is it worth it to upgrade my board?

[heersmatt]

Hello all, I am running a intel i7 2600k on a asus P8P67 with 12GB ram and a R9 390 8GB GPU. I was wondering if its worth going to lets say a Z77 board or the asus equivalent in"77" ? I mostly play tom Clancy siege, arma 3, battlefield 1. maybe new call of duty. thanks!

 

[st6sniper1]

Truthfully I don't think you will see much of a performance in game. Upgrading may allow for a bit more ram or morel cards but nothing I would really expect to improve game performance

 

[heersmatt]

Truthfully I don't think you will see much of a performance in game. Upgrading may allow for a bit more ram or morel cards but nothing I would really expect to improve game performance

I see. but what about the PCI-E 3.0 thats in the Z77? because my current board has only 2.0. my GPU is also 3.0 ready.

 

[st6sniper1]

Theoretically yes PCI 3.0 Is twice as fast as 2.0, 3.0 Allowing for 16x bandwidth then the 2.0 8x. So yes benchmarks have proven with modern cards only a 1.5 frame difference between most modern cards in different slots.

So if you really care that much about the loss of a couple of frames then yes getting 3.0 will be the way to go, especially because all the newer cards are going to be taking advantage of the 3.0 capability

 

[heersmatt]

ok that solves that. do you think upgrading from my old acer G24 60hz 1ms to the MSI optix G24c 144hz 1ms freesynce will be a upgrade worth doing?

 

[st6sniper1]

So the MSI optic g24c allows a higher resolution in full HD so that is a plus, but technically speaking everything is pretty much the same, one has a bit newer technology then the other but I would expect better performance from one or another besides the resolutions

 

[heersmatt]

i know this should probably go into the monitor sub fourm, but ive been reading up on the big diffrence from 60hz to 144hz if your a avid gamer. a smoother faster gaming experience. will add the MSI to my wishlist. Thanks for you input.