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i7 920...Time to upgrade?

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Got a couple of heavily overclocked GTX 470s and an i7 920 clocked at 4.2GHz.

Gaming at 1920x1080 with lots of AA would I notice an improvement in upgrading to a Sandybridge/Bulldozer setup? I'm guessing not a large enough one to warrant an upgrade but I've read very little about these new CPUs.
 
Agree with that, the chip you have (at it's current overclock) is still a mighty performer.
You'd be upgrading for benchmark scores and not much else really.

Definitely hold off on the CPU upgrade for a while yet.
 
not worth it, i doubt your i7 is even being used to its fullest for gaming right now.

the current sandybridge are the i5 replacements, so the current i7's are still pretty much top end.

if u really want to upgrade, i would wait for the newer i7's to come out later this year, but even then i doubt it'll be worth it
 
Hi, your CPU at 4.2GHz will still be a killer for a good while yet. :) My CPU is the same as yours at 4.2GHz got no intensions upgrading yet its still a first class CPU. :)
 
as above. a i7 920 @ 4.2 is amongst the best out there, should be able to handle anything out there with ease

... but then again how much has the "upgrade bug" suckered you in :p
 
as said above, save your money. Got the same cpu at 3.9ghz, didn't find the need to clock it any higher, because no game ever used 100% of all 4 cores.
As you I also game at 1080p.
 
Im running a very similair setup to the op, same resolution almost, (1920x1200). Tbh, an i7 @4ghz is overkill for games. What gpu/s your running will have more of an impact on games, and there isnt many that sli 470's will struggle with. Prior to the i7 920 i had a 3.8ghz q6600, 3.8ghz q9550, for gaming there was virtually no difference upgrading to the i7, bar the option of sli/xfire at dual x16.
 
I now run my i7 920 at stock these days, mine can do 4.2Ghz all day long on low volts, but i don't see the point atm the run it at these speeds as nothing out that i use even remotely taxes this cpu.

Save your monies until early next year, then see what out or coming out from AMD & Intel.
 
Unless there is substantial gains, and I mean pretty godamn substantial, i7 920 will smoke anything for a while yet.

Especially at 4.2
 
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