My computer is a few years old, for sure, but when it was built it was pretty awesome. The only hardware I've upgraded is the video card when I went from a Radeon HD6570 1GBDDR3 to a Radeon HD 6970 Dual-X 3GBDDR5), and I have not noticed really any increase at all in any of the games I play. I used to play a lot more stuff on steam, but Sonic Generations, Dark Souls 1, and Castlevania: Lords of Shadows all play at complete shit framerates unless I turn everything way down. Sonic Generations runs like shit, and at the same low frame rate even with everything turned down. It runs perfectly on my weaker, 360.
I'm starting to think that another hardware component is bottlenecking my new video card, or maybe it is something else all together (driver issue?). I know there's a hot debate between AMD and Intel, and I like them both, but I went with an AMD build:
If you want more info about any components, let me know, and I'll screen-cap it from Speccy.
Can anyone more knowledgeable in computers tell me why my computer might be running games poorly? If I were to upgrade a component, what should it be? I'm thinking of getting a new CPU/ mobo combo, and possibly a newer Power Supply (Current one is not shown in Speccy, but it is a 550watt Corsair 80+ Bronze certified), preferably one that is modular. I also would like to get some not loud as shit after market fans.
It's annoying, cause it still works like a dream for web browsing, music playing, video streaming, and all that stuff. I can have like 15 tabs open in chrome without any issues. I can run several instances of Blender (okay, maybe three tops), and Google Sketch-Up. ZC has some frame rate dips though, too, and will dip into the low 50s which is really annoying. MY video card, and CPU also get very, very loud when running games in Steam.
Halp!
And thanks.