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V-sync - on , not adaptive , adaptive turns it off , you want it on cuz it's a good setting to have on . Max prerender frames - 1 , reduces input lag . Antiasing - you might want it "Application controled" , no need to force it on in all games since it may interfere with a game's original setting , what if you want a game to run 4x ? or 8 x ? Antialiasing transparency - supersampling - no performance penalty if your card suports it , from 8xxx series and above all cards suport it . The rest are ok.

Ah kids these days . Here are the facts : without triple buffering with V-sync turned on you have significant framedrop and at high framerates some games exhibit the phenomenon called "screen tearing" that is fixed by V-sync. Now with tripple bufering you also lose fps but less . Also with triple buffering on it increases mouse and keyboard lag a little bit. V-sync is used mostly to increase smothness because not all people have high end systems that are updated every year to use it only for screen tearing at high frame rates .It causes framedrop only when when frames are above 20-30 fps , when you dip bellow that the framesdrop will vanish, in other words with or without V-sync its the same fps ( if you have tripple buffering on). You might find it helpful at low fps because not all frames are created equal , 10 fps with V-sync > 10 fps without V-sync and you won't feel like you are playing with 10 fps with V-sync on . The only trade-off besides the framedrop is the input lag that comes with tripple buffering but you can disable it if your hardware can handle the initial framedrop that comes with V-sync on . Even at high framerates 60 fps with V-sync > 60 fps without. These are the facts , now either you are stupid or ignorant or you are not , you do have google don't you ? Look it up , see the uses for V-sync . I'm curious what this new G-sync can do .

Adaptive V-sync is a marketing scam, it is targeted at newbs . Sorry to say it but any performance or fluidity increase you see with it , is just a placebo effect , the setting does nothing , absolutely nothing. Adaptive vsync turns off vsync if the framerate drops, rather than switching to a 30 fps cap like normal vsync. It's not a marketing scam since it does exactly what it's supposed to, but it's not really very good either since you add some screen tearing back. Triple-buffered vsync is far better, and both AMD and Nvidia users can easily enable that with external injectors like D3dOverride. It is a phony setting , the only thing that rings true about it is the adaptive part because it can turn its self off( when you need it the most i might add) . And "normal" V-sync caps at 60 if that's whats your monitor packs in Hertz, just like adaptive V-sync , the only diference is that adaptive V-sync turns itself off when your 60(Capped !!!) frames drop bellow that , say to 59 ! So why would you use it ? I could give you a qick answer but you might not like it if you are using it , and my answer is you are using it becasue you are stupid :) . Depends on your needs more or less , if you are using V-sync for screen tearing then it does its job , but most people use if to create smoothness in troublesome areas of games where framerates might drop . Even if you are using it for screen tearing alone you are still an idiot , ok enough of that ... take care .

Oh yeah , forgot about it , a 500 watt power supply needed for a GTX 760 but a sandard 400watt one may suffice depending on what the rest of your components are . A 400 watt power supply may slow your system down a bit if it cannot meet power demands of your components .

Wait until after the holidays when prices will drop then get the GT 760 . At the time it's twice the price of the 650Ti but with twice its performance also . This is true for todays times , when buying cards also consider the future , because in the future games will be optimized for newer technology so i say twice the price but more than twice the performance , because future games will run much faster on the new technology . But alas 650 will suffice for Skyrim i agree , but if you want the best bang for the buck get the 760 like i said . Here's a chart that may help , look at the second one, "VIdeocard Value" : http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+650+Ti .

Adaptive V-sync is a marketing scam, it is targeted at newbs . Sorry to say it but any performance or fluidity increase you see with it , is just a placebo effect , the setting does nothing , absolutely nothing.

Also as far as i've read from other posters here ... again , i don't know about AMD cards but with the Nvidia drivers comes a setting "threaded optimization" which comes with a default "auto" which is just perfect as forcing it on would hinder performance in single core games and by forcing it off it would do the oppposite in games that take advantage of multiple CPU cores. I figure AMD cards should have it also since it seems like such a "no brainer setting" to have. Dragon Age Origins also sucks in 4 CPU cores as it is a CPU hog , it's very strange indeed, any other things , out of place besides low frame rate in these games ? Do you have this issue iin all games of just the ones mentioned ? Upgrating your CPU will be money thrown out the window because that is not a bottleneck , unless the CPU is defective by some extreme circumsstance , i say extreme circumstance because even if one of the billion transistors stops working the CPU will be toast and will fail to boot your system in the first place. More likely candidates for failure would be motherboards or even graphic cards , but motherboards more often , your system may still work with them defective but with issues .... Even a dual core will suffice for that card , i'm not joking , when it comes to gaming GPU's take most of the load , and by that i mean a 100 $ Cpu would be right for a 500$ card , 1/5 that's the optimal ratio in my opinion .

The cause of your problem is likely to be of other nature than that of your CPU . And certainly not that the CPU is outdated . One likely culprit could be faulty graphics drivers , especially if they were not installed on a clean system in the first place . So the rest i will copy paste from a thread i answered just some time ago , try this : "Try a diferent catalyst driver , though be careful , these pieces of software often have lefovers when unistalled the usual way . I know for sure that to be the case for Nvidia , i'm not sure about AMD , do some digging on the internet . Some basic universal rules would apply to radeon like to Nvidia , for example disable all third party programs interfering with you graphic card ,overclocker apps, monitoring apps and so on , whatever you use in conunction with your graphics card disable it all before unistaling the driver. Also unistall all the stuff that came with the driver first and after that the main graphics driver, restart PC.... Then use a driver cleaner and select the proper filters , more than one filter needed because first you have to wipe out traces of other things that came with the main driver. I run Driver Sweeper Driver Fusion , and DriverCleanerDotNet ( best of the bunch ) , i run all of these in case one misses something. The i run CCleaner . Now it's safe to install a new version of Catalyst , sigh , i know ....But it's worth the trouble i can assure you , better this small hassle than a complete windows reinstall right ?"

All the things i mentioned in my first post give an increase in playability i can attest for all through my own testing and i can assure you i am very meticulous in such matters . You can trust me or better yet test all the things i say in games though that may take some time , or don't trust me if you feel like it , it's all up to you mr "author". I feel like a bee that's gathered too much honey and must share :smile:.Putting common manners aside for a second i can brag about being a PC performance myth buster haha . Use d3d overrider as it uses its own built-in V-sync mechanism with only 4 mb of ram usage and it is very very well optimized , Nvidia Inspector.exe uses the Nvidia forceware V-sync's which are not as good , in some cases they can be complete crap, especially wuth the beta drivers. It doesn't have adaptive Vsync and it doesn't need it , because what does adaptive V-sync do ? it stops V-Sync when frames drop bellow a certain point ( relative to monitors refresh rate ) that's all it does . Why does it do that ? Because unlike D3DOverrider V-sync with 0.000 framedop , nada! zero ! the forceware version of V-sync eats a lot of frames when it's on, though it may stop its self when after a certain point, for example in "1/2adaptive" = 60hz/2 = 30 fps, which is a fairly low fps score and you will lose the benefit of V-sync smootheness when you need it the most. And in full adaptive V-sync it would be useless because by definition it will stop when it drops bellow 60fps( from a 60 hz monitor sync) which is inevitable considering V-sync caps most games at 60 fps . And as counter intuitive as it may freakin sound THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST at LOW FPS! I found that only V-sync and tripple buffering can save a game from becoming a complete slideshow in situations of 10-15 fps areas for example. The whole Adaptive V-sync idea is a fail , it was a fail before it even got on the drawing board , i mean just use common sense Nvidia , like i do , it ain't hard. Sorry for the late reply .

Try a diferent catalyst driver , though be careful , these pieces of software often have lefovers when unistalled the usual way . I know for sure that to be the case for Nvidia , i'm not sure about AMD , do some digging on the internet . Some basic universal rules would apply to radeon like to Nvidia , for example disable all third party programs interfering with you graphic card ,overclocker apps, monitoring apps and so on , whatever you use in conunction with your graphics card disable it all before unistaling the driver. Also unistall all the stuff that came with the driver first and after that the main graphics driver, restart PC.... Then use a driver cleaner and select the proper filters , more than one filter needed because first you have to wipe out traces of other things that came with the main driver. I run Driver Sweeper Driver Fusion , and DriverCleanerDotNet ( best of the bunch ) , i run all of these in case one misses something. The i run CCleaner . Now it's safe to install a new version of Catalyst , sigh , i know ....But it's worth the trouble i can assure you , better this small hassle than a complete windows reinstall right ?

Nvidia inspector doesn't have a FAQ or User manual , but it is a very useful tool , for those who know what they are doing or for those who have the time to try different settings and experiment. I gave you four tips on how to make your system run smoother yet i haven't given you a FPS increase with those , now i will , i forgot about this one . Use the monitor timming called CVT-RB ( aka coordinated video standard - reduced blanking) . Most modern monitor screens, LCD's and LED's support it , as for laptops i think it should pose no issues either . How to use it : enter you forceware settings menu, - Change resolution - Add resolutions- Create custom resolutions(think you will get a warning message here ) and from here look for "timing" or "standard" , and don't change anything else but this then save. You have do this procedure for every resolution you want to use, i do not have exact instructions because they vary depending on the forceare version you're using. If it's not already selected as default this setting will give a fps boost every game , even very old ones , it's a free FPS boost, no negative image quality impact or risks involved in this "trade". If your screen image doesn't fit and you cannot make it right with your monitor settings just revert back.....Repeat the procedure and just use simple CVT as it is the next best thing after CVT-RB. You may also want to look into a program called WinAAM , it manages the so called accoustic something , i don't know :D , well you just move a slider and it improves your mouse and keyboard responses.These kinds of issues were infamous with Oblivion . I found there is no diference between the 128 and 192 setting but the "254" setting will make your hardisks louder and an improvement in "access time" is given . You can actually feel the difference in performance in many games . If i think of any more tips 'ill come back ;) . And don't listen to these people telling you that beyond certain point you will not notice the difference , they are just lying to themselves and they are trying to corrupt you, THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR BETTER .....Yet do not buy anything , your hardware is top notch .

You seem to also have a small case of paranoia. I think anxiety if not to extreme levels , it can be beneficial as long as you can keep it under control. With anxiety comes heightened awareness about your environment it can also lead to the opposite in situations when it gets the best of you , so i call it a double edge sword , generally speaking...

Bandicam and Dxtory .

I decided i should ignore TRoaches as you should all , he is just making this conversation about democracy to stall if anything . My suspicion of him/her is that he is a religious zealot (though he denies it) , i,ve dealt with many , enough to recognise them when i see them , the thing is he is a closeted one and he's afraid to come out , pls ignore him in order to keep this important topic interesting , otherwise u'll keep responding to him , feed him , and soon u'll get bored and u'll all quit discussing about what's really important .