Good day everyone,
First… this is my current setup:
Processor: AMD Phenom™ X4 9950 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Graphic Card: MSI Radeon R6850 1GB DDR5
Motherboard: Gigabyte M61PME-S2P
RAM: 4 GB DDR2
OS: Windows 7 x64
The problem is that i run Guild Wars 2 in my monitor’s native resolution of 1920 × 1080(p) (60.000Hz) and i am getting very poor performance. I customized my graphic settings so that the game doesn’t lose a lot of frames and still looks relatively good and it’s still in vain. The difference between the maximum settings and the lowest settings in Guild Wars 2, for me, is an average of about 10 frames. So… the game runs all maxed out in an average of 20 – 30 fps, and with the lowest possible settings in an average of 30 – 40 fps.
Here is where it gets problematic… a good number of people have suggested me to start uploading gaming videos, go into live-streaming since apparently i am quite good at games, and so i did… i recorded my first video yesterday using fraps. When i record using fraps my fps get cut in half, so not only it becomes an unpleasant gaming experience, it’s also provides a bad performance video wise.
The problem gets even more complicated since i see that in-game my cpu usage gets to like 80% on all 4 cores, and my GPU goes up to 70%. I’ve also spoken with a lot of people and it seems that using my CPU alongside a Radeon 6990 makes the game run perfectly fully maxed out. Also i heard that my graphics card alongside an I5 processor also seems to run the game perfectly fully maxed out… I also heard that the game runs better on I5 then on I7… so, i don’t know what to think.
My video card is the newest addition to my computer, so it should be it’s strong point. I’ve had my eye for some time on a new CPU, the AMD FX-8150 [email protected] (max overclock 5.4Ghz) which has a benchmark score of 8,166
My CPU has a benchmark score of 3,007 and the [email protected] has a CPU benchmark score of 7,455.
Now here is the problem… if i opt to go for the AMD FX-8150 i need to change my motherboard to something like MB GIGABYTE 780T-D3L and while i’m at it i could add 2x DIMM 4GB DDR3 PC12800 KINGMAX FLGF-DDR3-4G1600 because the motherboard and the ram only costs an extra 110$, so with the CPU i get to 400$.
The question is… will this make the game run perfectly in high settings even if i try recording ? Should i get a stronger video card instead ?
Bare in mind that the 400$ is my maximum upgrade budget since where i am from the average salary per month is 150$, so this is the best solution for me money-wise. Is it performance wise though ? Will it give me what i need ?
ps: am i allowed to post my first gaming video somewhere on this forum ? I could do with some more feedback
