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Razargh

Razargh

Razargh

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Hey guys, i have these components:

i5 760 @ 4GHz
Asus P7P55D-e
4x 2GB Dominator RAM 1600Mhz
XFX HD6850 Black Edition
Corsair A50 Cooler
Antec 900 Case
500GB Seagate HDD

I've just purchased 3 x 21inch monitors and going for Eyefinity and i'm scared that i wont be able to play game at High FPS at High/Ultra settings.

Is it worth me updating to the new Ivybridge CPU's, Mobos and upgrading to the new HD7000 cards when they are released or should i just upgrade the graphics card to one of the 6900 series or 7000 series when they are released?
 
With a single HD 6850 and a 5760x1080 eyefinity resolution (presuming the 21in monitors you went for are 1080p) then you really can't expect modern games to run well and look good.

Unfortunately, it looks like your motherboard's second PCI-E slot only runs at x4 speed - so running two high-end graphics cards in it (like two HD 6950 2GBs) is not the best idea.

Personally, I would keep the existing CPU, buy a second hand P55 motherboard which does CF/SLI at x8/x8 speeds and invest in a pair of high-end graphics card. My suggestion would be to go for two HD 6950 2GBs, since they are rather quick, scale very well in crossfire and have a large ammount of VRAM - which is useful for the high resolutions you will be running.
 
I'm just worried about getting a new mobo for 1156 and missing out on newer tech such as PCI-e 3, and all the new 22mn cpu's.
 
Well if your budget can bear it then selling on both the CPU and motherboard and buying a P67/Z68 (with PCIe 3)and i5 2500K is a good option, but you would be lucky to get £150 for your existing board and CPU. As it stands an i5 760 @4GHz should be able to handle any game you can throw at it - especially when you are going to be so GPU bottlenecked due to your massive resolution.

As for a 28nm graphics card, they look like they will be powerful - but don't expect them until the start of next year. Until then you won't be able to play games well on your shiny eyeifinity setup (you are best off sticking with a single 1080p monitor with a HD 6850), so it's a question of "are you prepared to wait to use your eyefinity setup properly?".
 
Well ive got some offers for my pc, and i wont be selling till after xmas, so early next year i'm looking to update hopefully the new tech is released by then, i know the 6850 can run most of the games i play well enough its just Battlefield 3 and newer games next year.

Wanting to get a nice build early so i can just transition to crossfire when needed hopefully get 2-3 years out of it.
 
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