My goal is to be able to record 720p @ 30fps, while playing @ 60fps stable in bf3.
Right now, I have:
phenom II 965 @ 3.68 ghz
crossfire 7850s @ 950/1300 mhz (supposedly a little better than a gtx 590 )
8gb 1600 speed ram
120gb ocz vertex 3 SSD (with windows, battlefield)
1tb 7200rpm HD (to record to)
23.6" 1920x1080 monitor
850w psu
playing bf3 multiplayer online, on all lowest settings @1080p i get 45fps stable (pretty low right? with my gpus?)
even when i turned resolution down to lowest i got basically the same frames. so i think i'm looking at a cpu bottleneck.
and when i record with msi afterburner (30fps @ 720p) i get frame drops to 25. it sucks.
recording with fraps gets me even worse, it stays around 20fps.
here are my 3dmark11 scores using 'performance' test: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4338383
1. i am recording in the best possible way right? im recording to a seperate drive than what the game is on.
2. is this entirely a cpu bottleneck?
3. would switching to a nice intel chip completely resolve my issue? (because frankly AMD doesnt have any much better chips out)
4. if so, what chip would you recommend? 2600k/2700k/3770k/other?
thank you so much for any of your time! i would really appreciate it.
Right now, I have:
phenom II 965 @ 3.68 ghz
crossfire 7850s @ 950/1300 mhz (supposedly a little better than a gtx 590 )
8gb 1600 speed ram
120gb ocz vertex 3 SSD (with windows, battlefield)
1tb 7200rpm HD (to record to)
23.6" 1920x1080 monitor
850w psu
playing bf3 multiplayer online, on all lowest settings @1080p i get 45fps stable (pretty low right? with my gpus?)
even when i turned resolution down to lowest i got basically the same frames. so i think i'm looking at a cpu bottleneck.
and when i record with msi afterburner (30fps @ 720p) i get frame drops to 25. it sucks.
recording with fraps gets me even worse, it stays around 20fps.
here are my 3dmark11 scores using 'performance' test: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4338383
1. i am recording in the best possible way right? im recording to a seperate drive than what the game is on.
2. is this entirely a cpu bottleneck?
3. would switching to a nice intel chip completely resolve my issue? (because frankly AMD doesnt have any much better chips out)
4. if so, what chip would you recommend? 2600k/2700k/3770k/other?
thank you so much for any of your time! i would really appreciate it.