Looking for a bit of advice on upgrading :)

Greenboi

Greenboi

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Hey all,

Im getting that itch again to upgrade the PC! Current system is a Q9550 @ 3.8ghz, 4gb ram, GTX 285 @ stock (doesnt like overclocking at all, for some reason) and mobo is a P5Q-E.

I do want to fully upgrade the PC at some point to a P8P67 Pro with i5 2500k etc, but for now i was thinking of grabbing myself 2x MIS 6950's and shader unlocking them then overclocking them, and a Coolermaster Silent Pro Gold 700W Power Supply to run them.

A few things thats putting me off though, is that my board (and i think the P8P67 Pro) run crossfire in 8x/8x...im a bit of a crossfire/sli newbie so dont really know if this matters? any info on this would be great!

Also, will that PSU be enough to run both cards and the rest of the PC? Only have the one HDD and DVD drive along with board / cpu obviously.

And i guess the last thing is, is it worth the upgrade from a GTX 285 @ 1920 x 1080.

Thanks in advance :)
 
Disco Boy said:
That depends, does it let you play everything you want to at top settings? If not then the crossfire cards will give you a performance gain. Why not look for some benchmarks for the games that you play?
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Im finding its starting to struggle really at max settings in some games, also im thinking for future titles Crysis 2 / BF3 / Skyrim etc.

Im really sat on the fence on this one!
 
I think i may wait and see how Crysis 2 performs on my current pc before deciding on two cards or one.

Thanks for all your help guys :)
 
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