Guild Wars 2

was gonna buy a a few new parts for pc my budget is about £ 200 or £250 and wondering if could run these game on 1080p med/high at stable framerate: far cry 3, guild wars 2 ,bf3,and maybe planetside 2(i know its a stretch)
. my comp has 8 gb of ram

Amd fx 6 core-black edition 6100 (around £ 90 i can get it)

sapphire radeon 7750 (im not sure on this , so suggestions)

anyone gonna offer some advice?

Your best bet is to try to get a i5 4670k/3570k with a good cooler and overclock it.
I dont know prices in lbs but it will be more than that fx. If you do decide to get the fx6100 get a good aftermarket cooler and try to OC that CPU to at least 4ghz.

The bad thing is that GW2 basically requires you to overclock your processor in order to get acceptable framerates. This is due to it having an unoptimized engine and being overly CPU bound.

@Stormcrow – not a big believer in working within the limits set by the OP do you.

@Guardian of hell

I will assume you already have an AMD socket AM3+ motherboard since you are looking to upgrade to a FX-6100 from, I assuming, an Athlon II dual core or Phenom II quad core. Nice if you mention what you have since you may be unintentionally down grading your CPU when it comes to gaming.

HD 7750 is a fairly weak graphics card. Looking at Aria PC, I see pricing for an HD 7750 is from £62-100. But for £113-127 there’s the HD 7790 or £125 for a GTX 650 Ti. Both of those are 50% faster than the HD 7750. And even with either of these more expensive graphic cards, you aren’t going to like the frame rate at 1080p in Farcry 3 or BF3 unless you turn some of the video settings down or run at a lower resolution.

As for GW2, again, would really like to know what your CPU and video card is now to determine if the FX-6100 is actually an upgrade and whether or not £200 is enough to make a significant impact in gaming performance or whether you should save more.

Also it’s important when talking about upgrading components like the CPU and graphics card that your CPU is robust enough to handle the extra power load.

It is definitely a advancement as currently im on a old amd cpu which i got ages ago , not sure what it is?. Also my graphics card is a nVidia Quadro FX580 FX 580 which i got for 20 quid.

Guardian of hell.4957:

It is definitely a advancement as currently im on a old amd cpu which i got ages ago , not sure what it is?. Also my graphics card is a nVidia Quadro FX580 FX 580 which i got for 20 quid.

Okay now, this is important, you can’t drop a FX-6100 into any old AMD motherboard.

Download CPU-Z, install it, run it and please tell us what CPU (CPU tab, name and package), type and speed of RAM (memory tab) and motherboard (mainboard tab) you have.

If you are going to be forced to get a new motherboard, it opens up a whole new can of worms.

As for the video card, yes essentially a 9500GT so an HD 7750 IS a big step up but still not great for 1080p so lower your expectations or resolution and graphic settings.

I know a bit about computers so the new fx-6100 needs to be put in a socket AM3+
which my motherboard is compatible and i have a good enough power supply

Just wanted to be sure. Had someone who wanted to put an i7 into the P4 motherboard once. Never sure about how tech savvy a poster is when reading their request.

Still, once you factor out the £90 for the CPU your video card budget is from £110-160 and that’s the HD 7790 or HD 7850 in the AMD realm or the GTX 650 Ti or GTX 650 Ti Boost for nVidia. The HD 7850 and the GTX 650 Ti Boost are at the high end of that range.

And like I said before all these cards are noticeably faster (50-100%) than the HD 7750 but are still unlikely to give you 60 FPS play in those games at 1080p except maybe in quiet moments of standing and admiring the scenery.

alright had a little boost I now have a maximum of £300

Guardian of hell.4957:

was gonna buy a a few new parts for pc my budget is about £ 200 or £250 and wondering if could run these game on 1080p med/high at stable framerate: far cry 3, guild wars 2 ,bf3,and maybe planetside 2(i know its a stretch)
. my comp has 8 gb of ram

Amd fx 6 core-black edition 6100 (around £ 90 i can get it)

sapphire radeon 7750 (im not sure on this , so suggestions)

Change the 7750 to a 7770 and it should do well. Maybe a little higher speed on the processor than that 6100 too.