What games can I run?

[Squidyboi]

What kind of games can my PC handle? Specs: Nvidia GTX 960 2GB AMD 10 7850k 8gb ram

 

[elbert]

Depends on the resolution but at 1080p or lower your system can run any game. Not fast at 1080p tho but a 1080p 75hz or lower should do fine.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

What kind of games can my PC handle? Specs: Nvidia GTX 960 2GB AMD 10 7850k 8gb ram

Go to www.canirunit.com then select a game. You can then see how your specs compare to THAT game (there are hundreds of thousands of titles we can't list them all for you). Also some REAL numbers are shown below it commonly on how the performance would be.

Just remember in PC computer, the cheaper you are investing into the system the MUCH LESS performance you will get. If you want it simple, cheap and ALWAYS working, buy a console (PS4 refurb is less than $200 and will play NEW titles guaranteed). PC gaming is EXPENSIVE, and a 'good' gaming system costs no less than $700. If you want to play "like I see on Youtube" then you need at least $1200 - 2000 for those /PRO/ systems.

 

[Squidyboi]

Depends on the resolution but at 1080p or lower your system can run any game. Not fast at 1080p tho but a 1080p 75hz or lower should do fine.

Well my monitor resolution is 1920x1080 60hz is that ok?

 

[Tom Tancredi]

the 1920x1080 is the '1080p' just like you see on your TV. The 60Hz is how the fixed amount of frames it shows, no matter if 30FPS is sent or 300FPS is sent to it.. What we are saying though is you put it on 1080p (to make it look shiny pretty nice) your performance will tank in games (why am I stuttering and this is draggign so much.. ughh the lag it is unplayable). If you degrade the display to something smaller (1280x1024 or lower) to improve the FPS, then you will be complaining how crappy the game looks (what is this? 1990? Donkey Kong? Looks like crap!).

If you only have $200-300 then stick to consoles, they look ALOT better and perform ALOT better (60FPS) and always play NEW titles. With that video card having ONLY 2GB, you can't play many titles as they REQUIRE 4GB cards minimum.

 

[Squidyboi]

I was going to get another graphics card soon with 4gb, will this increase performance?

 

[elbert]

Depends on the resolution but at 1080p or lower your system can run any game. Not fast at 1080p tho but a 1080p 75hz or lower should do fine.

Well my monitor resolution is 1920x1080 60hz is that ok?

Sounds good so just use your video control panel to limit game fps to combat low fps. IE force your system to boost when fps drops to keep it near 60 fps.

 

[Tom Tancredi]

I was going to get another graphics card soon with 4gb, will this increase performance?

Well depends on the GPU. NVdiia 'gaming' cards all end in x60, x70, x80 - if you were to get say a 1020 or 1050 (not TI) then you wouldn't get much improvement though they are 4GB cards. Further if you increase your GPU demand with a better GPU card, you will have to replace out the PowerSupply to meet the new card's demands as well.

Further then the issue becomes the CPU (Amd 10 7850K). These APUs were built to be cheap, low power, low demand answers for AMD in the marketspace, not meant for gaming http://www.pcgamer.com/amd-a10-7850k-kaveri-processor-review/ . While they can' be assisted (as you have right now) with a GPU, they become the bottleneck very quickly (the reason the computer stutters and stalls) and do NOT have the 'hardware' to meet many game requirements (to perform just like I seen on Youtube Videos). Lastly the APU line has no 'upgrade path', you can't get the new Ryzen onto it, nor swap them out to Intel CPUs (i5-xxxx, etc.).

The typical gaming configuration to get "as EXPECTED" performance from current and NEW titles (example Destiny 2 which just released) starts at a i5 Gen 4 or newer and paired with a equally powerful GPU like the Nvidia 1060 or 1070. Cost? Your $700+ by the time your done, typically. Ways to shave it down, downgrade to a 1050TI (know you will have less performance but still Good performance) which saves on swapping out the PSU (Power Supply) and is cheaper then the 'gamer' 1060 or 1070; and typically very easy grabbing a current 'off the shelf' i5 based desktop at Best Buy, Walmart, etc. and just tossing in the card the same day and be gaming immediately.