Hi guys
I built a pretty sweet gaming PC a year ago and added some new parts a month ago. I feel like with what i have, i should be able to run games a lot better... Maybe i'm being paranoid but this is the best place to get good advice.
My build is as follows:
I7 3770 3.4ghz
Corsair 850w Gold Standard PSU
16gb Ram
120gb SSD
2gb Hybrid HDD
HD7950 Sapphire Vapor X
R9 280x
I know the crossfire with the 2 GPU's would mean the R9 would scale down to match the 7950 so we'll say i have 2 x 7950's.
My paranoia has stemmed mainly from Cyrsis 3 and Tomb Raider. Tomb raider for example, i can play with all max settings except the shadows which are on medium and AA which i have set on 2xSSAA. This gives me a solid 60fps on 1080p (while it drops substantially during cutscenes, not sure why). And then Crysis 3 i have at max with Motion blur on medium and no AA at all. This gives me also, 60fps on 1080p but if i turn AA on, that drops.
While i understand AA is an incredibly taxing feature, would you not think with a system like mine, i could easily run it? I'm just wondering whether i should expect to get better performance from my build. Any suggestions on how to increase performance would be appreciated. Even if it means replacing my HD7950 with a second R9 280x.
I built a pretty sweet gaming PC a year ago and added some new parts a month ago. I feel like with what i have, i should be able to run games a lot better... Maybe i'm being paranoid but this is the best place to get good advice.
My build is as follows:
I7 3770 3.4ghz
Corsair 850w Gold Standard PSU
16gb Ram
120gb SSD
2gb Hybrid HDD
HD7950 Sapphire Vapor X
R9 280x
I know the crossfire with the 2 GPU's would mean the R9 would scale down to match the 7950 so we'll say i have 2 x 7950's.
My paranoia has stemmed mainly from Cyrsis 3 and Tomb Raider. Tomb raider for example, i can play with all max settings except the shadows which are on medium and AA which i have set on 2xSSAA. This gives me a solid 60fps on 1080p (while it drops substantially during cutscenes, not sure why). And then Crysis 3 i have at max with Motion blur on medium and no AA at all. This gives me also, 60fps on 1080p but if i turn AA on, that drops.
While i understand AA is an incredibly taxing feature, would you not think with a system like mine, i could easily run it? I'm just wondering whether i should expect to get better performance from my build. Any suggestions on how to increase performance would be appreciated. Even if it means replacing my HD7950 with a second R9 280x.