Is there any point in upgrading anymore?

still got
x6 1055t
4gb ram
gtx460 1gb

see no point in upgrading and whenever i compare graphics cards it just seems like theres barely any performance upgrade for what it would cost...

might upgrade next year if its worth while but i doubt it will be until new consoles come out
 
I need to upgrade, purely because mine is 6-7 years old.

AMD X2 64 4400+, 2gb ram + 2 8800GT GFX cards.

Need a new one to max newer games but it still plays most on average settings, plus its holding back my photo editing.
 
tripple screen and/or 1440p, or 120hz can require quite a lot of hardware to run at there best
plus ofcourse games that run poorly whatever :), or running multiple copies of games
 
I'm sticking to a single gtx 580 till I update my monitor to 2560 x 1600. No point it runs everything really well at 1920 x 1200. Not many games if any stress it at full settings.

I was hoping a single GTX 680 would run a 2560 x 1600 at decent framerates but seems not, only a 690 will and for the price of a 690 I would rather wait till the full fat GK110 keplers are out and August time seems the release date for the GTX 685 (with a GK110).
 
Still got my Q6600 @ stock, 4gb RAM and SSD. it's fine for everything I need apart from video encoding, that's the only reason I'd upgrade, but not yet..
 
Lakeland said:
Still got my Q6600 @ stock, 4gb RAM and SSD. it's fine for everything I need apart from video encoding, that's the only reason I'd upgrade, but not yet..
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Hey same here. Q6600 @ stock, 128GB SD, 4GB RAM and a nvidia 470gtx. Handles The Witcher 2 and BF3 fine on high settings. Nothing else to really push it these days that's worth playing. Currently enjoying Kingdoms of Amalur on my 360 since my bro lent it to me. I actually had the CPU at 3.2GHz but dropped it back since there was no point (stopped playing those games on it anyway). Was considering upgrading to IB but in reality it would be a waste of money. At least this week I'll be getting Diablo 3, so the PC should still get some decent use :)
 
We’ve caught up, well most current (past 3yrs) pc’s have anyway..

It used to be the case that we were all trying to keep up with the games, whereas now it seems the cpu’s & gpu’s have finally caught up with the games, in a number of cases exceeded it by a good margin. There lies a problem, the games were helping to push gaming cpu & gpu sales. We will always spend on leisure time, always have, even in recessions, but spending will shift, be interesting to see in which direction.

Upgrading now would be monitors, peripherals etc..

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I was thinking about upgrading my CPU, but there is really no point as i probably wont see the performance gains i want to see. Ill just upgrade after the new consoles have hit, and even when that time comes i don't think they will be much better than what most PC gamers currently have.

Still rocking the Phenom II x4 and a 5770 1gb. :p
 
Absolute minimum spec for 1920x1080 with high graphical settings would be

Quad core CPU above 3ghz
4GB RAM
1GB GPU equivelant of a 460 GTX or above

Personally I want to run that res at the highest settings in the latest games I have an AMD x 4 at 3.6GHZ which I have no desire what so ever to change the CPU for gaming, system RAM I'd like to double 8GB just because its so cheap, I'd like an SSD and I'm going to upgrade my my GPU to something that can max out that resolution to something like a 670, 7970

That system is about right for todays games at that resolution IMO
 
Still running
i7 920 at stock
6GB ram
2x 260GTX 216 in sli

runs absolutely everything I need and the only thing I want to upgrade is graphics card to a 560ti to get rid of one of them and lower the heat and noise.
 
PermaBanned said:
I'm not sure we're looking at this the right way. Yes, it's entirely possible that if consoles were better then you would have a few games with better graphics to play. But how many would be able to play them? Is forcing development teams to do more with the same budget a bad thing? I don't think so. It seems we're finally bucking the trend that is Wirth's law.

Besides, better graphics take a lot of development time and effort. I remember a developer commentary where somebody said "i don't think you'll find a graphic designer that's glad that it's an HD world". You ever wonder why games are shorter than they used to be? Ten years ago you could spend days on the campaign, now it's over in six hours. That's because all the time went into the graphics.

And i mean even then, it's not like consoles are holding back graphic development. There's no reason you couldn't make a game with the best graphics you've ever seen and run it at lower settings on consoles. You're not upset that you don't have games with better graphics. You're upset that you don't have games that console gamers can't play.
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Post of the thread for me. A lot if sense spoken.

People want the best possible graphics and then complain when a game is short and dull to play.
 
I've been running a 2.13 ghz dual core, 2gb ram and a x1950 pro for 5 years. It was cheap back then. It's run everything up to Spacemarine and Deux Ex at the end of last year. Now I'm upgrading again.

Hear's to another 5-6 years :)
 
I upgraded my i5 760, GTX 460 and 4GB RAM to a 2500K, GTX 580 and 8GB RAM this time last year, and I don't regret it. It's nice knowing I can just turn everything up and forget about it. Better controls (keyboard and mouse, steering wheel, etc.) and visual fidelity are the reason I switched to PC gaming from a console. The cost wasn't a problem for me. My PC is my hobby.

Sure, new consoles are long overdue, but saying a game is bad just because it's also on a console is just silly. Batman Arkham City looks fantastic, and I average 120 fps on that game. Assassin's Creed may not push your hardware, but it still looks and runs infinitely better than its console counterpart.
 
Haha was thinking of upgrading my 1055t & gtx470 to ivy i7 & gtx680 but reading the comments and thinking about it, upgrading this for a only one game is probably too much seen as current spec will handle it on medium just fine (Game is metro last light).
 
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