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System Name | Brutus |
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Processor | i5 4690k @4.7Ghz (Watercooled) |
Motherboard | z97 MSI Gaming 5 |
Cooling | NZXT Kraken x61 AIO watercooler |
Memory | Gskill Ripjaws 8gb (2x4gb) 1600mhz 7-8-7-24 |
Video Card(s) | MSI Gaming GTX 980ti x2 (sli) |
Storage | 1 SSD 64GB (OS) + 2x500GB WesternDigital RAID 0 |
Display(s) | YAMAKASI Catleap q270 SE 27inch Glossy 2560x1440 |
Case | NZXT Phantom |
Audio Device(s) | ASUS Xonar DX |
Power Supply | Antec TPQ 1200w |
Software | Windows 7 (64 bit) |
I have a question about Crossfire. So if any of you guys have experience in that area, please let me know:
Right now I have a single xfx radeon 6950 (unlocked to be like a 6970). I have 2 G skills Ripjaws RAM sticks (4gb each) advertized as 1600mhz capable and 9 9 9 24 timings. Which is what I have right now...
My systems runs at 4ghz on 2 cores and 4.2ghz on 1 core . When playing Crysis with all settings to "very high" with my graphics card 3d options to the max (in CCC), I get around 30 FPS average. Now that's not so bad when you consider that this game pulls everything from any PC system.... especially with EVERYTHING at Very high...
Now I've been thinking: What could allow me to get a decent 60FPS in crysis with everything to the MAX. Should I get another radeon HD 6950 card (unlocked) in crossfire with the one I have to get that FPS and performance increase???
Or is the performance more likely to increase if I get better RAM. When I bought my RAM, I thought I had a really good pair of sticks... but I've done some more research lately only to discover there is better RAM than mine... and even "Crossfire Certified RAM" or "SLI certified RAM" out there. Some people seem to think you MUST have those in order to see the performance difference when going for Crossfire.
Also, right now, my motherboard supports up to 4 RAM sticks... My two sticks are set on 2 different channels instead of the 2 being next to each other. Is that the right way to go?
Would overclocking my actual RAM increase my FPS at all?
There you have it, I know it's a lot of questions... Keep in mind I'm a novice at overclocking and Gaming... I've been gaming mostly on my xbox 360 for the last 8 years and I've just converted back to the Dark side of Gaming (PC gaming )
Right now I have a single xfx radeon 6950 (unlocked to be like a 6970). I have 2 G skills Ripjaws RAM sticks (4gb each) advertized as 1600mhz capable and 9 9 9 24 timings. Which is what I have right now...
My systems runs at 4ghz on 2 cores and 4.2ghz on 1 core . When playing Crysis with all settings to "very high" with my graphics card 3d options to the max (in CCC), I get around 30 FPS average. Now that's not so bad when you consider that this game pulls everything from any PC system.... especially with EVERYTHING at Very high...
Now I've been thinking: What could allow me to get a decent 60FPS in crysis with everything to the MAX. Should I get another radeon HD 6950 card (unlocked) in crossfire with the one I have to get that FPS and performance increase???
Or is the performance more likely to increase if I get better RAM. When I bought my RAM, I thought I had a really good pair of sticks... but I've done some more research lately only to discover there is better RAM than mine... and even "Crossfire Certified RAM" or "SLI certified RAM" out there. Some people seem to think you MUST have those in order to see the performance difference when going for Crossfire.
Also, right now, my motherboard supports up to 4 RAM sticks... My two sticks are set on 2 different channels instead of the 2 being next to each other. Is that the right way to go?
Would overclocking my actual RAM increase my FPS at all?
There you have it, I know it's a lot of questions... Keep in mind I'm a novice at overclocking and Gaming... I've been gaming mostly on my xbox 360 for the last 8 years and I've just converted back to the Dark side of Gaming (PC gaming )