Add graphics card or upgrade CPU ?

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Hi Everyone,
I have been running Call of Duty MW2 @ 1280x1024 with no problems at all with my current set-up (see sig below)
But I have been reading on here about "Black Ops" which is a cpu hungry game.
I am getting the game soon, It's on my list to Santa, but I was wondering if adding another 8800GT for around 40-50 quid was a good idea or would it be better to invest in a faster cpu ? say Q6600 or something because one review says this game runs well on the Quad cpu's, I could sell the old E6550 conroe to recover some cash.
Or should I wait to see if the game runs first ?
Going to see if there is a demo to download !
 
Cheers chaps thanks for the advice, may hang fire but keep an eye out for a cheap Q6600 or Q6700 if it fails to run.
( Cheers Kenz sounds promising )
 
Update.... Hi everyone, been running Black Ops with my current set-up and I only dropped the texture quality down to normal and the Anti Aliasing to off and I can win a few games so it's working OK. ( I must say the game looks a lot better on High Texture )

I have a bit cash put to one side anyway to up rate the cpu so I might as well keep improving while I can, cos next year the games maybe out of the range of this set-up.

I have been playing WaW ,Black Ops ,Railworks2 ,EmpireTotal War, sometimes MS flightsim X ( no comments about the trainsim please)

Just wondering which is the best way to go. Been looking at the Q6700 and Q6600 and Q8300.
Is quad the answer for games that I play or is the fastest 2 core still gonna be better, or have I got it all wrong any help would be great.
Never really looked at 2 core Socket 775 is there any bargain chips knocking about?
cheers
 
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