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what Graphics card to get???

luke123 said:
The psu will be replaced with a better unit, did i not mention this?

Yeah but my pc will not just be used for gaming
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Don't think you mentioned PSU upgrade in this thread...may be you mentioned it in another?

And even not for gaming, the i3 2100 still outperform the Q6600:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/53?vs=289

While the Q6600 would do well in games that use all four cores, it simply does not perform well on CPU intensive games-mmo in particular that use 2 cores or less. I got my Q6600 overclocked to 3.6GHz and in Global Agenda, during intensive moments with lots of things on happening on screen my frame rate would drop to low 20s, and the GPU usage on my 5850 drop to 60%, so my Q6600 at 3.6GHz is clearly bottlenecking my 5850 during those scenes. And bare in mind that Global Agenda uses 3 cores, which is already better than WOW.

Q6600 with no to little overclock in WOW (which is more CPU intensive than Global Agenda, and only uses 1-2 cores), you will be looking at slideshow at 10-15fps regardless of what graphic card you using.

If you are not playing WOW but only newer games that would use 3-4 cores, then a Q6600 would be fine...but if you do play WOW a lot...seriously, consider the i3 2100.
 
I only play wow occasionaly, not that much, im more into racing games than anything :D

I wouldnt mind putting R Factor on the pc im building :D
 
luke123 said:
I only play wow occasionaly, not that much, im more into racing games than anything :D

I wouldnt mind putting R Factor on the pc im building :D
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Just read your other thread...didn't realise you don't have much money to spend since you didn't mention budget in this thread.

With that said, PSU upgrade is a MUST, but I think you already know that. I would recommend getting the Corsair CX430 V2 for around £30. Also, stick with you existing board and grab a 2nd hand Q6600 (should be around £50-£60).

I trying googling your monitor, but didn't really come back with spec. I did find a photo of the monitor, and from the look of it it should be a 17" 4:3 ratio 1280x1024 res monitor I think? For that res either anything at 8800GT/9800GT 512MB or above would be fine, but if you want dx11 support, pick up a 6670 instead, which cost just £60~ new.
 
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Marine-RX179 said:
Just read your other thread...didn't realise you don't have much money to spend since you didn't mention budget in this thread.

With that said, PSU upgrade is a MUST, but I think you already know that. I would recommend getting the Corsair CX430 V2 for around £30. Also, stick with you existing board and grab a 2nd hand Q6600 (should be around £500-£60).

I trying googling your monitor, but didn't really come back with spec. I did find a photo of the monitor, and from the look of it it should be a 17" 4:3 ration 1280x1024 res monitor I think? For that res either anything at 8800GT/9800GT 512MB or above would be fine, but if you want dx11 support, pick up a 6670 instead, which cost just £60~ new.
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Yeah, It's and expensive hobby pc building :(:D

But oh well :D

Yeah, Ok i will have alook at the cards you mentioned :D
 
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