Upgrade Advice Please

MSPV12 · #1 06-10-2011, 10:23 AM

Hi folks,

Just getting into CoD and wondered if anyone can advise me if it worth upgrading my pc at all?

I have the following;
Intel Core2 Quad Q8300 2.50GHz with 4G Ram, Win 7 and NVidea GeForce GTX 260 with 896mb GDDR3 Memory

My average fps on the blackrain (i think thats what its called) video track is 26, with high of 64 and low of 9. This is with all settings at medium, (except forest is Low), at 1600x900

I notice a better vid card is huge money. Is it worth getting another 260 to add to my existing card in SLi? Is my CPU good enough?

Hope this isn't too vague. I'm not particularly technical.

Thanks in advance.

#2 06-10-2011, 10:31 AM

Hi mate, if you look at my spec's im getting 57 FPS (avg) with everything maxed out at 1920x1200, that said there are still some points where my FPS will drop to 6 whilst playing the game. More optimisation is clearly needed, but if you have the right kit then CLOD is almost playable other than the bugs. Regarding SLI I have seen some threads where members have claimed to have got it working with a bit of tinkering but currently there is no nvidia profile to run CLOD in SLI though Luthier claims this will be resolved soon. I hope that helps a little.

TonyD · #3 06-11-2011, 09:18 AM

MSPV12, your cpu and RAM are fine, I would suggest a new graphics card – a GeForce 560 or Radeon 6870 would provide more than adequate performance, depending on price and availability. A friend has a similar system to yours with a HD6950 1GB (was the same price as a 6870), and runs high settings fluidly.

MSPV12 · #4 06-11-2011, 02:30 PM

Thanks guys, that's great news. Haven't had the system for very long, maybe 6 months?

The Wifey wouldn't take it too well if I said, "Hey honey, I need a new PC again"!

Off to get a new GFX Card...................

Widowmaker214 · #5 06-11-2011, 06:05 PM

CPU frequency seems to help out a lot in this game.
at 2.5.. I think you can do better going for a faster chip.

4mb of ram is a little low.. but unless you're on a 64 bit system.. more isnt going to do any good.

Id say work on the cpu.. and video.

MSPV12 · #6 06-27-2011, 04:03 PM

Hi guys,

I have just installed a GTX560Ti.

My average fps is now 28 with all settings on High, but no shadows or grass. So definately an improvement there.

Next thing will be to upgrade from 4Gb Ram to 8Gb. My Ram is DDR2-SDRAM PC2-6400

I only have two slots on the Mobo. Any pointers on good deals on 2x 4Gb sticks?

Thanks