What to upgrade?

[polo53 0]

Afternoon folks.

Recently started running DayZ on my PC and although the graphics are not unplayable, its by no means sharp or detailed. I appreciate its a heavy graphics game, so do not expect to run this at full settings at 100FPS. Recently decided to upgrade my PC to an extent at a reasonable budget.

My current specs are;

AMD Athalon X2 250 3GHz processor.

AMD Radeon 6450 HD 1Gb GPU

4GB Ram

Now, after a bit of consulting and searching around I can upgrade either the GPU or CPU to a newer model. Which would be of most benefit to me?

The GPU I would look at a 1GB GTX 650 GDDR5 component or the CPU to a AMD FX-4 4100 Quad Core 3.6GHz CPU or similar for either!

Can you run it suggests that its the CPU that is struggling but would the GPU be of a greater benefit?

Cheers,

Polo

Edited February 27, 2013 by polo53

[beatSTV 631]

dayz is cpu intensive dont get the 4100 go for a piledriver instead. tbh you'd be better off upgrading both go for a decent 3.0ghz+ processor and at 7770 or 7750

[rustledmyjimmies 361]

The piledriver isn't that great, just buy the 4100 and overclock it, the 650 should be fine with that.

[polo53 0]

If it was a choice between the two? Open to suggestions on similar models/makes that would be of a better value.

[polo53 0]

Still looking, everywhere has different opinions on what the game depends on, the GPU or the CPU.

[beatSTV 631]

the bulldozer is dreadful read any review, the piledriver is a lot better go for that

[beatSTV 631]

Still looking, everywhere has different opinions on what the game depends on, the GPU or the CPU.

the game is highly CPU intensive however the gpu is important