[PC Gaming] Blade and soul

[stillcabual]

Hello guys, need some help here..I want to play blade and soul in good performance..but my PC seems cannot really take a high setting, but it can take on medium setting, but still not enough on smooth part...so i want to upgrade my PC to able to play Blade and soul in nice performance like smooth and flawless with nice graphics..i'm not good on PC, i only know basic things, that's why i'm not sure which should i upgrade it.

my spec is:

System Information
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Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_rtm.101119-1850)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: FQ565AA-ABA a6700f
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9150e Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~1.8GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3582MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
Display Devices
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Card name: AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x68BF)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68BF&SUBSYS_314B1682&REV_00
Display Memory: 2550 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1015 MB
Shared Memory: 1535 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)


my budget not so high though...it's only limited on $400 ..but i'm not sure if that is enough though. if the price not legit to be able to play the games, i will going to rise some more, if it's necessarily.

 

[casualcolors]

Blade and Soul is an MMO, meaning that cpu-bound issues will dictate at least part of your slowdown. Intel CPU's tend to outperform AMD CPU's significantly in games where the cpu acts as a bottleneck either due to poor engine coding or as a result of overall design and genre, such as an MMO.

If you have a $400 budget and if you're willing to spend a bit more if it's necessary, I would recommend the below hardware. It won't be the top of the top of the top of the line, but it would be night and day compared to a 1.8ghz processor and a 6770.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072 - has a $20.00 off rebate until November 7th. $199.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157279&Tpk=asrock%20z68%20pro3 - free shipping. 104.99

I would then recommend saving an extra $100 and buying this graphics card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130826

Additionally, depending on what kind of ram is in your mobo you may need to pick up some cheap DDR3 ram, but the prices on this vary and are extremely cheap.

 

[stillcabual]

Hi, first of all, thanks for reply and 2nd of all got some question before i buying those.
Like should my current PSU can handle that all hardware? i think i got a 450 watts on.
and should i reconsider buying a valid window to begin this procces? and if it was, Can the new window 8 be possible, because for some reason it's cheap or it can do with the free Os for some reason?

 

[casualcolors]

Hi, first of all, thanks for reply and 2nd of all got some question before i buying those.
Like should my current PSU can handle that all hardware? i think i got a 450 watts on.
and should i reconsider buying a valid window to begin this procces? and if it was, Can the new window 8 be possible, because for some reason it's cheap or it can do with the free Os for some reason?

You would want a 64-bit OS to go with that CPU.

450 watts is borderline unsuitable for any rig you're going to put together to run one of these modern clumsily made MMO's unfortunately so that's going to be an upgrade that you have to factor into the price of all this.

 

[stillcabual]

You would want a 64-bit OS to go with that CPU.

450 watts is borderline unsuitable for any rig you're going to put together to run one of these modern clumsily made MMO's unfortunately so that's going to be an upgrade that you have to factor into the price of all this.

What would be the PSU wats on require in all ,do you mind recommend me some great and cheap PSU? if it's ok ?

 

[stillcabual]

Best answer selected by stillcabual.

 

[robisinho]

The "best answer" is funny because it is very wrong. The cpu load from these games isn't enough for that to be the main hardware issue, it is the gpu (and system ram if you are running a very low end pc).

An additional note: blade and soul specifically is unsupported for windows 8, at least the Chinese release. Apparently there are problems with the language settings. Just saying, this might be a good reason not to upgrade the OS if you are specifically building for this game.