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Hi, I am not very familiar with GPU's, as of now I have the Radeon HD6850 and, it is an o.k card! But, I am looking for something that will have me playing BF3 on Ultra with good frames. My processer is an AMD Athlonx2 250 with a 20% overclock to 3.4ghz. Looking to upgrade that too... Any suggestions?

PS: I have an ASRock MOBO!
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Whats your price range?
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Dont expect ultra with such card, try to get a 6870 to run on HIGH with good frame rate.
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Hey thanks for responses. I have saved some money up and decided to completely update my machine. How are these specs? Im Expecting about high graphics on bf3 with solid frames. Any suggestions to get it to Ultra?

Case: Modtek Alien x2 case [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
GPU: EVGA GeForce Gtx 560 2gb [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
CPU: Intel i7 2700k 3.5ghz [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
RAM: Corsair 16gb [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
MOBO: Asus P8H61 [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Cooling: Still need one

I've got a 680 watt power supply... Will that do? Also, I'm probably going to get the parts new off eBay. I may find some good deals. Will all the pieces work with it?
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Windows_9 wrote Hey thanks for responses. I have saved some money up and decided to completely update my machine. How are these specs? Im Expecting about high graphics on bf3 with solid frames. Any suggestions to get it to Ultra?

Case: Modtek Alien x2 case [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
GPU: EVGA GeForce Gtx 560 2gb [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
CPU: Intel i7 2700k 3.5ghz [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
RAM: Corsair 16gb [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
MOBO: Asus P8H61 [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Cooling: Still need one

I've got a 680 watt power supply... Will that do? Also, I'm probably going to get the parts new off eBay. I may find some good deals. Will all the pieces work with it?


Downgrade the CPU to an i5 2500k, the RAM to 8Gb, and I would upgrade the GPU to a at least a 560Ti with the money you saved. For cooling, go with a Cooler Master Hyper 212.

What brand is your PSU?

Actually, go to this topic and post on it: Forums/t=3809045/the-custom-pc-topic.html

They will hook you up a lot better then I can.
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Windows_9 wrote Hey thanks for responses. I have saved some money up and decided to completely update my machine. How are these specs? Im Expecting about high graphics on bf3 with solid frames. Any suggestions to get it to Ultra?

Case: Modtek Alien x2 case [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
GPU: EVGA GeForce Gtx 560 2gb [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
CPU: Intel i7 2700k 3.5ghz [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
RAM: Corsair 16gb [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
MOBO: Asus P8H61 [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
Cooling: Still need one

I've got a 680 watt power supply... Will that do? Also, I'm probably going to get the parts new off eBay. I may find some good deals. Will all the pieces work with it?


Downgrade to an i3-2100 since there is little to no difference in games, zero in BF3. Grab a MSI Z77 G43 for future upgrades. Downgrade to an 8GB low profile kit ( 1.5 or lower is recommended by Intel ). With the money you saved, grab a GTX 670 / 7950 ( cheaper ) depending on how much room you have in your budget to work with. Also, you didn't list the PSU, only the advertised wattage that it says it outputs @ 'X' temperature. I guarantee you'd see no difference between the three CPU's but you'd see a drastic increase in FPS whilst maxed out when comparing a GTX 560 against one of the fastest single GPU's out right now. Games are more GPU dependent than anything.
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