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Old 03-30-2011, 04:21 PM
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Don't buy anything till the patch comes out and folks benchmark the game and figure out where the bottleneck is. We don't know at this point where the delays are originating with the new build. It could be hard-drive, CPU, GPU or anything at this point.
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Old 03-30-2011, 04:32 PM
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4Gb ram with i7 940? Aren't they all supposed to be tripple channel?
You should fix that first I guess
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Old 03-30-2011, 04:51 PM
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4Gb ram with i7 940? Aren't they all supposed to be tripple channel?
You should fix that first I guess
I actually think it might be 6Gb. I need to check. it was so long ago that I built it, I've forgotten! I put down 4 in case that was it. Seems some people think that bumping up the ram is a better deal. Hmmm...
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Old 03-30-2011, 04:53 PM
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I actually think it might be 6Gb. I need to check. it was so long ago that I built it, I've forgotten! I put down 4 in case that was it. Seems some people think that bumping up the ram is a better deal. Hmmm...
Bumping up ram has no effect.... its a 32 bit application. it will use at most 2.x gig. the rest will be scratched to you HDD. so HDD is a better upgrade. since you got a pretty nice cpu
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Old 03-30-2011, 04:41 PM
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I'm seriously considering upgrading for this game. I'd like to know what people think would be a better upgrade for me:

CURRENT SPEC (nothing is overclocked):
Intel i7 940 2.93gHz
nVidia Geforce GTX 260
HDD 10,000rpm Raptor
4 GB Ram Corsair

Price is a factor, but only insomuch as the SSD upgrade would be cheaper to get a top line one vs a top line graphics card (I think). If the performance increase to cost ratio is further in the graphics card direction, that's the way I'd go.

Just curious what people think.
I am going to wait, wait and wait. A lot of issues are going to be the norm for the next month or more. You can rely on it.

Already, there is patch because exhaust causes fps drop. There are going to be more anomalies similar to this that will cause ongoing issues. One that comes to mind is the forcefeedback problems so many are having. I know the FF will be fixed, but it may take longer than expected.

Don't panic, or work things up. It is just a fact, patches must come.
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Old 03-30-2011, 05:50 PM
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Are you kidding me ? 260 should be enough for Clod, wait until the patch is release
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Old 03-30-2011, 05:54 PM
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Read fruitbat's posts in this thread on the graphics card. What "should" work is not related to actual testing.
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Old 03-30-2011, 06:07 PM
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Tigerdirect has some good deals on GPUs for around $200. That 260 is not gonna cut it. GPUs has advanced alot in the last 2-3 years.
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Old 03-30-2011, 06:15 PM
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No discussion imo. An SSD disk can only improve the game if the threaded data loader does not work (which may be true now, but they will fix that). That CPU should also be OK but overclockling won't hurt. I vote 100% on a new GPU. 560ti if you are on a budget seems like a good advice as mentioned before in this thread.

I've had SSD disks in my two latest laptops and they are great for that as the disk is really the weak spot of a laptop. I love the Dell 6520 Sandy Bridge laptop with an SSD disk I just got at work, but at home my Raptor is just fine. Games should not load data continously so the IO-speed should really just be good for loading a map faster. If it gets suck waiting for for IO to often they have to pre-load more, and then RAM or VRAM is the issue as all disks are dinosaurs compared to those. So stuttering from a slow disk will just make those rare "hickups" a bit longer on a well optimized game, but for the "bread and butter" raw fps you need a good GPU on a game that is not CPU limited (which CoD does not seem to be - TODAY!)
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Old 03-30-2011, 07:04 PM
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Hopefully with the release of the GTX590 we'll see the 580 drop in price.

I've got a 1000w power supply, so I should be okay that way if I drop a big card in.
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