Hi,
I'm looking for some advice please, my current setup is as follows:
Phenom II 945 (OC to 3.2Ghz)
N560GTX-448 cores Twin Frozr III Power Edition
ASUS M4A89GTD-PRO motherboard
8 Gig DDR3 (not sure of speed)
The PC is used for gaming and i'm looking to upgrade (i'm thinking this could be the last upgrade for a while as I have a baby on the way
. Anyway, my current set up works well for the games i'm playing now at 1920x1080 and i'm not looking to increase the resolution i play at. I'm looking at a budget of about 450 + whatever I could sell my current video card/mobo/cpu for (any ideas what the video card would be worth?).
My question is, what is the best option I have to increase performance in games of the future i.e. the next gen games that are on their way. Initially I was thinking a new video card such as a 770 but would my processor bottleneck it?, and if so by how much?
If my current CPU/mobo will not do justice to the latest video cards, what are my options regarding getting a new cpu/mobo and gfx card? would it really be worth upgrading my current components if i have to get all three and stay within budget?
Any suggestions welcome please - I want to be sure i make the right choice as it could be a while before I upgrade again!
thanks for reading
I'm looking for some advice please, my current setup is as follows:
Phenom II 945 (OC to 3.2Ghz)
N560GTX-448 cores Twin Frozr III Power Edition
ASUS M4A89GTD-PRO motherboard
8 Gig DDR3 (not sure of speed)
The PC is used for gaming and i'm looking to upgrade (i'm thinking this could be the last upgrade for a while as I have a baby on the way

My question is, what is the best option I have to increase performance in games of the future i.e. the next gen games that are on their way. Initially I was thinking a new video card such as a 770 but would my processor bottleneck it?, and if so by how much?
If my current CPU/mobo will not do justice to the latest video cards, what are my options regarding getting a new cpu/mobo and gfx card? would it really be worth upgrading my current components if i have to get all three and stay within budget?
Any suggestions welcome please - I want to be sure i make the right choice as it could be a while before I upgrade again!
thanks for reading