New Upgrade for BF3

[B1Gtime]

Current PC does not run BF3, XPS 630i= Core 2 Duo 2.83 GHz,8800GT,8GB ram,500GB HDD..

Wanna upgrade with:
AMD Bulldozer FX-8150 3.6GHz(4.2 w/ turbo)
XFX 6950
G.Skill Gaming Sniper 12GB ram
GIGABYTE 990FXA AM3+ Mobo

any suggestions or comments? Good or bad?

[diluzio91]

It looks good to me, If it was me I would swap that 560 out for a TI, or for a 6950, BF3 would really benefit from the quicker card.

[B1Gtime]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-150-549&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=1#scrollFullInfo

alright ill get this XFX 6950.. it says PCI Express 2.1 x16..that will work in a 2.0 x16?

[diluzio91]

Yeah, no problems. When are you planning on building this rig to get bulldozer?

[B1Gtime]

Plan on buying the bulldozer when ever it hits Store OCt 12 hopefully.. have it built b4 bf3

[OvRiDe]

Well you have till the 25th to complete it. I have been playing the beta some, and so far so good. It's open now if you just want to try it out.

http://www.battlefield.com/battlefield3/1/beta

But hurry if you want to try it because the date says the beta closes on the 10th.

[B1Gtime]

I been playing beta but the game crashs randomly saying an error saying Driver Display Driver stop responding and has been recovered..Nvidia 8800GT....

games sick

[B1Gtime]

i ended up buying ordering today:

i5 2500k Sandy Bridge
8Gb ram(1600)
ASrock P67 Extreme 4 Gen 3

and have to order: HIS 6950 2-gb 256-bit


Bulldozer looked like disappointment, i5>1100T when it comes to gaming.

[Twigsoffury]

So uhh.... what sort of power supply do you plan on using with these behemoth parts you've ordered?



Bulldozer looked like disappointment, i5>1100T when it comes to gaming

Thats before free radical overclocking, My 955 is supposed to be slower then the majority of i7's and i5's because its stock freqency is 3.2Ghz

Well a 3.881Ghz sets it above what a intel i7 920 does at stock frequencies, plus i look more at the smoothness of the gameplay over what fraps says in the top right corner on a system. I mean when your already getting 90+fps whats the difference between 91 and 98 fps.


But anyways my buddy has the 2500k, and that's a sweet sweet processor. (especially when overclocked..hint hint)

[Functional]

Mentioning the 6950 here... Why do they even sell 6970 anymore? Just asking out of curiosity :)