Hello,
I am saving around $600-700 for December and I am wondering if I should get the latest whatever Intel chip or a new Nvidia GPU?
My current rig:
CPU: FX-8350
GPU: R9 270X
RAM: 8GB
PSU: 600W
As you can see, I am using an all AMD rig. But the problem I have with this is AMD is not very good at creating drivers and the FX-8350 performs very poor in many games which angered me a little bit. Also the R9 270X is good but not great. I could barely play games in 60FPS at 1080p and often drops to 40FPS. Arkham games averages 50FPS, BF4 FPS jumps between 40-80FPS frequently, BF3 only barely staying at 65 and often dropping to 55FPS. NFS: Shift 2 also has a range of 40-65, not really fun to experience. Far Cry 3 I can't even average 30FPS without AA and World in Conflict I get 23FPS!
I do notice FX-8350 is getting better with recent games (next-gen consoles, BF4 and Watch Dogs) but not really sure about the future. Should I wait for the next Intel CPU or buy a Nvidia card? I am looking forward for the next Arkham game which I hope uses PhyX thats why I opt for Nvidia this time and many of my other games has the "it's meant to be played" marketing scheme and runs poorly with my R9 270X with latest drivers.
Thank you, I hope you share your opinions.
EDIT: And the market share for Intel and Nvidia are bigger, which gives me an impression that they probably have a larger development and community support.
EDIT: If you are kind enough to recommend something, I would only like to buy from this store because it is very near from my place and I get a discount. http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=9
I am saving around $600-700 for December and I am wondering if I should get the latest whatever Intel chip or a new Nvidia GPU?
My current rig:
CPU: FX-8350
GPU: R9 270X
RAM: 8GB
PSU: 600W
As you can see, I am using an all AMD rig. But the problem I have with this is AMD is not very good at creating drivers and the FX-8350 performs very poor in many games which angered me a little bit. Also the R9 270X is good but not great. I could barely play games in 60FPS at 1080p and often drops to 40FPS. Arkham games averages 50FPS, BF4 FPS jumps between 40-80FPS frequently, BF3 only barely staying at 65 and often dropping to 55FPS. NFS: Shift 2 also has a range of 40-65, not really fun to experience. Far Cry 3 I can't even average 30FPS without AA and World in Conflict I get 23FPS!
I do notice FX-8350 is getting better with recent games (next-gen consoles, BF4 and Watch Dogs) but not really sure about the future. Should I wait for the next Intel CPU or buy a Nvidia card? I am looking forward for the next Arkham game which I hope uses PhyX thats why I opt for Nvidia this time and many of my other games has the "it's meant to be played" marketing scheme and runs poorly with my R9 270X with latest drivers.
Thank you, I hope you share your opinions.
EDIT: And the market share for Intel and Nvidia are bigger, which gives me an impression that they probably have a larger development and community support.
EDIT: If you are kind enough to recommend something, I would only like to buy from this store because it is very near from my place and I get a discount. http://www.umart.com.au/newindex2.phtml?bid=9