Hello all you smart, tech-savvy people...
I've been thinking about upgrading my Area 51 ALX, purchased in 2007 (if I remember correctly). It has an AMD 6800 eries graphics card (which shows up twice in the config, for some reason) and the specs detailed below.
I've been having trouble with some newer games. Watchdogs, for example, crashes incessantly and gives all kinds of video grief, KSP 24 stutters (and I know this happens with a lot of Windows users), and even games like Skyrim have been giving me trouble.
I have thought about both upgrading the RAM and the video card. I'm pretty sure I could do that, but I'm not sure whether it's a good idea, which video card to get (GTX 780? HD7970?), or whether I should have two, which seems to be a subject.
Any hep would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and sorry that the system config file below is in French, but I assume anyone who knows enough to answer my question would know what the relevent bits are.
Système d’exploitation Microsoft Windows 7 Professionnel
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Informations supplémentaires Non disponible
Éditeur Microsoft Corporation
Ordinateur OFFICE
Fabricant Alienware
Modèle Area 51
Type PC à base de x64
Processeur Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 970 @ 3.20GHz, 3201 MHz, 6 cœur(s), 12 processeur(s) logique(s)
Version du BIOS/Date Alienware A10, 27/04/2010
Version SMBIOS 2.5
Répertoire Windows C:\Windows
Répertoire système C:\Windows\system32
Périphérique de démarrage \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Option régionale France
Couche d’abstraction matérielle Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
Mémoire physique (RAM) installée 6.00 Go
Mémoire physique totale 5.99 Go
Mémoire physique disponible 2.88 Go
Mémoire virtuelle totale 12.0 Go
Mémoire virtuelle disponible 7.90 Go
Espace pour le fichier d’échange 5.99 Go
Fichier d’échange C:\pagefile.sys