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so im buying a gaming pc from a local store in my city and i was wondering if what their offering me is a good deal, pretty much i dont want to buy online thats not really an option. i want to beable to play games such as battlefield 3 skyrim and such at high/ultra settings if thats possible
im just afraid that the gtx 650 wont beable to handle the games and if the i3 will bottle next my performance.
specs: ( just the main ones)
gtx 650 1gb
i3 3220 3.4 ghz
8gb's of ram
1t hardrive
its around 1000 taxes in, 22inch montior, mouse, keyboard, windows 8 ect.....
thanks
im just afraid that the gtx 650 wont beable to handle the games and if the i3 will bottle next my performance.
specs: ( just the main ones)
gtx 650 1gb
i3 3220 3.4 ghz
8gb's of ram
1t hardrive
its around 1000 taxes in, 22inch montior, mouse, keyboard, windows 8 ect.....
thanks
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outdated.... i3 is terrible get an i5 or i7 quad core $3000 right there
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SwiFTAIRBORNE wrote outdated.... i3 is terrible get an i5 or i7 quad core $3000 right there
i3 3220 is not even close to being terrible, I own one and can play battlefield 3 on ultra with 35-45fps(it's not all about the processor).To op for 1000 you can do a lot better than that, get something with at least an i5 for future proofing.
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danb95 wroteSwiFTAIRBORNE wrote outdated.... i3 is terrible get an i5 or i7 quad core $3000 right there
i3 3220 is not even close to being terrible, I own one and can play battlefield 3 on ultra with 35-45fps(it's not all about the processor).To op for 1000 you can do a lot better than that, get something with at least an i5 for future proofing.
ok thanks ill probably play it at high so i can get a little more frams
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Changing to an i5 will do NOTHING. It's the graphics card that determines how well the game will look and how well it will run.
You'd see more performance increase going from a 650 to a 660 than you would going from an i3 to a Xeon.
You'd see more performance increase going from a 650 to a 660 than you would going from an i3 to a Xeon.
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Diaboli wrote Changing to an i5 will do NOTHING. It's the graphics card that determines how well the game will look and how well it will run.
You'd see more performance increase going from a 650 to a 660 than you would going from an i3 to a Xeon.
ok thanks alot! but do u think the i3 3220 3.4ghz will bottle neck the gpu i have? ( gtx 650)
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Diaboli wrote Changing to an i5 will do NOTHING. It's the graphics card that determines how well the game will look and how well it will run.
You'd see more performance increase going from a 650 to a 660 than you would going from an i3 to a Xeon.
Graphics card for how well it looks....yes, but for performance the processor has a bit too do with it, with games utilising more than two cores for gaming you will notice the difference(especially with mmo's) some games are more CPU than GPU.And if that was the case as you say they would not put recommended processor on the boxes.
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danb95 wroteDiaboli wrote Changing to an i5 will do NOTHING. It's the graphics card that determines how well the game will look and how well it will run.
You'd see more performance increase going from a 650 to a 660 than you would going from an i3 to a Xeon.
Graphics card for how well it looks....yes, but for performance the processor has a bit too do with it, with games utilising more than two cores for gaming you will notice the difference(especially with mmo's) some games are more CPU than GPU.And if that was the case as you say they would not put recommended processor on the boxes.
thanks for your input i really appreciate it
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danb95 wroteDiaboli wrote Changing to an i5 will do NOTHING. It's the graphics card that determines how well the game will look and how well it will run.
You'd see more performance increase going from a 650 to a 660 than you would going from an i3 to a Xeon.
Graphics card for how well it looks....yes, but for performance the processor has a bit too do with it, with games utilising more than two cores for gaming you will notice the difference(especially with mmo's) some games are more CPU than GPU.And if that was the case as you say they would not put recommended processor on the boxes.
2 cores is sufficient in any game.
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Diaboli wrotedanb95 wroteDiaboli wrote Changing to an i5 will do NOTHING. It's the graphics card that determines how well the game will look and how well it will run.
You'd see more performance increase going from a 650 to a 660 than you would going from an i3 to a Xeon.
Graphics card for how well it looks....yes, but for performance the processor has a bit too do with it, with games utilising more than two cores for gaming you will notice the difference(especially with mmo's) some games are more CPU than GPU.And if that was the case as you say they would not put recommended processor on the boxes.
2 cores is sufficient in any game.
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As he stated in the video with battlefield 3(which the op would be wanting to play) 2 cores would be sufficient(maybe missing a few npc's) but as I said in earlier post getting an i5 at least would be for future proofing as more games are starting use use more cores.And you would notice a difference between an i3 and i5.
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