Soldato
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- 10 Aug 2006
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For the last few months, I have been going back and fourth trying to decide which would be the best way to upgrade.
For example, I contemplated upgrading:
existing CPU to a quad such as the Q6600.
replace my 8800 GTX with a 460.
Do a complete system upgrade via AMD route, such as the Phenom II.
Do a complete system upgrade via Intel route, such as the i5 760.
But I'm actually wondering if just upgrading the GPU or CPU would be enough. The problems I have with games at present, are when more objects are on screen at once - such as the horde in L4D2, and lots of players and particles in TF2. I noticed the same thing in other games outside the source engine, such as in MW2 and GTA IV - the more on screen and the more my fps dipped really low and the game felt all laggy.
So I want to figure out if there is a cost effective solution to all this, instead of forking out on a whole new system that may be unnecessary to achieve what I want in games.
I'm just a bit perplexed as to which is more important in my case; CPU or GPU or both? This is because I often here how more important GPU's are these days, it left me wondering if simply shoving in a ATI 6870 would do the job.
My CPU is also limited to 2.4ghz at the moment, while I sort out my case cooling.
For example, I contemplated upgrading:
existing CPU to a quad such as the Q6600.
replace my 8800 GTX with a 460.
Do a complete system upgrade via AMD route, such as the Phenom II.
Do a complete system upgrade via Intel route, such as the i5 760.
But I'm actually wondering if just upgrading the GPU or CPU would be enough. The problems I have with games at present, are when more objects are on screen at once - such as the horde in L4D2, and lots of players and particles in TF2. I noticed the same thing in other games outside the source engine, such as in MW2 and GTA IV - the more on screen and the more my fps dipped really low and the game felt all laggy.
So I want to figure out if there is a cost effective solution to all this, instead of forking out on a whole new system that may be unnecessary to achieve what I want in games.
I'm just a bit perplexed as to which is more important in my case; CPU or GPU or both? This is because I often here how more important GPU's are these days, it left me wondering if simply shoving in a ATI 6870 would do the job.
My CPU is also limited to 2.4ghz at the moment, while I sort out my case cooling.