Is this upgrade worth it?

magicroundabout · 9 Oct 2008 at 12:37

thinking of upgrading from my sig to this combo

Asus P5Q3 Deluxe @ Wifi-N Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard £129.99 (£152.74)
Corsair 4GB DDR3 DHX 1600C9DHX Twin3X (2x2GB) (TW3X4G1600C9DHX) £117.99 (£138.64)
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 "Toxic" 512MB GDDR5 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £189.99 (£223.24)

i know people have mentioned DDR3 hasn't much advantage over DDR2 but i'm also thinking for next years Nehalem upgrade.

What are peoples views on this?

EsaT · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:12

magicroundabout said:
but i'm also thinking for next years Nehalem upgrade.

Which requires also new motherboard and then price of DDR3 might hace come crashing down.

Graphic card is only real bottleneck in your current configuration, updating others would be waste of your money and environment.

OneTime · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:15

agreed. GPU is the only upgrade worth going for atm imo

pastymuncher · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:17

Just go with the new GPU.

magicroundabout · 9 Oct 2008 at 13:35

cheers for the advise guys.

i know i'm in desperate need for a graphics upgrade but didn't know if going from a P35 to P45 would help also?

maybe not go DDR3 but the P5Q series DDR2 P45. Would i see a bennefit from this seeing as it's also PCI 2.0 and not 1.1. with the P35?

manic111 · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:08

No, a new mobo wouldn't do you a great deal of good, if any, and DDR3 is not worth the money either. To be honest, if you have that much cash to spend get a 4870x2. If I were you, though, I would just get the 4870 and be happy

magicroundabout · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:21

could do i suppose but i only game @ 1440x900 so that'd be super overkill.

redballoon · 9 Oct 2008 at 14:25

magicroundabout said:
i know people have mentioned DDR3 hasn't much advantage over DDR2 but i'm also thinking for next years Nehalem upgrade.

re: buying DDR3 now and upgrading later - see the link below about Nehalem and voltages.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=12627498&postcount=28

Superjeep4x4 · 9 Oct 2008 at 15:43

magicroundabout said:
could do i suppose but i only game @ 1440x900 so that'd be super overkill.

If it were me I would buy the 4870 and a decent 22" with a better res. The monitor would cost ya less than the new board and ram. I play at that res on my 19" and my next purchase is probably going to be a 22" and maybe a 4850.