Adding on to my gaming rig

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drewbiezy

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I currently have a
cpu-q8300 quad
ram-4.5 assorted
video-radeon 5570
everything else is stock.
I plan on adding a artic freezer 7 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134)
a new case fan (will post a picture later) to overclock the 2.5ghz to 3.0ghz maybe 3.1ghz. I am also thinking of getting a second radeon 5570 and run duel. My reasoning for running two lesser cards over getting a new one is I got this card for free and I bought my entire system for 170 dollars (extreme budget I know) so paying another 30 bucks for another 5570 which combined would have basically the same video processing power than I would to buy a 2g single 60 dollar newer card. I am already running 30fps on dayz on normal so I assume that with these upgrades I could run high and still average 30+? What do you guys think?
 
2 5570s is still very weak. $160 is enough, try for a 7870 as you can usually get one pretty cheap on sale albeit the recent price hike sucks. If you can't find one, get a 7850
 
DayZ is massively CPU dependent and you probably won't see your performance increase much at all with a new video card. I wouldn't get another 5570. What motherboard do you have? Because if your second video slot isn't x16, it's not worth it at all.
 
DayZ us very CPU dependent, yes, but a C2Q isnt a bad CPU by any standard. I think a 7850 will have a much larger increase in FPS over something like a 6300 and MSI 970.
 
Mother board is a 775, so dual video carding would really help me? It would be better to just get a better card. my board is ddr2 so I know I restricted on some things but I will look into the 7870 they just seem to be a few hundred dollars, if I couldn't find anything better for cheaper then I may just stick with my overclock and more ram.
 
It's just that 2 5557s is useless as they are weak cards and crossfire has issues, even more do with really low cards. Go with a 7870 and 8 GB of RAM or just a 7850 and 8 GB.
 
would not really help me* typo I just read that on video cars it is more dependent on the power supply than the ddr factory rating right? I am kind of new to this. Does this apply to ram or only to video cards? Also my budget for a new card or whatever mod would get me the most is around 40 dollars not much I know but I am a college kid with little money lol.
 
Video cards have their own RAM built in, which is not associated with your system RAM.
If your budget is $40, you gotta go used. You can't get a new video card for $40, sorry.
 
I have the 7850 and I can vouch for its performance, I'm not sure how it will perform in DayZ but I run DiRT3 and GTA IV on practically maximum settings.
 
Caterpillar said:
I have the 7850 and I can vouch for its performance, I'm not sure how it will perform in DayZ but I run DiRT3 and GTA IV on practically maximum settings.
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Welcome to the forum. What CPU do you use? GTA IV is very CPU dependant, and poorly optimized for PC. Put your rig in your signature perhaps, looks good :)
My rig could barely run GTA IV on max settings, think I had to dial some of them down a bit. I want as close to 60FPS as I can though - could've played on max and finish it, but I wanted higher FPS :)
 
Thanks for the welcome :). My rig is currently in pieces, but I'll put it in when it's back up and running. Yours should be able to near max the game, judging by your signature

I don't think I was getting the 60fps that you want, but it was more than playable, maybe turn off/down shadow quality as I found that had a big impact. The 2GB memory on the card helps a ton with dialing up the settings.

However for now:
i7 920 @ 3.2Ghz
Gigabyte 7850 with a small overclock, cant remember exactly but not big
6GB OCZ ram
 
I have trouble running GTA IV simply because of my AMD Processor. For some weird reason the game runs remarkably terrible on AMD chips compared to an Intel chip. I have the draw distances at about 60 each and most other settings up all the way except shadows. Running around on foot nets me from 40-60 but driving around in a car it frequently drops to 25fps. And this is at 1600 x 900. Game is an unoptimized pile of crap. I used to have a Phenom II 955 and upgrading my CPU barely did anything for performance.
 
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