Guild Wars 2

Hello peeps.

So i was wondering, could anyone suggest a decent Pc setup?
I bought a full new setup like 1.5 years ago. And did run fine till is started playing Tera. It had real bad problems with fps in PvP, when it should not have.
I asked a lot of ppl and finally came to decision my cpu sux (actually it did not, but Tera was just not optimalized for this kind of amd-s) .
So i went out bought a 8 core brutal cpu for my already really good motherboard an perfectly compatible one, and my motherboard fry after i put it in…when i put back my old one…it didnt start up -_-
So in the end i have some kittenty Asrock motherboard (that does not even have an optical out, so i cant even use my 5.1) that costs like 54 ish dollars. (if i consider Dollar to be 220Huf ish)

an Asus Hd 6950 with 2 gb gddr5 (was like 360 dollar ish)
Some AMD fx 8350 4ghz
And 4 gigs of ram (not sure what kind of.) Trough i am using a temporary windows 7 32bit. (going to use my 64 bit after i buy new pc…dont wish to reinstall till then)
The cooling is fine, there are supposed to be no problems with the Pc, but the speed is unberable kitten!!!!!!!
I mean when i bought this config it was like 1000 dollar ish. it was the top of middle class pc-s and ran Bf3 Gw2 and some other games, on max without effort. Now it struggles with Gw2 on minimum. I cant even play games like Total War rome 2. Even had problems in LoL -_-

So i think there is some problem with my pc, and i wish to get a new CPU, vid card and Motherboard. (i think Hd and kitten should be fine…maybe switch this 2×2 gig of memory to a single 8 gig, or 2×4)
I had a lot of problems in the past 15 years with Amd, still used it…had good bargains, maybe time to try Intel? I keep hearing amazing things from i5 and i7.
Something that can run Bf4 on max without real problems, or atleast Gw2 on max without shutter in WvW…but atleast in 10v10 spvp.
So could anyone suggest a good gaming rig for me? I am willing to spend like 230 dollar ish on motherboard and another 230 ish on CPU. The vid card can go up to 450 ish.

I think I can help you with PC setup!
If you got Skype, we can talk about it on voice chat if you like!

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There is nothing wrong with that current setup a few upgrades wouldn’t get to a better place:

1. While 4 GB of memory is ok, 8GB would be better (you need #2 for this to be of any use, however).
2. You NEED to upgrade to a 64Bit OS. I suggest Windows 7 (why fix what isn’t broken).
3. 2 SSD (Solid State Disks) of 128GB or 256GB (better) that you can stripe (RAID 0). Put new OS and Program Files on this disk (use your existing HD for data and user files).

Video card is fine (next upgrade if desired).

You should note that GW2 does not run as well on AMD processors as Intel based ones, so if you are looking for a whole new rig to run GW2 go with an Intel i5 (GW2 does not NEED an i7).

Brother Grimm.5176:

There is nothing wrong with that current setup a few upgrades wouldn’t get to a better place:

1. While 4 GB of memory is ok, 8GB would be better (you need #2 for this to be of any use, however).
2. You NEED to upgrade to a 64Bit OS. I suggest Windows 7 (why fix what isn’t broken).
3. 2 SSD (Solid State Disks) of 128GB or 256GB (better) that you can stripe (RAID 0). Put new OS and Program Files on this disk (use your existing HD for data and user files).

Video card is fine (next upgrade if desired).

You should note that GW2 does not run as well on AMD processors as Intel based ones, so if you are looking for a whole new rig to run GW2 go with an Intel i5 (GW2 does not NEED an i7).

8GB is not required for anything really, and there are not many single programs that will use more than that, however multitasking etc it can be helpful. a 64bit OS is not NEEDED, everything will run fine on the 32bit OS. And kitten will not help gaming what-so-ever, it will help with loading screens, but that is it, it will have no impact on fps, the extra money spent on kitten would be better put to getting Intel over AMD.

To the OP, from the start with you trying to upgrade, mobos don’t just go poof without reason, also, keep in mind that just because the board is pin compatible does NOT mean it can support the chip, this has often been a problem with AMD, as they would put out far more powerful chips on the same socket and people think “awesome I can now put a 6 core as an upgrade”, they stick it in because it is pin and BIOS compatible, and then fry the VRMs.

TinkTinkPOOF.9201:

Brother Grimm.5176:

There is nothing wrong with that current setup a few upgrades wouldn’t get to a better place:

1. While 4 GB of memory is ok, 8GB would be better (you need #2 for this to be of any use, however).
2. You NEED to upgrade to a 64Bit OS. I suggest Windows 7 (why fix what isn’t broken).
3. 2 SSD (Solid State Disks) of 128GB or 256GB (better) that you can stripe (RAID 0). Put new OS and Program Files on this disk (use your existing HD for data and user files).

Video card is fine (next upgrade if desired).

You should note that GW2 does not run as well on AMD processors as Intel based ones, so if you are looking for a whole new rig to run GW2 go with an Intel i5 (GW2 does not NEED an i7).

8GB is not required for anything really, and there are not many single programs that will use more than that, however multitasking etc it can be helpful. a 64bit OS is not NEEDED, everything will run fine on the 32bit OS. And kitten will not help gaming what-so-ever, it will help with loading screens, but that is it, it will have no impact on fps, the extra money spent on kitten would be better put to getting Intel over AMD.

To the OP, from the start with you trying to upgrade, mobos don’t just go poof without reason, also, keep in mind that just because the board is pin compatible does NOT mean it can support the chip, this has often been a problem with AMD, as they would put out far more powerful chips on the same socket and people think “awesome I can now put a 6 core as an upgrade”, they stick it in because it is pin and BIOS compatible, and then fry the VRMs.

Decided to keep all the quote. Think outside gaming for the 64 bit OS and more ram- 3dsmax, Lightwave3d, Photoshop..

And motherboards along with other perhipherals do go poof without a seeming reason without known cause at the time, gotta love hidden static discharge due to not being properly grounded when installing anything electrically critical.

Heck even memory sticks can not register if not positioned ‘just so’.

Edit: the memory stick part is only for laptops, never had a problem with them not being seen in desktops.

Until recently, I had an i5-2500K with 4GB RAM and a 6950. I never had any significant problems running any game I threw at it. It couldn’t handle max settings, usually, but most of the time I was running the settings pretty high (with the FPS in the 30-40 range or more). AA and AF were usually the first things I would shut off and they were usually enough.

One thing that I didn’t see mentioned is the resolution that you are trying to run at. Don’t bother trying to run a 6950 at higher than 1920×1080. It just doesn’t have the horsepower. I got my 6950 when I was running at 1680×1050. When I upgraded my monitor to 1920×1080, things slowed down some, but I was still doing OK.

There are some tools that could help you figure out where the bottleneck is. Running the Windows Resource Monitor will help you get an idea if your CPU is slowing you down and a tool such as GPU-Z can give you some information regarding the graphics card.

MeanPi.6025:

Decided to keep all the quote. Think outside gaming for the 64 bit OS and more ram- 3dsmax, Lightwave3d, Photoshop..

And motherboards along with other perhipherals do go poof without a seeming reason without known cause at the time, gotta love hidden static discharge due to not being properly grounded when installing anything electrically critical.

Heck even memory sticks can not register if not positioned ‘just so’.

Edit: the memory stick part is only for laptops, never had a problem with them not being seen in desktops.

To suggest hardware etc for programs that were not asked about is just bad advice, he asked about gaming, not about video/image editing or modeling.

They go poof to people who do not understand computer systems, yes, but there is always a reason and blaming it on the HW is not the right choice, in very few cases is this the problem, most of the time it is the builder who does not know what they are doing.

Installing RAM be it a normal DIMM or a SO-DIMM module, they all have retention clips that hold them in place, with a very strong hold, if you are having problems with seating RAM, well I have bad news for you, it is not a HW problem.