My bottleneck?

spncrmoo · 27 Nov 2011 at 21:22

Ok so a couple of years ago I built a new pc and at the time it had decent specs. Don't get me wrong it still copes now, but in all my Skyrim playing I miss being able to crank up the settings to the highest.

So, I figure it's time for an upgrade, but since I built it I haven't really kept up to date with the tech and I'm not sure what I should be upgrading etc. Dunno whether I should be upgrading to an i5/i7, or if my 1055T is actually OK and it's the 460 GTX letting me down.

Some help please! Possible upgrade options? Recommendations? Thaanks

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3 AMD 770 Socket AM3
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8GHz 6MB L3
Memory: 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz Kingston HyperX 1.65V CL9
Graphics: GeForce GTX 460 (768M GDDR5) Palit
Hard Drive: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache
PSU: XFX 650W XXX Edition Single Rail Modular PSU

spncrmoo · 27 Nov 2011 at 21:30

Sweet. I'd rather stick with nvidia though due to the 3Dvision setup I have, but also just familiarity.

Would a 560 Ti cut it?

spncrmoo · 27 Nov 2011 at 23:39

Hmmm odd, most things I've read say that the difference between 1GB and 2GB is painfully small. What makes you say the upgrade is worth it?

Thanks though!

spncrmoo · 27 Nov 2011 at 23:52

Wow yeah can't really argue with those benches. Am I right in saying we should see a decent price drop in the gtx 500 series soon though with the upcoming release of the 600 series?

spncrmoo · 28 Nov 2011 at 00:05

Sweet, well from what people have said I think I'll up the OC on my 1055T (3.4 maybe?) and go for a 2gb 560ti.

Cheers!