I've got an old old old i7 920 (2.6ghz) that's still

>>51554148
Get an i7 970, then get an r9 290

http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2182-fallout-4-cpu-benchmark-huge-performance-difference

Going by passmark a stock clocked 920 is about 10% slower than a A10-7870. So looks like ~40fps average on medium. I don't know if medium includes any CPU heavy features that could be turned down more, or if they've optimized the game since then.

>>51554229
*though this one would seem to say it would be 51FPS on Ultra with a 980 Ti. since it's around the same speed as an 860k:
http://www.techspot.com/review/1089-fallout-4-benchmarks/page5.html

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the game is cpu heavy as it uses a shit ton of draw cells for the high shadow render distance

your gpu isn't that good but it's not like a new gpu is going to solve the cpu bottleneck

>>51554148
see if your board supports xeons, then get one with an unlocked multiplier and oc the shit out of it. then get a 290 to go with it

cpus to look for: x5687, x5670 etc
the quad cores overclock a little higher, but if you'll use 12 threads get the six core

I'm using an x5687 at 4.7ghz and it's sweet

i have the same cpu, i upgraded my gtx 275 with a r9 380 2gb and it runs all the games at 60 fps on high.

My phenomII x6 1055T is running at 2.3ghz with turbo turned off and paired with a 750.

I'm playing fallout 4 at 1920x1080 all settings on medium at a stable 60fps.

This old CPU is a real workhorse it turns out, I just wish I could overclock it, they're known for being really overclockable with speeds of 4.2ghz often attainable but mine must have almost been a reject because it barely OC's at all before becoming unstable. Shame.

>>51554148
I got equaly old i7 950 and a shitty gtx 460. Surprisingly it runs on LOW at very playable framerate in fallout4. Got arroud 20 hours in already

>>51554280
The 1055t's stock clock is 2.8GHz.

>>51554291
I know, i've underclocked it for stability reasons, that's why i've got turbo turned off.

>>51554270
you're telling me we actually have a game that uses moar coars now?

>>51555338
consoles have moar cores now too

and that's the only hardware game devs bother to optimize for

>>51554148
who is this semen demon?