Recent content by axisphi

If your graphics chip is integrated as opposed to a discreet add in card you may want to swap ram to see if one of your sticks is going bad. If it is a discreet board I almost guarantee you need a new one.

You know that amd processor is not a bad choice when on a budget. I would try to look at a higher end graphics card though. That being said your first build is not a bad one as long as being stuck around medium settings and or a lower resolution (modern titles) is fine for you.

Need likely not. It would sure treat you nice though. Its really a matter of good or great performance. Do you want excellent game performance or Excellent compute performance in MATLAB. Also GPU acceleration may be an option http://www.mathworks.com/discovery/matlab-gpu.html. Check it out.

When you say a nice resolution are you talking 1920x1080 or 2560x1440? Some other resolution perhaps?

if you really want to know go into the performance section of your task manager or resource monitor. replicate your performance issue and go back and look at the graphs. Are you maxing your memory out or not. I'm willing to bet you are.

The first build will give you better gaming performance. I'd give the toms guide "best gaming cpu for the money" for a good look ant how different procs stack against each other price\performance wise. In my opinion an entry level intel i5 is worth saving your pennies for.

honestly I'd stick to the intel I5 with stock clocks if you want to OC for fun id save a bit more and get a k series. I like AMD alot but Ivy Bridge overall is extremely compelling when comparing overall numbers.

Your RAM is absolutely the issue. I generally recommend at least 8 GB for 64bit windows. It works this way because 64 bit uses more space to address the same amount of data. this allows it to address more because you have a larger address table however it will eat more ram for the same amount of...