Help with Benchmark.

[Soukyuu]

The problem is that people falsely assume that getting a new generation GPU/CPU will give them a significant boost. Truth is, if they stay in the same range (low/mid/high), the differences will be quite minor, especially with hardware not making that many jumps lately. An example: I'm still using my 260GTX, and for most MMOs it's still enough to run them at least at 30 fps maxed, with some dips in crowded areas. As for CPU limitations, my old Phenom II X4 still has to encounter a game that maxed it out. My brother uses a similar system, but has a core quad instead of a phenom and his GPU is not factory overclocked. There is no difference in performance between our setups except for me having a SSD.

ARR might be a bit more demanding than an average mmo, but surely not as bad as 1.0 was, I hope. The benchmark is around the corner, so is the beta so imho you should waited till then before upgrading.

[Jedidev]

The problem is that people falsely assume that getting a new generation GPU/CPU will give them a significant boost. Truth is, if they stay in the same range (low/mid/high), the differences will be quite minor, especially with hardware not making that many jumps lately. An example: I'm still using my 260GTX, and for most MMOs it's still enough to run them at least at 30 fps maxed, with some dips in crowded areas. As for CPU limitations, my old Phenom II X4 still has to encounter a game that maxed it out. My brother uses a similar system, but has a core quad instead of a phenom and his GPU is not factory overclocked. There is no difference in performance between our setups except for me having a SSD.

ARR might be a bit more demanding than an average mmo, but surely not as bad as 1.0 was, I hope. The benchmark is around the corner, so is the beta so imho you should waited till then before upgrading.

I can see why you would say wait and i should have in hindsight but its a project i intend on maxing out over time.

Out of curiosity i swapped in my two 260s and got a score of 5700 on low which is the kinda bump i was looking for. so maybe the CPU, board, and ram are ok i just gotta splash on the better card to have it a little future proof.

[Soukyuu]

I can see why you would say wait and i should have in hindsight but its a project i intend on maxing out over time.

Out of curiosity i swapped in my two 260s and got a score of 5700 on low which is the kinda bump i was looking for. so maybe the CPU, board, and ram are ok i just gotta splash on the better card to have it a little future proof.

Yeah, nothing wrong with that I suppose. The new CPU and RAM are more future-proof than your old ones anyway. But buying that GPU if you plan to replace it with a better one anyway... why not use your 2x260 in the meantime instead?

I actually wanted to get myself a second 260GTX, but the power consumption and the fact ffxiv didn't scale properly (=no performance increase) made me decide against it. Now that the devs said ARR will scale better with SLI, it could make sense to get one after all.

[Geesus]

Yeah, nothing wrong with that I suppose. The new CPU and RAM are more future-proof than your old ones anyway. But buying that GPU if you plan to replace it with a better one anyway... why not use your 2x260 in the meantime instead?

I actually wanted to get myself a second 260GTX, but the power consumption and the fact ffxiv didn't scale properly (=no performance increase) made me decide against it. Now that the devs said ARR will scale better with SLI, it could make sense to get one after all.

This exactly. Run the GTXs and maybe if you can return the 7770s. Then if and when you can afford newer/better GPUs you can buy them IF you feel the need to.

[Jedidev]

This exactly. Run the GTXs and maybe if you can return the 7770s. Then if and when you can afford newer/better GPUs you can buy them IF you feel the need to.

you maybe right. And i cant find a graph or chart with my actual 7770, i can only fing the 1gb version where mine is the 2gb version. but the 2x 260s did have the better score. Think i'll hangfire on buying til i have played with ARR Bench.

if Square have indeed made the game and benchmarks Nvidia bias then it stands to reason to stick with them as the sole purpose of this build was to continue ARR at a playable level not laggy as my low LVL 8 character shows... and i have legacy status so you can see i couldnt be bothered playing with the bad performance of last rig lol.