Upgrade Help

[petrama25]

I am considering buying TANE and want to know which of my two PCs is worth upgrading. I need help finding a GPU and PSU that will give around 30-50 FPS. My budget is under $400.

Asus M11BB
CPU-AMD A10
3.7 GHz
DDR3-7.20GB (Expandable to 12GB)
GPU-Radeon HD 8670D
Motherboard-Not sure
PSU-300w
Average FPS in-game- 30-40
Windows 8.1


Dell Studio XPS 9000/435t
CPU-Intel I7
3.7 GHz
DDR3-8GB (Expandable to 24GB)
GPU-GeForce GTX 430
Motherboard-Not sure
PSU-475w
Average FPS in-game-35
Windows Vista

I know the 2nd probably is the better choice but for some reason it keeps powering off at random even after a System reset, so I have no idea what's causing that.

Hope this is enough info.

 

[malikrthr]

Hi Petrama25, something tells me that the 2nd PC is probably worth upgrading for TANE. I am not really sure what would be good specs for TANE to run great but I think the 2nd computer would be the better choice to upgrade because you have slightly more RAM and a power supply with more wattage. For TANE, I think you might want to upgrade the GPU and the PSU.

 

[petrama25]

That's what I will end up going with then. I just need to figure out a compatible GPU that will give good FPS. Then I will probably pick up a 750w PSU.

I am looking at this GPU- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...gclid=CO3G65PgkscCFUsXHwodZ9gElQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

What do you think?

 

[LNERlover5]

To get around 40-60FPS with that GPU you'll need to run T:ANE without shadows I'm afraid, otherwise it's still quite a competent card. Speaking from personal experience.

Jack

 

[Enzo1]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487128&cm_re=nvidia_GTX_960-_-14-487-128-_-Product

 

[johnwhelan]

You might want to upgrade to win 10. http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+XP...0+Upgrade+Thanks+to+Loophole/article37411.htm Vista will run Directx 11 but it may not be present on your machine, read up on the web about it. But grab the ISO now before they disappear.

Think seriously about a GTX 970 or 980 they appear to be the only cards that people are not complaining too loudly about performance. They are no longer the fastest on the planet so the price isn't too bad. Be careful about your case size, the higher end video cards are big. An Antec P280 will take even a GTX 980 and a motherboard transplant isn't that bad. A Corsair 650 watt power supply should do fine some of the no name brands aren't quite the same quality.

Cheerio John