Help the noob PC question

[DodgyAgent]

I am currently upgrading my PC, which is predominantly used for gaming, mostly MMORPG’s & I want a good frame rate.

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Can we please have a "conforming to stereotype" emoticon.

[Halo Jones]

Can we please have a "conforming to stereotype" emoticon.

Which stereotype would that be?

[DodgyAgent]

Which stereotype would that be?

You have to ask?

[Halo Jones]

You have to ask?

I believe I just did..

[b0redom]

If you want to spend the money go for one expensive card, as you'll get less stability problems and less heat issues

Most of us though make do with two cards via XFire or SLI

The other consideration is do you do video editing or heavy photoshop use as the graphics memory and GPU can make a difference there as well, also get at least 2 gb for the card as a lot of games need it if you want to max out their settings

Actually, the majority of people use a single card. Single, slightly higher end card, and more RAM.

[Pondlife]

[tranceporter]

Ok noob questions for you, I am currently upgrading my PC, which is predominantly used for gaming, mostly MMORPG’s & I want a good frame rate.

I have just got an ASUS Sabertooth Z87 MoBo, Intel i7 3.5LGA 1150 chip, 4MB of DDR3 ram, & SSD hard drives.

As the only sounds I listen to via the PC is game noise & the odd YouTube video, do I need to bother with a sound card or will on board sound do me?

Graphics card: is it better to have 2 mediocre cards run in crossfire or 1 stonking good one?

Thank you for any helpful comments.

Honestly, if all you do is gaming, the only thing that matters is the graphics card. When you are playing the games, the graphics card huffs and puffs while the CPU just sits twiddling it's thumbs up its a$$. Since you already have a powerful mobo and CPU + decent amount of RAM, just go for a single strong GPU. No point in having dual graphics card because the performance does not double. You would probably get 35% more performance as compared to having a single card. I would go for an overclocked GTX 570/580, since I believe that Nvidia has better drivers than ATI/AMD

[doodab]

I would go for an overclocked GTX 570/580, since I believe that Nvidia has better drivers than ATI/AMD

Isn't a more modern one a better bet? GTX 760 or something?

[d000hg]

Honestly, if all you do is gaming, the only thing that matters is the graphics card. When you are playing the games, the graphics card huffs and puffs while the CPU just sits twiddling it's thumbs up its a$$.

It depends a lot on the game. A game with a lot of simulation, especially physical modeling, will use CPU/RAM much more than a first-person-shooter. I would imagine the new SimCity game requires a hefty amount of CPU and RAM.

[amcdonald]

It depends a lot on the game. A game with a lot of simulation, especially physical modeling, will use CPU/RAM much more than a first-person-shooter. I would imagine the new SimCity game requires a hefty amount of CPU and RAM.

Battlefield and Arma are CPU intensive, it depends on the FPS shooter and how much data the game needs to process

Whereas something like Crysis just eats GPUs till they're sobbing in the corner