Hardware which way to go

[Dinazzo]

hello everyone hope you all doing great

I coming back to boxing I use to box on this computer

Q6600 2.4Ghz 8gigs of memory GTX 280 1gig memory

i thinking of upgrading this to a TI 560 with 2 gig memory

my current setup works good for 4 boxing but when i go 5 i get a bit of lag sometimes

or do i need to do a cpu/motherboard upgrade like the I7 2600k

however would my current card work well for that

thank you all for the help
cheers
Dinazzo
<We are Legion> we coming back
Icecrown

[JohnGabriel]

When you view the Windows performance index, what does it say your weakest area is?

Start > Control Panel > System and Security > System > Check the Windows Experience Index

[Ualaa]

Wow is far more CPU dependent than Video.

But I'd go into Resource Monitor, and see what your bottleneck is.
Anything that gets close to 100%, is maxing your resources...
And with additional resources, would run smoother.

If you're using Windows 7.
Control + Shift + Escape.
Performance Tab.
Resource Monitor, near the bottom.

[Dinazzo]

ok my score is 5.9
processor 7.1
Memory 7.1
graphics 7.4
gaming graphics 7.4
hard disk 5.9

I can give you a accrute reading on the resource part due to i don't have the software and games ready to go yet

[JohnGabriel]

ok my score is 5.9
processor 7.1
Memory 7.1
graphics 7.4
gaming graphics 7.4
hard disk 5.9

I can give you a accrute reading on the resource part due to i don't have the software and games ready to go yet

Get yourself an Intel 6 Gbps 120 gig SSD drive. That will get all your ratings in the 7+ range. You can get them around $130 on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00

You definately dont need a new graphics card, thats the best thing you have. After a new SSD hard drive I would try for 12 gig RAM.

[Dinazzo]

as for the Ram my motherboard only supports 8gigs max which is what i got now

thanks for the help
Dinazzo
<we are legion>
icecrown

P.S.
on that drive do i put my os and my wow folder on it or just my wow folder?

looking at my motherboard specs

680I LT motherboard

it shows onbard serial ata II
300Mbps data transfer rate
6 serial ata II connectors
Nvidia medis shield raid for raid 0 1 0+1 and 5

thank you
Dinazzo
<we are legion>
icecrown

[MiRai]

WEI is fantastic for letting you know how great your system is going to Windows (for the most part). It's not a real benchmark of any sort and no benchmarking sites state how high of a score a CPU, GPU, SSD, etc achieves on the WEI.

You need to look at your Performance Monitor and GPU-Z when you are getting lag. You need to see if it's your CPU or your GPU that is the bottleneck (I'm going to say it's the CPU). If you're using DX11 then change it to DX9. The GTX 280 doesn't technically support DX11 and your VRAM will be better off in DX9. I doubt you're using anywhere near 8GB of RAM unless you're running a ton of shit in the background. I don't think I've ever hit 7GB of RAM usage while multiboxing 5 accounts and I run some fairly high graphics settings.

EDIT: To Add -- Could it be your HDD causing this lag? Sure, it could be. Everyone's definition of lag is different and you could just be experiencing textures loading slowly from the HDD if you've got a ton of crap on it or it hasn't been defrag'd. An SSD will not increase your FPS beyond what your computer is capable of. It will deliver the necessary information that the CPU and the GPU need to display what's on the screen. If the CPU and GPU are the bottleneck then the SSD will not deliver anything besides faster loading screens.

[Dinazzo]

I understand i thinking my cpu is the bottle neck ATM just from reasoning with the diffent options

as for DX9 how do i switch it to DX 9 i read it somewhere can't recall as i try to read as much as i can before i ask and i think a SSD won't do me a whole lot of good unless i get a new card to bump it up to the 6gig deal as it stand my mother board only supports 300Mb

thank you
Dinazzo
<we are legion>
icecrown

[MiRai]

Swapping between versions of DX is done in your advanced video settings.

As for an SSD, you can buy a SATAIII model and have it work on a SATAII port at SATAII speeds until you eventually upgrade. Here are some numbers:









Any SSD on that list without the (6Gbps) tag is running at SATAII speeds. Compare that to the HDD in the list (hint: it's in last place). Doesn't really matter whether it's SATAII or SATAIII because it's light years faster than an HDD.

[Dinazzo]

Ok i have a 128gb ssd i bought when i last box but it quit working for whatever reason

as for DX i running DX10 tryin to do a search for how to change that to 9

thank you
Dinazzo
<we are legion>
icecrown