traxxton Tomorrow

I ended up getting 2 GTX 970's for my computer. Framerate is doubled over using the ATI 7970. I have SLI disabled so its really only using 1 card, but my problem must have been using the ati graphics.

I ran a few tests using the link and got 365ms ping 7.27 Mbps download 1.20 Mbps upload. I live in PA using Pen Tel Data cable modem. Nothing else in the house was downloading at the time.

Im getting the graphics card unrelated to SL, but figured it could help. I ran a speed test. Im getting a ping of 8ms, download speed of 7.58 Mbps, and an upload speed of 1.89 Mbps.

Next month im getting a GTX 980. Im wondering, while I am upgrading is there a *reasonable* CPU upgrade available. I would also be getting a matching mobo and ram. I currently have a ATI 7970, I5-3570K @ 4.4ghz, 32gb ram @ 1600mhz, asrock Z77, and ssd for storage. I could afford under 1k for the cpu, ram, mobo. I am running win 8.1 64bit and 1080 resoultion. I havent been too happy with my framerate. I will only use the firestorm viewer, and currently use the 32bit as it seems faster then the 64bit. I have cable internet and mostly keep firestorm's settings near low to get good 30+fps. Anyways, just wondering if there is anything worth the cost to upgrade over my i5-3570k or just keep it for a while. Thanks!