Hey everyone, I'm back. It's been awhile, and things have certainly changed since that time about a year ago... but I need some help once again. Here is my current system, which almost seems to be a low end gaming PC rather than a mid range PC lately. Especially if I expect to play all games at native resolution (1440x900 at 75Hz refresh rate). Here are my specs:
Asus Essentio Series CG1330 Computer
Windows 7 64 bit
8GB of RAM
AMD Radeon 7850HD with 1GB of video memory
AMD Phenom II X6 1035T with 2.6GHz of speed (AM3 Socket type motherboard)
After playing Splinter Cell: Blacklist, it's become increasingly clear that my gaming PC is starting to lag behind for some modern games (luckily, plenty of games run fine, even Crysis 3, but there isn't good performance all the time). I am starting to get a bit upset, because I don't have the income to afford something crazy, so I am suffering here at subpar framerates for some games. Heck, it was like this already for a few games, even 2D games like "Binding of Isaac" or "A Wizard's Lizard" lag heavily if there is enough stuff on screen!
For Splinter Cell Blacklist in particular, the framerates are 30 through 50 on average. Which is acceptable, but like with Battlefield 3/4, the framerate can drop to below 30 to 20 frames. No matter what I do, turning down the settings barely helps the performance, except lowering the resolution. Which I don't want to do, games look terrible and immersion breaking at resolutions lower than the native resolution.
I don't quite get it though. Some games look great but run super good, like The Witcher 2, Dishonored, Bioshock: Infinite, and other games I love. Wolfenstein: The New Order also runs well, but that one has a tendency of dropping frames heavily in big open areas (mostly that first rainy area). So why is this a big deal? Even games like FarCry 3 run good for me! The thing is, that was like 2012 or 2013, as far as I know. Games are spiraling out of control in terms of graphics capability as 2014 rolls along into 2015.
Now, I need an upgrade. But I've run into a serious problem. I want a super cheap AM3 processor that is much better, at $60.00. I am not willing to buy a new motherboard, as it is too expensive. I am also not confident in installing motherboards, but I am for processors. I would be forced to pay someone to install a motherboard for me, which would make things more expensive. So buying just a processor is what I want. But DAMN they are all far too expensive at over $100.00! I can't tell what I can get that is good for gaming but cheap. Something that is better than the current pathetic processor. I knew I should of been careful buying this PC at Best Buy a couple of years ago and heeding my sister's warning about the CPU... it was a terrible mistake. At least I upgraded it from that 5750HD to a 6850HD, then a 7850HD graphics card. So at least the graphics card is good!
At this point, I am confused. I Googled as much as I could and can't find answers. There HAS to be a better AM3 socket processor that is relatively cheap out there, somewhere!
Asus Essentio Series CG1330 Computer
Windows 7 64 bit
8GB of RAM
AMD Radeon 7850HD with 1GB of video memory
AMD Phenom II X6 1035T with 2.6GHz of speed (AM3 Socket type motherboard)
After playing Splinter Cell: Blacklist, it's become increasingly clear that my gaming PC is starting to lag behind for some modern games (luckily, plenty of games run fine, even Crysis 3, but there isn't good performance all the time). I am starting to get a bit upset, because I don't have the income to afford something crazy, so I am suffering here at subpar framerates for some games. Heck, it was like this already for a few games, even 2D games like "Binding of Isaac" or "A Wizard's Lizard" lag heavily if there is enough stuff on screen!
For Splinter Cell Blacklist in particular, the framerates are 30 through 50 on average. Which is acceptable, but like with Battlefield 3/4, the framerate can drop to below 30 to 20 frames. No matter what I do, turning down the settings barely helps the performance, except lowering the resolution. Which I don't want to do, games look terrible and immersion breaking at resolutions lower than the native resolution.
I don't quite get it though. Some games look great but run super good, like The Witcher 2, Dishonored, Bioshock: Infinite, and other games I love. Wolfenstein: The New Order also runs well, but that one has a tendency of dropping frames heavily in big open areas (mostly that first rainy area). So why is this a big deal? Even games like FarCry 3 run good for me! The thing is, that was like 2012 or 2013, as far as I know. Games are spiraling out of control in terms of graphics capability as 2014 rolls along into 2015.
Now, I need an upgrade. But I've run into a serious problem. I want a super cheap AM3 processor that is much better, at $60.00. I am not willing to buy a new motherboard, as it is too expensive. I am also not confident in installing motherboards, but I am for processors. I would be forced to pay someone to install a motherboard for me, which would make things more expensive. So buying just a processor is what I want. But DAMN they are all far too expensive at over $100.00! I can't tell what I can get that is good for gaming but cheap. Something that is better than the current pathetic processor. I knew I should of been careful buying this PC at Best Buy a couple of years ago and heeding my sister's warning about the CPU... it was a terrible mistake. At least I upgraded it from that 5750HD to a 6850HD, then a 7850HD graphics card. So at least the graphics card is good!
At this point, I am confused. I Googled as much as I could and can't find answers. There HAS to be a better AM3 socket processor that is relatively cheap out there, somewhere!
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