The best thing you can do there, is get a new video card. Processor is solid, RAM plenty.
Some guys made good suggestions for a GPU already, i would add that an AMD R9 270x you can pick up for about what you want to spend. DO get a card with at least 2GB of DDR5 VRAM, 3 GB or even 4 being the best choice here.
Having 16GB of RAM will
not improve your performance here unless you are running loads of stuff in the background that is eating up all the memory. 666MHz for Ram seems slow, in fact I didn't know they made DDR3 that slow. so putting in faster RAM will help but don't expect a huge FPS gain just from faster RAM.
Couple of decently priced GPU options:
http://www.ncixus.co...anufacture=ASUS
http://www.ncixus.co...anufacture=ASUS
If you do build another comp from scratch, you can move this new video card over no problem. Your processor is good though so I don't see too much of a need to upgrade yet. Chances are if you wanted, you could find a 3rd gen Intel i7 to drop in there for a decent price.
Another thing... how long since you've done a nice fresh Windows install? That can work wonders.
Also, check that you are running Windows 64 bit and not 32 bit. You can do this by right clicking my computer and selecting properties. This is a big deal because if you are only running 32 bit then you are only using half of that RAM.
Shamous13, on 23 July 2014 - 11:12 AM, said:
do you have a custom user cfg set up for mwo? start out with the following. turning off the cockpit glass is an instant 5+fps gain. turning off the grain makes things look better cl_fov is the variable for your feild of view play with it. each time you edit the file you need to restart mwo.
cl_fov = 85
gp_option_ShowCockpitGlass=0
r_DepthOfField=1
r_HDRGrainAmount=0.0
Edeit. also in game settings turn off damage glow, and turn shadows and particle effects to low.
Keep in mind the default FOV is 60, and going higher will drop your FPS.
Setting these:
gp_option_ShowCockpitGlass=0
r_DepthOfField=0
r_HDRGrainAmount=0.0
like so, should result in some FPS gains though how much I can't say.
Edited by cSand, 23 July 2014 - 11:59 AM.