I've been flying around quite happily since Beta launched but today I noticed that the stars had vanished (temporarily). Raised a ticket only to find out that my 3 year old machine is antiquated and not up to spec
AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 220 Processor (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
3Gb DDR3
1 Tb SATA drive
Do I go for a new set-up, or wait for the final release and see if it's still playable?
Decisions, decisions....![]()
Do the most easiest upgrade first, and see how it goes... Buying a better graphics card may solve all your issues. And if it does not, you have a card for your new build. So you do not lose out on money... Loads of cheap 660 TI and 760 geforces on Ebay at the moment, and they are still very good cards... if you want to stick with Geforce. That is what I would do.![]()
Loads of great builds on ebay, I use a company called Freshtek, for my customers, they have not let me down yet, and if you want to change something, say for instance a better graphics card, they will do it for you without any issues...
PassMark comparison here http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html gives you a rough indication of relative performances of different CPUs. You'll find the Phenom II X4 945 quite near bottom of that page. Looks like it should be on par with later Intel Core2Quad processors and today's mid-range mobile CPUs. The i7 4790 is top-notch, and i5 4690 gets double score compared to your X4, so you should see a definite improvement. Like 60+ FPS in most situations.Im reading that decent CPU will do the trick.
I have
Phenom II X4 945
Sapphire Vapor-x R9 280x
No matter on which setting I go, the game has about 20 - 25 FPS. So I assume its CPU issue. GPU is kinda half year new.
I also reinstalled win 8.1. All is up to date, all drivers.
Is this CPU not sufficient? I just need confirmation before I go with i5 4790 today.-)
This is the game I was waiting whole my life.....
So far the consensus has been that the extra grunt isn't worth the extra cost.Anyone comment on if an I7 is worth the additional money over an I5, predominantly for gaming?
I can get a 4ghz I7 for about £90 more than a 3.5ghz I5, which would seem to make it worth while IMHO. ie: Make it last a bit longer...
So far the consensus has been that the extra grunt isn't worth the extra cost.
That may change in the (near) future, as more games will be built to utilize more than 2 (or 4) cores and Hyper-threading may begin to make a difference too.
Anyone comment on if an I7 is worth the additional money over an I5, predominantly for gaming?
I can get a 4ghz I7 for about £90 more than a 3.5ghz I5, which would seem to make it worth while IMHO. ie: Make it last a bit longer...
Im reading that decent CPU will do the trick.
I have
Phenom II X4 945
Sapphire Vapor-x R9 280x
No matter on which setting I go, the game has about 20 - 25 FPS. So I assume its CPU issue. GPU is kinda half year new.
I also reinstalled win 8.1. All is up to date, all drivers.
Is this CPU not sufficient? I just need confirmation before I go with i5 4790 today.-)
This is the game I was waiting whole my life.....
So far the consensus has been that the extra grunt isn't worth the extra cost.
That may change in the (near) future, as more games will be built to utilize more than 2 (or 4) cores and Hyper-threading may begin to make a difference too.
How much system memory do you have?
20-25 fps does seem really low. When I was running a X5450 and a r9 270 card I was (vertical sync enabled) running 60 fps in open space and about 40 fps inside stations. Upgrading my system to a X5650 cpu I only gained about 5 - 10 fps inside stations. I also bumped my system memory from 8gb dual channel to 12 gb triple channel.
Considering your CPU runs at about the same performance level as my X5450 AND you have a better GPU I am surprised that your frame rates are so low,,,,,,,,,
Great!U were correct. After I switch to i5 4790 I got 60+ fps everywhere. Its just beautifulso yes, the CPU was really the issue..
Ummm... his R9 280x beats the crap out of GTX660...Not going to say I told you so....
I am going to be selling my Geforce GTX 660 graphics card soon, in the next couple of days. I know it will run Elite at full resolution. So if you are interested, I will be listing it on EBAY. At just £50. I will post the link on here when it goes live. UK only by the way.
No need to be sorry.Sorry to say, just upgraded to a GTX 670Which is about the same speed as an R9 280X Infact benchmark says it is quicker...
I have the gigabyte one also overclocked as standard. Oooo and the price, just £70...
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
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Go figure. I guess thats why you cant determine everything from benchmarks. Maybe Intel just does better on the "low end" then AMD,,,,,I have 6GB. I was surprised as well, so I tried clean win install, all on SSD including ED and still nothing. Bought yesterday i5 4790 and I got now 60fps everywhere. Its just awesome. On all Details. Tried 3 starports and no glitch no sutering, all flawlessly fluidim happy now. So yes, the CPU was the issue in the end.