Do you think my PC is good?

[xMyazXtr3me]

MOBO: Asus P6X58D Premium
CPU: Intel Core i7 920
GPU: EVGA GTX 480 SC
RAM: 6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3

My PC was getting 30-60FPS in Crysis with very high settings at 1680x1050, i was a little dissapointed i thought it would be higher. My buddy said it was normal, that Crytek just did a horrible job optimizing the game. I want to do a little upgrading, but my buddy doesnt think its necessary. i want to get another 480 for dual SLI, another 6gb ram, a Velociraptor HDD for OS, and a CPU cooler so i can OC my i7 since i have yet to do that. My buddy has a AMD Phenom II x4 and just recently bought a GTX 570 coming from a ATI Radeon Sapphire 4870, he gets around the same FPS, so that made me feel a little better that its not just me. What do you get for FPS in Crysis or any demanding game, and whats your specs? Also, what do you guys think about the upgrades i want to do? THANKS!!

 

[Derbixrace]

yes its a really nice PC

 

[HansVonOhain]

It is a good pc. The only thing that I would upgrade is your CPU cooler so you could give it some overclocking. Anything else is pretty much worthless and will not make your game run faster, aside SLI.

 

[outlw6669]

Yes, your system is quite good.
You really need to OC your CPU though; at 1650x1080 your GTX 480 is probably being bottlenecked with it at stock.

Without bumping your CPU a little I doubt you will see much improvement at your resolution by adding a second GPU.

No need for another 6GB RAM.
Unless you are using some pretty high end professional apps nothing current will even use all of your current 6GB.

Skip the Velociraptor and get a SSD boot drive instead.
It will give you much better performance and you can still use your current drive for storage and game instillations.

 

[jfem]

Your PC is good. Overclock your CPU to 4 GHz and you will see the difference. Don't forget to install a good cpu fan/heatsink before overclocking.

 

[caeden]

Your friend is right, Crysis is not a very optimized engine. Even crysis 2 demo runs better than the original. Try benchmarking your system on other games and you will feel better about your system. Also, check your system against some of Tom's charts to make sure that you are getting what you paid for out of your system.

Bottlenecks and Performance:
RAM: Don't bother upgrading the RAM, you have plenty. The idea of RAM is that it is the space for your active programs. So long as you have more RAM space than is required by your programs then you are fine. Open as many programs as you think you would ever run, press ctrl+alt+del, go to task manager, and see how much space is being used. Personally I like to have a good 1/3 of overhead, but with 6GB I'm sure you are fine. If you start running out of space then you would get more RAM to keep windows from page filing to the HDDs which would slow your system down a lot.
Also, general rule of thumb for win16bit you need 1GB of ram to turn off page filing, win32bit you need 2GB, and win64bit you need 4GB of ram, and if win8 has a 128bit version then you should have 8GB. The only exception is that if you have triple DDR then you want 6GB (2GBx3), just to get the most performance out of your system.

Graphics: SLI/Crossfire, yes it will help get your number up, but lets remember what your numbers mean. FPS is how many frames your graphics card displays per second, not how many your monitor will display per second. Keep in mind that almost all video is 24 or 30 FPS, and animation can be as low as 8FPS, and your display can show a maximum of 60FPS (with rare exception of some HDTVs that will do 120FPS, not to be confused by a 120MHz screen which has to do with video cleanup, not display rate). So in short if you are getting above 60FPS in any given game you are playing then you will not see a practical difference in your experience.

CPU: You've got a great CPU, if you want a little more bang for your buck then consider overclocking, but do your research and invest in a decent cooler before you break something on accident. Upping your clock rate will make things a little snappier for loading times, and processing complex procedures like your sprite AIs, encoding/decoding video, and system processes that do not run on the GPU.

HDD: These days most modern drives are great, in RAID they are a little better, but there is no point to investing in a performance platter drive when SSDs are tanking in price. I would suggest if you need lots of space then go with 2 decent, but not performance drives, short stroked to 15-20%, and in RAID 1 or 0. Have a separate large drive for your save files and a backup of your OS image. Or if you don't need tons and tons of system space then go get a SSD. Still have a Large HDD for your personal documents, music, videos, and a backup image of your system drive. Either way there is no real need for a velociraptor.

 

[chainlash]

Your PC is good. Overclock your CPU to 4 GHz and you will see the difference. Don't forget to install a good cpu fan/heatsink before overclocking.

totaly right, a h70 water cooler will do the job. good overclocking should bump u up some fps

 

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