So I'll write most gamers won't be happy on that. It's your entry level gamer so you expect entry level effects. I've seen "crazy?" frame drops on all cards. To combat this you know to drop from say Ultra to Low and enjoy the game.
My son has the GTX 970 and says it's very nice. Benchmarks and reviews seem to agree.
Since you are broke, why do this now? The longer you wait the better it gets.
Hello CNET community ,
I would be very thankful for an advice on what CPU and GPU should I get for streaming Fallout 3/New Vegas filled with modes (read scripts, basically I could say it's at least twice as much both CPU and GPU demanding as the vanilla game).
First of all, I can give like $300-$400 for both CPU and GPU together (I think I dont need more for the purpose of streaming a 7 year old game), and every saved buck means a lot (especially considering the fact I'm completely broke atm 
). Basically I'm looking for a minimum nice working configuration for streaming FO3/NV on say 1080p at 30fps.
Now the important info is that the game(s) are quite cpu demanding (cause of mods/scripts) and they use 2 CORES ONLY. Therefore I know that i5 (actually even i3) would serve the best for gaming only. But when you include streaming, will those 2 remaining cores of i5 be able to cope with the task given? And I think it's not a good idea (not possible ) to try to find an i7 from that price range (around $200).
Basically, for the CPU I'm thinking between i5 6400 and AMD FX-8350 (being approx the same price), or maybe I could invest in 6600k or FX-9590 if needed (but that would make me less happy). But what do u think about i5 6400 vs FX-8350 for this task? I've read several times that FX-8350 is considered the best budget gaming&streaming CPU on the market, but I'm worried about its fps drops (and that's basically the biggest issue in the game(s) I wanna stream - sometimes too many scripts trigger and fps drops like 10 times for a sec (on my current dual core machine)), but on the other hand I've read that fps while streaming on i5 drops A LOT cause of its not very good multitasking capabilities, but then again I'll have completely free 2 cores. Please help, this is one of the most complex decisions I've had to make in my life. xD
And then the GPU. Do I really need a GTX 960 - class GPU for this task? I was thinking about GTX 960 or R9 380, and then I've kinda decided in the favor of GTX (again cause of Radeon's crazy fps drops in crucial moments), but now I'm thinking, maybe GTX 950 would do the task just fine?
And what do you think about $110 GTX 750 Ti?
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