660 should it be enough

[JaiK]

sup GTAS 
I've been thinking about updating my computer and I wonder if any of you got any idea about if the nividea gtx 660 should be enough or if I should get higher. Share your ideas and maybe it exist a topic like this..link it if it does! thanks 

[Rusch69]

I'm not telling you, because you're a SA modder.













Well okay, here you go. GTA V has not been announced for PC, therefore we're far from knowing/estimating what specs will be required. It also comes down to how successful the porting from the consoles to PC will be, in case they do it. And if so, it'll take them some time to get it done and that won't be in 2013 for sure. Until then the NV 7XX series should be out already. I wouldn't worry about massively powerful GPU requirements anyway. My old 7950GT could handle IV on lowest with ~50% workload while the D830 CPU was at 90% (+) already. I assume a GTX 660 will still handle the visuals, just not maxed out though.

[JaiK]

Thanks Rusch 

[Beat]

Judging by the fact they're using a similar engine version to Max Payne 3, and if they do the same level of optimizing on it. Max Payne 3 runs with like 60+ fps on ultra on very mediocre PCs so say the fact it's open world would allow only for 40% of that performance, I'd say it'll run pretty much fine on a medium-end PC according to today's standards, just needs a good processor because all open world games do. That if they do the same optimizing they did for Max Payne 3 which is probably the best optimized game for PC ever, but it wasn't even a port I guess since it was being developed parallel to the consoles. All we can do is just wait and see.

[JaiK]

Sounds promising.
should this upgrade do it?
Asus P8H61 2.0
Intel Core i5 3570
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHz
Gigabyte GeForce GTX660 OC 2GB

Cuz thats the upgrade im thinking about getting. BF3 will work on high/ultra on it so any thoughts? Should I do it or should I upgrade even more?

[Beat]

If you're looking for a serious future-proof PC, I'd probably get an i7 and save up a for a GTX 680, I know thats a lot of extra money but it'd be worth it. However if that fucks up your budget, your current build is pretty good but not as future proof. I mean think about it most of these components including the 660 are pretty current-gen stuff, and most of these new games are releasing at the end of this year... if they're making games for something better than this then they're technically making games for something people don't really have or might be there at the end of the year but surely will be too expensive for anyone to afford which makes no sense, in my opinion you're good to go. I have a very similar build to yours except it's all AMD

[Rusch69]

You can't measure performance with BF3. Games can look crappy, yet require powerful hardware like IV. It'll really depend on how good they optimize it, in case they make a PC version.

A good i5 like the 3570(K) will be just fine for gaming. i7 CPUs have 2 MB more L3 cache and Hyper Threading, but that's not much of an advantage when it comes to gaming. I got myself an i5 3570K alongside a Thermalright Macho cooler to OC it a bit and it beats an i7 3770, which costs much more, at stock voltage when it comes to gaming. If you don't wanna OC, want i7 power & functions + the price segment of i5's top line, get the Xeon E3-1230v2. It doesn't have an iGPU integrated, but it's power/price-ratio is simply awesome. GPU wise you could've an eye on AMD's OC'd 7870s as they're about the same price as the OC'd GTX 660 and have more power. It's downside, like all AMD products, is the high power consumption.

In my eyes it is pointless to upgrade right now though. Just wait until Intel gets their Haswell CPUs out and upgrade to any of them with a new fitting board. The era of 1155 socket is ending already, so you won't be able to upgrade to anything better than the i7 3770K CPU wise in the future. And as I mentioned, in games, the i7 won't be thaaaaat much better than the good i5 ones. NV will also pop up with the 7XX series eventually, so maybe just wait, spare more money and get something great & future proof. It's kinda dumb to upgrade without knowing V's requirements anyway.