Effects on processor for gaming

[thecremeegg]

I currently have an overclocked e6400 and am looking to upgrade. Whats out there for around £200 that will be good for gaming? Will I see much of a difference in my games or not? Worth it?

Cheers

 

[thecremeegg]

Thing is I've just upgraded to a 4870 and I seem to be at the bottom end of all benchmarks. For example in vantage I get a mere 5400 points which is nothing, 8800GTs are getting higher scores than that. Also in things like Farcry 2, my FPS scores seem to be a fair bit down on other people and the only thing I can think of is the CPU?

 

[thecremeegg]

Yea thats what I was thinking, my CPU has a small cache which probably isnt helping. Cheers

 

[thecremeegg]

But does it matter, do you find games don't play well ? Your'e at the bottom end of benchmarks for the same card but are you experiencing bad gameplay ? To be honest, with a 3.2 ghz core 2, I think any benefits you see will be marginal. It's all good for applications, especially dcc apps to add more cpu power but I expect it will make no important difference to games.
I'd spend it on monitor / peripherals or software - games or other.

I upgraded so I could max out games like fallout 3 at 1920x1200, but currently its struggling at that res. COD4 is fine, but fallout seems to be too much which is annoying seeing as its hardly cutting edge graphically. Dont need to spend money on monitor or peripherals, 24inch is enough for me

 

[thecremeegg]

Sounds like thats the path I need to follow then