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Hello everyone,
Just a quick thread to try and get some ideas from the community. I'm a pretty decent PC Gamer, just without the full knowledge of knowing everything about a rig to decide what's gonna be the best options for me when buying new parts. I don't play a huge variety of games, but my favorite game at the moment is Rust.
Now; there are known issues with Rust such as the leaking issue it has, and the fact that some say it relies more on your CPU than your GPU, and more issues etc etc. However, I see many players playing at around 80FPS constantly with their graphics turned up to full. I personally don't think my set-up is that bad, yet, my game can run anywhere between 30 and 60 depending on how long the game has been open (leakage). Even if I change my graphics to the very worst and then to the very best, the FPS doesn't change whatsoever which I found weird.
My current set-up is:
Intel Core i7-4790 Processor
20GB RAM
AMD Radeon R9 270x
I obviously could upgrade everything in that rig to the best and then run into no problems, but to put it basically, I have money to upgrade, but not enough to buy everything that's at the top of the range. So, if there's any tips you can give me to get a nice solid 60-80, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks, and kind regards,
-X
Just a quick thread to try and get some ideas from the community. I'm a pretty decent PC Gamer, just without the full knowledge of knowing everything about a rig to decide what's gonna be the best options for me when buying new parts. I don't play a huge variety of games, but my favorite game at the moment is Rust.
Now; there are known issues with Rust such as the leaking issue it has, and the fact that some say it relies more on your CPU than your GPU, and more issues etc etc. However, I see many players playing at around 80FPS constantly with their graphics turned up to full. I personally don't think my set-up is that bad, yet, my game can run anywhere between 30 and 60 depending on how long the game has been open (leakage). Even if I change my graphics to the very worst and then to the very best, the FPS doesn't change whatsoever which I found weird.
My current set-up is:
Intel Core i7-4790 Processor
20GB RAM
AMD Radeon R9 270x
I obviously could upgrade everything in that rig to the best and then run into no problems, but to put it basically, I have money to upgrade, but not enough to buy everything that's at the top of the range. So, if there's any tips you can give me to get a nice solid 60-80, I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks, and kind regards,
-X
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Rust does have problems, it's quite un-optimized so it depends on the users rig, for instance rust on my system run fine with minor fps drops but for some else with the exact same rig it could run like shit.
One thing I would say to do is upgrade that GPU at some point.
One thing I would say to do is upgrade that GPU at some point.
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That's kind what I was asking for.
I don't know what to upgrade it to. I know there's lots of different possibilities, but if someone could link me to one that's well known and they have used themselves and have personal experience with it etc. knowing that it runs fine.
What GPU do you have currently?
I don't know what to upgrade it to. I know there's lots of different possibilities, but if someone could link me to one that's well known and they have used themselves and have personal experience with it etc. knowing that it runs fine.
What GPU do you have currently?
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I currently have a GTX 970, most people in this section do.
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And do you play Rust yourself?
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I have played Rust, but not in a long time, not really my kind of game so I don't know an awful lot about it. However, if you have 8GB RAM, you could get another 8GB. 16GB RAM is pretty beneficial these days. I'd also suggest adding an SSD, if you don't already have one, simply because every rig deserves one and they're getting so cheap at $100/£100 for a 480GB. The 270x is a good card, but it's an entry level GPU. A GPU upgrade definitely wouldn't go amiss. A GTX 970 or R9 390 would be good, but if that's too expensive, an R9 380(x) would do, and would be a decent improvement over a 270x. CPU is fine, definitely no need to replace that for a good while, I'm running the same CPU at 4.7GHz.
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Xendrium wrote And do you play Rust yourself?
Yeah, I play it sometimes
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Sanctorum wrote I have played Rust, but not in a long time, not really my kind of game so I don't know an awful lot about it. However, if you have 8GB RAM, you could get another 8GB. 16GB RAM is pretty beneficial these days. I'd also suggest adding an SSD, if you don't already have one, simply because every rig deserves one and they're getting so cheap at $100/£100 for a 480GB. The 270x is a good card, but it's an entry level GPU. A GPU upgrade definitely wouldn't go amiss. A GTX 970 or R9 390 would be good, but if that's too expensive, an R9 380(x) would do, and would be a decent improvement over a 270x. CPU is fine, definitely no need to replace that for a good while, I'm running the same CPU at 4.7GHz.
I have 20GB RAM, and a 120GB SSD. I thought the GPU's with the "x" at the end meant an improvement? I was under the impression that the 390x would be better than the 390.
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There really isn't much point in buying a 390x because the performance increase over the 390 isn't justifiable for the price increase.
It's the same with the GTX 980, no point paying the premuim for such a small increase in performance over a GTX 970 for £100 more.
It's the same with the GTX 980, no point paying the premuim for such a small increase in performance over a GTX 970 for £100 more.
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Dan- wrote There really isn't much point in buying a 390x because the performance increase over the 390 isn't justifiable for the price increase.
It's the same with the GTX 980, no point paying the premuim for such a small increase in performance over a GTX 970 for £100 more.
Oh I see. But the 970/80 is going to be a big improvement from my 270x?
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