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in order for the experts in here to point you in the right direction...you need to answer the questions in the sticky.

I have a 4 year old xps and you should have at least a year of "special" support.

Foreman -- I am running 1920 x 1200. And yeah, it is maxing out the vram for sure (afterburner). I notice that my worst issues occurred with Ambient Occlusion set to HBAO (fps would drop strangly after first time i died and had to re-spawn). Once i settled on SSAO it has been stable (though...

Nvm.....says this one supports sli

If I can hone in on this topic.....same Line of thinking except wanting sli

I had been really changing the in game graphics a lot when the fps drop was occurring. I stopped with all the changing and settled on a profile and it seemed to stabilize. I was just trying to push the ingame settings to that which nvidia says i should get w/560 ti (until it dawned on me that...

Seems to be around 70c. should be plenty cool.

I have the 9450 at 3.4ghz. Any higher then she starts to BSOD. my noobish guess is i'm cpu bound.....

My error, fixed. Thank you.

Thanks for the feedback, though i have a 560 ti :) I thought maybe my memory was holding me back, but when i did some research my page file isn't every being hit, and i see peak mem usage ab 3.4 GB I think right now my biggest issue is cpu, my q9450 is running about 97 to 98 percent when...

I have a (i think) 4 year old xps 730. I have pasted the output of cpu-z for my current system specs. I mainly play games, currently BF3. I live in Monroe, la. I might have $300 for upgrades in the next 30 to 45 days. I'm going to be doing a new gaming build in the feb/march time frame, so...

You mentioned bf3. I read the review here on this site and they found that every entry point Nvidia out paced and for CPU. I run a gtx 560 ti and its a solid card. Personnally I would prefer a 580. My core 2 q9450 is struggling to keep up withe the 560. Time for a new build for me as well.

Thanks, defiantly head to general hardware. Thanks E4g1e, thats the kinda stuff i don't want to miss.

**BTW, sorry if this isn't the right forum*** going to be doing a new build in earl 2012. I have never built my own, so i was hoping someone could tell me if this combo i have listed out so far is compatible, as well as desirable (not sure on things such as fans and power supplies. I'm...

Figured it out, was a voltage issue.