GhostLegendz Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I downloaded Swtor already, But i feel the graphics aren't where they're supposed to be.. Laggy and choppy.. And I feel everytime I MOVE My character there's a 1 sec delay. I have my setting at low and shadow is OFF Processor: AMD Phenom 9150 Quad-Core processor 1.80 GHZ Memory(Ram): 4:00 GB System type: 64 bit operating system Graphics card: ATI Radeon Hd 3200 Graphics. Please guys in the name of God, help me out! What should I buy?? A new cpu, graphics card?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShifterGT Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Um, isnt the 3200 an integrated card? Anyhoo, that video card needs to go if your looking for smoother play =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bheta Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 (edited) i personally just bought the radeon 6950 its amazing. one thing you want to look for in a graphics card is the Stream Processing Unitsthe other stuff does not mean as much besides the MHZ. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131393 Edited December 24, 2011 by bheta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain_b Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Videocard hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodspoon Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Videocard hands down. Ya this BIG TIME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhallus Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Graphics card. I'm running it nice and smooth on a GTX 460 Hawk I got during the Christmas sales last year. It can be found for not much over $100 now. Just avoid the SE version of the 460 if you can. Your cpu will be the bottleneck at that point though so it might be too much of a card unless you plan on upgrading your cpu later. Also make sure you have a powerful enough powersupply to run the card. If you want to take the safe bet, you might want to get something like a GT 240. Dirt cheap and you won't need to worry about your powersupply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostLegendz Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 Will Gt 240 still give me lag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valhallus Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 (edited) I doubt it, it was a really nice upgrade from my hd4200 onboard I had a while back. If you plan on gaming at 1920x1080 be sure to get the 1gb version. But lag can also be from other sources. I'm guessing most or all of your issues would go away though. Edit: BTW, I had the Asus version of the 240. Seemed the best buy (price/quality). Edited December 24, 2011 by Valhallus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostLegendz Posted December 24, 2011 Author Share Posted December 24, 2011 well what should I do? Because I dont wanna spend 60-100 bucks on a new graphics card.. but my cpu is only at 1.80 ghz. that's not good righT?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamiez Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 (edited) well what should I do? Because I dont wanna spend 60-100 bucks on a new graphics card.. but my cpu is only at 1.80 ghz. that's not good righT?? That's right. The CPU would bottleneck any decent graphics card extremely bad. Your CPU definitely needs an upgrade, and if you just went a slapped a 6950 in your computer you would see better results and be able to play at decent framerates, but that CPU would be bottlenecking the card bad. If it was me I'd go for an upgrade to the CPU and a cheap graphics card like the 5570/GT 220 which both can run the game at most things up but shadows at over 30 fps. Unless of course you don't have a budget issue, and don't buy a card your power supply can't handle. Edited December 24, 2011 by Shamiez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paralassa Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Hi there! There are existing discussion threads regarding computer hardware which you may find very helpful: Desktop Hardware Q&A*Ultimate* Desktop PC Performance GuideUltimate Guide to speeding up Win 7 on low/mid range systems You can also check out our General FAQs for information about minimum system specifications. In the interest of consolidating discussion, we have closed this thread. Please use one of the topics linked above for further questions and discussion of hardware specifications. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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