zadow30 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Hello! Christmas is right around the corner and Im planning on upgrading my computer. Thing is, I dont know what to upgrade. I want to be able to run Skyrim smoother than I do now, but I dont know what would help more, a new cpu or a new gpu. My specs are: Windows 7, 64-bitAMD Radeon HD 6670 1 GB DDR3AMD Athlon II X4 650 processor (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz10 GB RAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghoulz Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 (edited) I would say a card with 2 GB. Can't help anymore than that. Never used AMD cards. Edited December 17, 2012 by Ghoulz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilrejected Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I say grab the AMD 7970 more VRAM will improve things, not a AMD user so can't say about the processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadow30 Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Anyone with AMD experience that can point me in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fms1 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Definitely a video card, depending on what you want to achieve performance wise. Any decent 2gb (ATI) card should be able to run Skyrim on Ultra, but if you want all the bells and whistles with high- res. textures and tons of mods you may want to look for a 3gb (ATI) card, not only for the extra vram but better GPU as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zadow30 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Definitely a video card, depending on what you want to achieve performance wise. Any decent 2gb (ATI) card should be able to run Skyrim on Ultra, but if you want all the bells and whistles with high- res. textures and tons of mods you may want to look for a 3gb (ATI) card, not only for the extra vram but better GPU as well.Any card in particular as far as 2gb or 3gb go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fms1 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 For a 2gb card a 6970 or maybe a 6950, for 3gb a 7950 or 7970. Seeing that you have a 6670 I would be more inclined to go with a 7970 if you can afford it. Also the 89XX series have been announced to be out around February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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