Guild Wars 2

Would upgrading ONLY my GPU (way upgrading, as in orders of magnitude better GPU) fix this ? without touching my CPU.

I don’t intend to post any specs, because I believe they would taint this discussion. I want an abstract answer to my abstract question, even if it’s not 100% correct.

I have noticed a few games in recent time that do not react to graphic settings changes (FPS wise). What I’m trying to say: I can play … let’s say … Blacklight Retribution with max settings (DX11) at about 40-30 fps, but not constant, no way, I get HORRIBLE drops (same thing happens with GW2 but it’s less impactful).

So how do I react ? well it’s a twitch based multiplayer, set everything to as low as possible. Result ? Nothing! 30-40 FPS with horrid drops in framerate in key-moments.

I am thinking this is limited by my CPU because I get no extra FPS no matter what graphics settings I chose. Yet the only hardware information I’ll insert is that my CPU is better than my GPU.

Would upgrading ONLY my GPU (way upgrading, as in orders of magnitude better GPU) fix this ? without touching my CPU.

I don’t want to play Crysis on max, I want to play contemporary games on the same settings I play now, just with no FPS drops at all.

Back in the day, me and my friends would usually test this sort of “upgrades” by lending hardware to one another. Don’t you have a friend who has a comparable graphics card to the one which you want to buy? If so, maybe he can lend it to you for a day so you can see if it makes a difference. Abstraction by definition is… abstract. There’s nothing conclusive that can be drawn from it.

If changing the graphics has no effect, it is because your CPU is too weak. Your refusal to tell us your system specs only makes it harder to help you.

The reason I don’t want to is sorta dumb, i acknowledge that. But I don’t want to get into any sort of “deep” conversation. It’s basically why I don’t like customer support for some products (have tried unplugging your router, manually re-setting it. We need a log of -blah blah).

I am simply asking for signs that would indicate these things. Nothing more

As simple as possible…you have a bottleneck in your system and without knowing the specifics there’s nothing that anyone can say to help you resolve the problem.

If that’s not what you’re looking for then…NO. Buying a new GPU will not stop your FPS drops. But then again, it might.