Best way to improve FPS?

[CBJ023]

Hello, I'm wondering what's the best part to upgrade on my PC to increase FPS. I'll be ordering a new HDD, win 7, and a monitor and wanted to know if there is any one thing I could upgrade to help my in-game FPS. Playing BF4 I get 50-80FPS on minimum settings with 1000x800 resolution. My current HDD is by and far the worst part on my PC as it is 7-10 years old and reads at 40mb/s (It takes over 3mins to load a multiplayer game on BF4). Could this hurt my FPS since it is so slow I know HDDs don't generally hurt FPS but could it since its so slow? The rest of my PC is low-medium range but I'd expect to be able to run BF4 on at least medium, with some lower settings. Sorry for the poorly worded question, any help would be appreciated. Here are my system specs:

- Phenom II x4 965 Proc.
- Asrock Extreme 3 970 Mobo
- EVGA 660 Superclocked
- Old HDD (40mp/s read) Replacing with a Seagate Barracuda 1tb 7,200RPM
- Vista 32bit (Replacing with Windows 7)
- Crappy 1000x800 monitor replacing with a Benq

 

[jose56wonton]

Idk what kinda memory you have, but if you have over 6gb that is clocked to 1333mhz or above that should be fine. The next thing I would think of upgrading if your processor. I have a fx-4100 which is very comparable to the Phenom II x4 965. It bottle-necked my 6850 and so I would imagine it does the same to your 660, especially in cpu intensive games.

 

[ShadowsVoid]

Your HDD doesn't affect your performance in terms of FPS. It would just need to gather the files on startup then your other components to the rest of the work. If you're looking for quicker load times, a better HDD would be good. Aim for a 7200 RPM drive, or even a hybrid drive. An SSD would be an even better solution.

For FPS, try looking for software/tutorials that can improve the game's performance. "How to Improve FPS in Battlefield 4" This may be useful http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkfIFP0g2xY

And there's the obvious - Upgrade your system ^_^ but we all know that costs money

Hope this helped!

 

[CBJ023]

Thanks for the replies, I can't check right now, but I have 2x4gb of RAM, but because I'm using Vista 32 bit I can only access 4gb. I believe the memory is clocked at 1333mhz. Can you explain what the mhz of RAM does? I don't understand the difference 1333-1600 or 2000 makes, or how it affects the computer.

 

[jose56wonton]

Here is an article if you wanna read it: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/167
Hertz is the si unit for frequency so if you know anything about waves, you know that 1333mhz is a lower frequency than 1600mhz and thus the higher the clock the more wave sent per. So a Higher clock like 1600 is "faster" than something like 1333. Have more dims of ram multiplies your speed. Kinda like putting storage in raid 0. Moe dims ive ou a higher combined speed. So 4 dims(sticks) of 1333mhz will be faster that 2 of 1866mhz.
Does that help??? That is my understanding. Feel free to correct me!