Which upgrade? Cant decide!

shuggans · May 17, 2008

So I have my current system running on the MSI k9a2 CF V2 790x with an athlon x2 4000+, with 2 gigs of OCZ gold 800 DDR2 pc6400 ram, and a sapphire radeon hd 2600xt with 512mb of gddr3. within the next 2 months Im going to be upgrading to a sapphire radeon hd 3870 toxic/vaporx, and also a phenom x4 9850 black edition. Would I see more performance with games on my machine if I upgraded the GPU, or would i get more out of it if I went for the am2+ to unlock the pc 1066??? Im goingto do both upgrades soon, i just want the better of the 2 first

Wile E · May 17, 2008

GPU, without a doubt. Modern games are gpu limited way more than cpu.

And besides, all you need to do to run your ram at 1066MHz is OC.

Widjaja · May 17, 2008

Sigh. . . .

The downfall of PC gaming.
Having to upgrade the GPU every year to get the best enjoyment from the latest titles.

JC316 · May 17, 2008

GPU for sure. Your CPU is strong enough right now to handle the latest games, but your GPU isn't.

hat · May 17, 2008

Looks like it's the GPU then

System Name	CORSAIR
Processor	AMD Phenom 1090T x6 @3.2
Motherboard	Gigabyte Ga-78LMT-S2P
Cooling	High efficiency dust cooling
Memory	8GB GSkill DDR3 1333
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon HD3870 512MB GDDR4 PCI-e toxic
Storage	Seagate SV35.3 ST3250310SV 250GB SATAII(Windows 7 Pro x64), 320GB Samsung SATAII(Storage and SuSE)
Display(s)	Dell 20" LCD, Dell 17" LCD
Power Supply	Antec Cool Blue 650W Modular
Software	Windows 7 Professional SP1, Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate

System Name	The ClusterF**k
Processor	980X @ 4Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 BIOS F12
Cooling	MCR-320, DDC-1 pump w/Bitspower res top (1/2" fittings), Koolance CPU-360
Memory	3x2GB Mushkin Redlines 1600Mhz 6-8-6-24 1T
Video Card(s)	Evga GTX 580
Storage	Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB, 2xSeagate 320GB RAID0; 2xSeagate 3TB; 2xSamsung 2TB; Samsung 1.5TB
Display(s)	HP LP2475w 24" 1920x1200 IPS
Case	Technofront Bench Station
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte into Onkyo SR606 and Polk TSi200's + RM6750
Power Supply	ENERMAX Galaxy EVO EGX1250EWT 1250W
Software	Win7 Ultimate N x64, OSX 10.8.4

System Name	Darth Obsidious
Processor	Intel i5 2500K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V/Gen3
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212+ in Push Pull
Memory	2X4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	ASUS R9 270x TOP
Storage	128GB Samsung 830 SSD, 1TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green
Display(s)	LG IPS234V-PN
Case	Corsair Obsidian 650D
Audio Device(s)	Infrasonic Quartet
Power Supply	Corsair HX650w
Software	Windows 7 64bit and Windows XP Home
Benchmark Scores	2cm mark on bench with a razor blade.

System Name	Budget Gaming
Processor	AMD FX6300
Motherboard	Gigabyte 880GMA-USB3
Cooling	Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Memory	8GB Ripjaws DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	HD7850 1GB
Storage	1TB Sata2
Display(s)	Acer 24" LED
Case	Generic black
Audio Device(s)	Stock onboard
Power Supply	FSP Aurum Gold 650W
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

Which upgrade? Cant decide!

shuggans

Wile E

Power User

Widjaja

JC316

Knows what makes you tick

hat

Enthusiast