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I want to switch to intel

Agh so many different choices, I just can't justify spending another £150 on a gfx card which doesn't seem to have too much of an increase in performance :/
 
I had the same CPU with my 7970 and can confirm it was quite choppy at times in Skyrim and Bf3. When I switched to a 3570k it was smooth as butter. I'd say the CPU upgrade would be the best bet and futureproof you if you can afford one.
 
You need to upgrade both ideally, imo you might be better off just waiting (and saving) until Haswell & the next set of GPU's come out and upgrade both at the same time.
 
I can afford a much much bigger upgrade, but I hate spending money which is i guess my real 'issue', I detest spending money but adore my computer so I'm torn between the two. I might just scream 'yolo' and get the 3570k, can i just overclock that?
 
habbyster said:
Okay..so I've been told the 3570k is prime to overheat easily?
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Only if you put on a mad overclock. Should be fine at ~4ghz.

As for the 7850, the new 12.11 drivers really gives a huge performance boost to these cards (about 20% odd at best), and not to mention the overclocking potential of the 7850 as well: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18389760

It will eat the 460 for breakfast. Anandtech is good for comparing but they use outdated drivers sadly.
 
~>Dg<~ said:
shows benchmark of amd game based benchmark :p
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Not to mention that single player/game benchmark don't even tell half the story comparing to playing games online. Most of the circumstances/game situation designed for single player campaign or benchmark isn't anywhere as demanding as actual gaming environment when gaming online.
 
Still, it does at least show that AMD are back in the game for the time being. I would personally go intel, but remember that intel are changing sockets in under a year.
 
you say that but i managed to get a i5 2500k for £130 and brought a b grade mobo from this site for £60 and from the looks of the mobo it was brand new as it still had its plastic seal on it..
 
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