Good GPU for High settings?

[M Murrary]

I have about £170 currently and was wondering what is a good GPU for Arma 3, been bugging me and i really need an update from my GTX 650

 

[noddy]

i have a 2gb hd7870 and i play on ultra, i only get ~20 frames though, but if it's better than what you have i would imagine it is pretty cheap now

 

[Lexi]

£170 isn't going to cut it to play in high in a decent FPS, honestly. 

 

[lionel]

Is not just the gpu that throttles frame rate on arma is cpu and HDD as well

Both my cpu and gpu sit at around 35% and refuse to be used any further

Looking forward to getting a ssd to try and resolve it

6 core amd 4.2 water cooled

Gtx 660 ti 3gb overclocked

16gb ram corsair something or other

 

[Lexi]

+1 to lionel. You really should look at upgrading your worst component. Post specs please?

 

[M Murrary]

So you say to install Arma 3 on my SSD?. Alright gimme 10 mins ill let you know xD

 

[lionel]

Mate of mine went from 25fps to 45fps average

 

[M Murrary]

Mate of mine went from 25fps to 45fps average

Alright its got 3 GB installed wont be long but i was thinking about getting a GTX 760 or if not 2 more monitores

 

[lionel]

Well 2 more monitors really depends on what card you have now really

 

[Lexi]

Put ARMA3 on your SSD (if it's small, like most) and the mods on your HDD. Could you post your total system specs, please? We'll be better at advising you if we can identify any bad parts. Also make sure your motherboard supports the GPU you purchase.

 

[Voltz]

Ok, so arma will run better if I put it on my SSD?

Cool.

 

[M Murrary]

CPU - Intel I5 3570k - 3.4 GHz

GPU - Asus GTX 650

Ram - 16 GB (Fuck knows)

SSD - 240 GB OCZ (I think)

Secondary HDD - 1 TB Samsung

Motherboard - Asus 97 something cant remember

 

[M Murrary]

http://imgur.com/hGSe7DS

GPU is letting me down however.

 

[lionel]

If that is the bottleneck then yes

This doesn't come with a 100% wish fulfilment rate though

I have a usb3 ssd from work, but i havn't noticed any improvement, but then again that is a usb3 connection not a sata connection

 

[lionel]

http://imgur.com/hGSe7DS

GPU is letting me down however.

Still have no idea what you have

 

[M Murrary]

If that is the bottleneck then yes

This doesn't come with a 100% wish fulfilment rate though

I have a usb3 ssd from work, but i havn't noticed any improvement, but then again that is a usb3 connection not a sata connection

i believe my SSD is in the 6 GB per second slot

 

[Lexi]

Just make sure you know your motherboard model and it can support the GPU, as I said. Nothing worse than buying incompatible components. If they don't play nice when you get them, try updating the MOBO. With that beastly rig I'd save up for a GTX970, I really would. It's good bang-for-buck and will last a long while (in electronic component years anyway).

 

[lionel]

Not sure if you can buy mobo's with agp anymore Lexi

 

[lionel]

i believe my SSD is in the 6 GB per second slot

This is very important fyi