2 x framerate in games

rallyslag · 23 Oct 2010 at 23:57

I have had my old trusty e6600 for 4 years now , chugging away at 3.4 GHz, along winth a gainward factory clocked 4780x2 . It still plays most games maxed out at 1920 x 1200 .
Up untill i bought this cpu i usually upgraded every 12 to 18 months (good old moors law

) . I want to upgrade becouse i hav`nt for ages and am getting withdrawlls

.

Now my question .... Will a new quad core clocked to 4 ghz and a new 6 serise amd gpu double framerates or somewere near ????

I know its not an exact science , but you get my drift . I dont benchmark or buy for the sake of it ( allough i love new kit) . just feel an upgrade is in order.

What do you rekon. For gaming is it really worth a £600 + upgrade at the moment ???

Boozebeard · 23 Oct 2010 at 23:58

If it's playing all your games ok then obviously it's not worth paying for an upgrade at the moment but that's not really what this is about is it?

rallyslag · 24 Oct 2010 at 00:02

Boozebeard said:
If it's playing all your games ok then obviously it's not worth paying for an upgrade at the moment but that's not really what this is about is it?

Your right obviouslly , just trying to talk myself into some new bits

Also trying to get to 100 posts before i order

Jony27 · 24 Oct 2010 at 00:04

if you really want some "new" bits wait for the 69xx series

d_brennen · 24 Oct 2010 at 00:05

Double - probably not. You will see a nice improvement though.

What are you playing at the moment?

Farore · 24 Oct 2010 at 00:17

I sometimes feel like buying new parts too - truth be told - but my old machine with a slightly overclocked Q6600 and the old mid level graphics card plays everything on my monitor maxed out. So what is the benefit of buying new parts?

A wise man once told me - buy according to your needs - not what's new.

rallyslag · 24 Oct 2010 at 00:25

d_brennen said:
Double - probably not. You will see a nice improvement though.

What are you playing at the moment?

All sorts . A lot off lockon2, black shark and IL2. Also many rts`s like TOW . And i play a lot of Fps`s . so basically if you can play it , i Do

AS a note : I just brought NFS shift from gamers gate only a tenner ... WHat pants that is

. Oh yeh i also play rfactor .... :cool:

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