To buy or not to buy..

Morthoseth · 15 May 2009 at 21:08

So, currently owning a Q6600, Asus Striker Extreme and an 8800GTX... with ~£6-700 to spend, and the 150-200 i'd get for what i already have in my computer... how much of an improvement do you expect i'm likely to see?

I run a 30" Dell monitor at 2550x1600, and cant actually game at that resolution on more recent games with my current setup.

*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz @ 4.00GHz / Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 Motherboard / Kingston HyperX 6GB 12800C9 1600MHz DDR3 Bundle £589.98

XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2048MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £248.99

Happy · 15 May 2009 at 21:09

Should be a sizeable gain in performance, and currently that's about the best upgrade you can get for your budget.

RJC · 15 May 2009 at 21:25

Agree with Happy, you would see a good improvent, hopefully my 4870X2 should be coming next week

Happy · 15 May 2009 at 21:28

^^ Alright for some

Morthoseth · 15 May 2009 at 21:29

Should be fun, considering i have never overclocked my Q6600, 2.4ghz - 4.0 will be nice at least, i just hope running games at 2550x1600 will become feasable

Happy · 15 May 2009 at 21:31

Most things should run at that res on high settings bar Crysis etc, which will play fine at 1920x1200.

RJC · 15 May 2009 at 21:34

Happy said:
^^ Alright for some

Not being delivered until next Friday though!!!