So I finally bought a new CPU, Mainboard and RAM. Do I have to re-install Win 8 or is that not necessary anymore? My internet connection isn't very fast and the upgrade to 8.1 alone is over 2GB I think.
Yes, because motherboard drivers are a pain in the ass to get working like that. Maybe you can get someone else to download Windows for you.
Well, in that case, if it's really coming in the middle of next year, I will just sell my 6300 and put it towards getting the most out of this garbage AM3+ socket. MEH. I wish I built an i5 machine back in 2013 instead of being an AMD fanboy.
Well, assuming there are no delays. Z97 will be supported to the end of 2015 with the release of Broadwell, it seems. Beyond that, it's likely that 1151 will be the new platform to supersede and eventually replace 1150. You may want to see how much you can get for that FX-6300 CPU and the motherboard you have now, by the middle of next year, the resale value can only have dropped.
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For a single 1080p screen the R9 270X gets 200-300 frames per second on ultra settings for League of Legends, as far as I can tell from youtube benchmark videos. Expect to get a bit less that that on a single 1200p monitor due to the 270 being a little weaker and 1920x1200 being slightly harder to drive due to higher pixel count.
Did you get dual monitors because you intend to play the games in multi-monitor mode? It's hard to determine the framerate drop there. I'd imagine it'd halve your framerate and a little bit more.. if it was as linear as that.
Crysis 3 is very dependent on CPU power. I have no idea what your specs are, so it's hard to say for multi-monitor setups.
At most I would be gaming on only one monitor. Will the fact that I even have a second monitor connected slow down my games on the first monitor? Even if I'm only web browsing?
I could play Crysis 3 decently on my current monitor. I don't even play it but just want to know that I can lol
Oh, in that case, you should be alright. For best results, run games in fullscreen, not windowed, fullscreen windowed, or borderless. If you want Crysis 3 at 60 frames per second or more, aim for medium settings. If 30 frames per second is fine, you could get away with high or even very high settings.