Yet another hardware upgrade question

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Yet another hardware upgrade question

Post by hensu » Tue, 7. Mar 23, 18:46

I keep it brief.
I run a rig i mostly play x games on.

Ryzen 5 2600
Geforce 1060 3gb card
16gb mem
Ssd disks
550w psu
B450 motherboard.

Want to run x4 modded with decent graphics without to much fps drops.
Got a ok deal on a used geforce 3060, but still almost the same as a new rx 6600. Which to choose?

And perhaps going for a 5600x cpu later on?

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Re: Yet another hardware upgrade question

Post by CBJ » Tue, 7. Mar 23, 18:55

The first thing to note is that X4 is usually CPU-bound rather than GPU-bound, so upgrading your GPU may not make much difference to your framerate. The second thing is that X4 is not the sort of game where you can expect to get a steady 60fps regardless of the situation, because the game doesn't have "levels" and doesn't put artificial limits on how much can be happening in any given place or at any given time. With those things in mind, both of of your graphics card options are probably fine, but if you are able to arrange a processor upgrade (either instead or in addition) then you may find that more beneficial in terms of game performance.

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Re: Yet another hardware upgrade question

Post by hensu » Tue, 7. Mar 23, 21:50

Thanks CBJ. Much appriciated

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