Need input on new vcard...

Ba Chicka Wa Wa

Ba Chicka Wa Wa

TD Member
What I'm finding is most cards in my price range are gonna be 1024 and ddr5 compared to my 4 year old 512 ddr2. Just wondering if $100 out the door is worth the improvement cause its driving me nuts only getting 35-45 fps in cs go. Plus I'm not sure what pci-e i have on my mb or how to check.
 
Ba Chicka Wa Wa

Ba Chicka Wa Wa

TD Member
I don't have the money right now that's the problem. Never went on honeymoon so just spend 5000 on bomb vacation coming up. Put a lot into our new house. She got a new fusion, i got a new ram. So I could do a little but nothing like that. That's why I've been looking for just a little fix to make cs go playable
 
Cock

Cock

Cockilicious
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Ba Chicka Wa Wa said:
I'm just not a fan of radeon. Love NVidia.
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IMO, Company devotion is stupid when looking for price/performance,
:shrug: it's your money.

Plus i have pcie 1.0 im pretty sure and ive been told i can run 2.0 but no higher.
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PCI-e VideoCards will "dumb down" when needed.
the PCIe bus co-exists with one or more legacy PCI buses, for backward compatibility with the large body of legacy PCI peripherals.
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The 650 ti and 7770 are much better then the 650.
*The 550 will run MUCH hotter then any of the above video cards.
 
Ba Chicka Wa Wa

Ba Chicka Wa Wa

TD Member
Just wanted to let you guys know I went with GeForce GTX 650 Ti 1024mb. Got it for $35 less cause box was opened. But got 2 year full replacement for free :)
 
Ba Chicka Wa Wa

Ba Chicka Wa Wa

TD Member
still only getting 45 fps!!!!!!!!!!! Think I'm gonna have to break down and rebuild. Got a good power supply and dvd bunner and sick case with the whole side is one giant multi led fan. Need a new HDD anyway cause mines 500 and full with all my movies I do (gay porn). So I basically just need to get mb and processor and good heat sink. Not sure if I'm gonna do i5 or i7 yet though. Not picky about mb.
 
OG buckshot jr

OG buckshot jr

TD Admin
Corey try this: Max-out all of CS:GO's graphics, as much as you can. If you max out Graphics, most load will be on GPU (which is newer than your cpu), so it should run much faster.

If you decrease graphics to the lowest, all load will be on cpu, and thus may slow down.

Also, go ahead and clock your chip to at least 3-3.2Ghz, it WILL make a nice difference!

**If CS:GO is the only game you play, return the card, it's useless. Save your loot for something better than chip/mobo/ssd.
 
Zavine

Zavine

DARKLY Regular
OG buckshot jr said:
Corey try this: Max-out all of CS:GO's graphics, as much as you can. If you max out Graphics, most load will be on GPU (which is newer than your cpu), so it should run much faster.

If you decrease graphics to the lowest, all load will be on cpu, and thus may slow down.

Also, go ahead and clock your chip to at least 3-3.2Ghz, it WILL make a nice difference!

**If CS:GO is the only game you play, return the card, it's useless. Save your loot for something better than chip/mobo/ssd.
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Listen to Buckshot, he's got a pretty good idea how it goes.
 
OG buckshot jr

OG buckshot jr

TD Admin
Ba Chicka Wa Wa said:
If i rebuild my computer I'm still gonna need the vcard anyway.
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True, but if you're going to rebuild your computer, you'll be doing so to play good games, not CS:GO. So while you're planning to spend money, I'd advise you to spend a wee bit more and get a better, more capable, graphics card to make sure your new diversity of games will be handled and you avoid ending up in the same situation you're currently in.

It can be a long road to building a new system (often times it is, if for nothing else but financial limitations), but it's well worth it. With proper planning, you can build a nice, cost-effective rig that will last more than 5-7 years.
 
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