Silent Ricochet
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- Feb 15, 2008
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Quick PC Specs:
I mostly only play Battlefield 3, and maybe the new Need for Speed game when it's released. But I have noticed that my PC is getting a little outdated, especially when exiting demanding programs. Exiting Battlefield 3 takes sometimes 15 seconds in which time my system is completely useless. I've had to install, ashamedly, an SD card for Windows ReadyBoost, which has surprisingly helped a bit. The reason I don't have better memory is that this motherboard only supports DDR2 Memory, and worst of all, the memory I currently have is PC-8500, and my motherboard doesn't play nice with it for some odd reason.
Bulldozer was extremely disappointing, but Piledriver seems a bit more promising. I've looked at benchmarks but I haven't seen many that compares Piledriver to Phenom II. I essentially have a Phenom II X4 955, would it be worth it to upgrade to a new Piledriver FX-4300? I plan on purchasing a new motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3, and new set of memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800), to go along with it.
Opinions? Full specs in my signature, any feedback is appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Silent Ricochet
- Processor: AMD Phenom II X3 720 BE, 4th Core Unlocked @3.2GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte MA790X-UD4P
- Memory: G.Skill DDR2 PC-6400 2x2GB @800MHz 4-4-4-12
- Video Card: AMD Radeon HD6950 OC
I mostly only play Battlefield 3, and maybe the new Need for Speed game when it's released. But I have noticed that my PC is getting a little outdated, especially when exiting demanding programs. Exiting Battlefield 3 takes sometimes 15 seconds in which time my system is completely useless. I've had to install, ashamedly, an SD card for Windows ReadyBoost, which has surprisingly helped a bit. The reason I don't have better memory is that this motherboard only supports DDR2 Memory, and worst of all, the memory I currently have is PC-8500, and my motherboard doesn't play nice with it for some odd reason.
Bulldozer was extremely disappointing, but Piledriver seems a bit more promising. I've looked at benchmarks but I haven't seen many that compares Piledriver to Phenom II. I essentially have a Phenom II X4 955, would it be worth it to upgrade to a new Piledriver FX-4300? I plan on purchasing a new motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3, and new set of memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800), to go along with it.
Opinions? Full specs in my signature, any feedback is appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Silent Ricochet
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