Xanath2511
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I recently purchased a Sapphire R9 280 Dual-X 3GB graphics card to improve my systems gaming performance and have noticed in some scenarios there is a very noticeable performance boost, while in others, I'm seeing little to nothing at all.
One example would be that I can play Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor on ultra settings with smooth performance -- something I could never do before, but when I run Diablo III: RoS, my performance is no better than when I was running with the old card (Geforce GTX 560ti). I've also had some slight hiccups while playing Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and The Secret World. A few of these games are dated at this point, and the pre-sequel is running off the BL2 engine, so I'm not understanding the lack of performance increase unless I am dealing with some sort of bottleneck on my end.
My full system specs are as follows:
ASUS M5A78L-M LX AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX
8GB G.Skill Ripjaw Series DDR3 1600 (PC 12800) SDRAM
AMD Phenom II X4 B55 OC @ 3.6GHz (unlocked from AMD Athlon II X3 455 Rana 3.3GHz)
Crucial M500 120GB SSD
Raidmax RX-500S 500w ATX12V PSU
Sapphire Radeon r9 280 Dual-X 3GB GDDR5 GPU
Any insight or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
One example would be that I can play Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor on ultra settings with smooth performance -- something I could never do before, but when I run Diablo III: RoS, my performance is no better than when I was running with the old card (Geforce GTX 560ti). I've also had some slight hiccups while playing Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel and The Secret World. A few of these games are dated at this point, and the pre-sequel is running off the BL2 engine, so I'm not understanding the lack of performance increase unless I am dealing with some sort of bottleneck on my end.
My full system specs are as follows:
ASUS M5A78L-M LX AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX
8GB G.Skill Ripjaw Series DDR3 1600 (PC 12800) SDRAM
AMD Phenom II X4 B55 OC @ 3.6GHz (unlocked from AMD Athlon II X3 455 Rana 3.3GHz)
Crucial M500 120GB SSD
Raidmax RX-500S 500w ATX12V PSU
Sapphire Radeon r9 280 Dual-X 3GB GDDR5 GPU
Any insight or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!