A guide to identifying gaming PC performance bottlenecks

[James]

A guide to identifying gaming PC performance bottlenecks

We take a look at which components could be causing performance lag in your gaming system

[TBlaar]

I have just determined that I need a new CPU, GPU, More RAM and a better, faster and newer HDD.

[ZAP_Tech]

Where did you get that image of the hardrive looks very old and rusted and to bug to fit a current case... As for bottlenecks goes i think i might have one some where but i an upgrading soon anyway so hopefully it will go away.

[HavocXphere]

Pretty well thought through article & tests. Props.

Not convinced by the Crysis/Far Cry suggestion to test CPU bottleneck though. SupCom on the other hand is a good suggestion.

There is an alternative though: Open up the Win7 resource monitor. Those graphs have 60seconds history so you can ALT-TAB out of the game & see.

[afsrav]

I have determined that I need a new pc! Informative article though.

[steaksauce]

Seems like I'm still good.
Good article man.

[Vleis]

I still believe when buying a new PC the 2 most important components to buy is a good motherboard and CPU. Everything else is pretty much easily upgradable. I am also getting tired of having my Windows Experience Index's base score being limited by my Hard Drive Disk. I would really like to upgrade to a SSD but they are still so expensive!!