what to upgrade first?

[David198502]

hey guys!
i have a pretty crappy rig and want to upgrade for COD to get playable framerates.but i have no idea about computers so i would appreciate suggestions on what do you think i should upgrade first.i know many would suggest to buy everything new,but my budget is limited.which upgrade do you think would have the most recognizable effect?
my systemspecs:
-Mainboard S1156 INTEL DH55TC,Micro-ATX,bulk
-Prozessor INTEL Core i5-650,3,2GHz,LGA1156,Dual-Core,Boxed
-2x 2GB DDR3 RAM,1333MHz,CL9,KINGSTON ValueRAM
-PCI-E 2.1 SAPPHIRE Radeon HD5570,Lite Retail,Low Profile
-Windows 7Home Premium 64Bit

[doghous3]

Doesn't seem a bad rig to me.

Perhaps adding more RAM would be beneficial.

But really, if your budget is that tight, wait a bit for the game to be optimized and running better before deciding. My opinion anyway.

[bongodriver]

First thing to upgrade is a sense of humour and some patience, so far things have been so varied in results that it is difficult to give a comprehensive answer, but almost certainly an old rig is not going to make use of the more advanced aspects of this sim.

[David198502]

well im not depressed with my game experience in COD.and i think im a patient person.and im positive that the patches will improve performance.but i dont believe that with my current set up, i will be able to set the video settings to high and have a smooth gameplay some day.to achieve that,the best solution seems to buy a complete new pc,but i just cant afford it right now.so upgrading continuously, seems to be the only choice.for that,i would need tips what to upgrade first.

[bongodriver]

Like doghouse said some more ram won't hurt, therest of your rig doesn't sount too bad, I have no experience with ATI GF cards so cant comment too much but low-profile...Lite retail sounds as if it at the bottom end of the scale in its peer group.

[Slechtvalk]

new videocard would be best, one with 2 gig or more memory, like 6950 2 gig. More ram wouldnt help with COD (since its 32bit game).

[Fuchs]

Originally Posted by Slechtvalk

new videocard would be best, one with 2 gig or more memory, like 6950 2 gig. More ram wouldnt help with COD (since its 32bit game).

GTX 570 Phantom 3Go is a good upgrade so before, it coudl be fine to upgrade COD to a finished sim...
sory dude so i realy thing that is too early to upgrade hardware before 1C solve majors bugs

[jibo]

your computer is not that crappy but you should wait and see at least a month especially if you're on a budget

[Helrza]

Biggest performance upgrade for any system would be the RAM itself mate, followed by the vid card for gaming. If you nail both at the same time ur laughin

Personally I would wait before upgrading David, lets see what happens with the patch(s) and also what the Dev's discover when they have another look at the code. It appears that the game currently is not taking full advantage of either the CPU, GPU or ram, once this as been determined you should get a better idea on where to spend your hard earned cash.