Tech Help Am I due for an upgrade?

[Sgt. McAwesome]

I am not too sure if I want to go for an upgrade on any components, but a lot of these big PC titles like Witcher 3 and Fallout 4 are going past even minimum specs (Fallout 4 barely passes the unapproved point for my PC, only being the GPU that isn't up to par)

Here are my specs:

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz
Manufacturer Intel
Speed 3.2 GHz
Number of Cores 4

Video Card AMD Radeon HD 7500 Series
Manufacturer ATI
Chipset AMD Radeon HD 7500 Series
Dedicated Memory 1008.7 MB
Total Memory 4.0 GB

Memory 8.2 GB

Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 (build 10240), 64-bit
Service Pack 0
Size 64 Bit
Edition

Display Maximum Resolution 1920 x 1080

DVD TSSTcorp DVD+-RW SH-216DB

HDD
Size 930.3 GB

Most obvious would be my graphics card. I'm not expecting "OMG ULTRA 1080 60FPS," but I'm simply looking for that mix of glorious and playable.

If anyone can give me a few pointers on how to upgrade---if I have to upgrade---and what to do. Thanks.

 

[ChocolateVillain]

Depends if you feel your gaming experience is not enjoyable anymore.

CPU wise you can always go up to an i7 3770k for the hyper threading if your motherboard supports overclocking and if you can find one for a decent price :/

Biggest and most noticeable upgrade would be a GPU.

You can pick up a AMD 390 / Nivida 970 around the $320 range which will be the high end of GPU's.

You can also go Nividia 960 / AMD 380/380x around the $220 range which would be the mid range of GPU's.

Last but not least would be the AMD 370 / Nvidia 950 around the $150 range which would be the low end range of GPU's.

You can always throw in an SSD too which I would always recommend for people to do to improve their computer experience.

 

[Cloakedsphere]

Never base your build off what a company thinks its game needs to run. They cant possibly recreate everyone's personal computers to come up with a baseline. Those are merely suggestions at best and you should take those with a grain of salt.

Your graphics card lacks any information that is useful in terms of having us help you. It is simply saying what series the graphics card is in and not the specific model. AMD/ATI made a 7500M which is a graphics chip and not a graphics card. So if you're on some sort of laptop then you're kinda stuck.

If I have to make any suggestion, it would be to figure out what speeds your RAM are and figure out what you have for a graphics card.