

User: TheMASTA09

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate Professional 6.01.7600

Report Date: Friday 11 December 2009 at 15:26

 

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<<< System Summary >>>

> Mainboard : Unspecified P4FSB1333-650

> Chipset : Intel i945G/GZ

> Processor : Intel Pentium D 820 @ 2800 MHz

> Physical Memory : 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )

> Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 3850 X2

> Hard Disk : Maxtor (41 GB)

> Hard Disk : Maxtor (160 GB)

> DVD-Rom Drive : MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM0000

> DVD-Rom Drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A ATA Device

> Network Card : RTL8101 PCIe Fast Ethernet Adapter

> Operating System : Windows 7 Ultimate Professional 6.01.7600

> DirectX : Version 10.00

> Windows Performance Index :

 

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[Dalo Harkin]

Hi,

 

That report does not tell what speed the RAM is I would guess that it is not very fast though, TBH the CPU, GPU and RAM could all do with being upgraded but it depends on what you want to use it for, Crysis even by todays standards of technology is still a very high requirement game and you really need a faster dual or quad core CPU at least a 260GTX or faster GPU.

If you are looking to spend £100 I would honestly upgrade the GPU to a GTX 260 GS or an HD 5770 1GB (both of these are suitable for a 20''-22'' monitor) but they still wont allow for Crysis at 1680x1050 with AA and AF set to max

[themasta09]

Hi thanks dunno what speed ram is, but it was cheap.

I only want gaming, ithink ican take my gpu back and add the extra £50 and buy that andmaybe a 2 gig ram stick??

I run crysis at enthusiast setting with no AA but 8x anitsropic i think.

andget decent frame rates.

[Dalo Harkin]

If I were you I would look at Overclocking the CPU and RAM if you can - have any experience in OCing as you have marked yourself as very experienced skill level?

[themasta09]

Well i know how to overclock cpu by doing through bios.

(using 'async' setting) as for ram i never really touched that so how would i go about it.

 

Im experienced - but not as in 'overclocking' too much, so if you could give me some help that wouldbe great..

 

Thanks so much for replying

[Dalo Harkin]

overclock the CPU and disassociate the RAM from the overclock by leaving the CPU:RAM divider at 1:2

[themasta09]

dont understand the 'diassociate the cpu-ram at 1:2????

sorry

[Dalo Harkin]

basically you want to overclock the CPU, but have the RAM NOT overclocked as its not overclocking RAM so when you set the CPU to RAM divider it needs to be at 1:2 basically the RAM will run at half the speed of the CPU