OC'd E6750 ... when to upgrade?

[Snubber]

I'm running an OC'd E6750 at 3.2GHz. Just about to upgrade my gpu to a 5850. PC is used mostly for gaming, no video encoding or anything like that.

From the benchmark comparisons I've seen it looks like there's not that much performance gain from the new crop of CPU's.

How long should I be able to hold off from having to upgrade CPU and mobo - 12 months?

Thanks,

 

[Trunks9486]

You should wait and see how the new architectures look. 2011 for both AMD and Intel.

 

[jamesgoss]

I've got a 6850, and TBH it does everything I need it to do, but I fancied upgrading and should be going i5 750 tomorrow I'm thinking that an i5 750 should be plenty for a good while yet, esp once overclocked. Your 6750 should last another year or so before it'll start struggling I reckon. Can you OC it any more? Perhaps up to 3.4?

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I would upgrade next year as Intel Sandy Bridge and AMD Bulldozer will be released in 2011.

 

[WakkieRob]

my E6550 is OCed for 3.7GHz watercooled with new watercooling tech and it runs fine at 520 x 4 FSB or 2100MHz speed. I want to upgrade and the i7s, i5s and i3s all look great but even they come in with different socket sizes from each other then you've got to buy a compatable mobo I think I'm sticking with mine until the prices drop below a hundred for CPU

 

[Elfmeister.]

For me I'd say now as I've just gone from my E6750/8800GTX to 955BE/5850 for a little over £400 as I recycled my old RAM, HDD etc and its quite phenominal.

I put my 5850 in my E6750 rig for an evening before I droped the quad in and it was a substantial upgrade going on the BF:BC2 beta. Since installing the quad its far far better and then some more, in desktop web browsing etc it seems the same but installing games/ programmes / windows, unpacking files in winRar etc theres a definate inprovement.

Plus it's more more energy efficient , if you care about that.

 

[JimAroo]

I have the same CPU, but I have mine clocked at 3.6Ghz. I find it struggling in games such as GTA4 and BFBC2. Tempted to go the i5 route, can't justify the extra cash needed for an i7 for games.

 

[Snubber]

For me I'd say now as I've just gone from my E6750/8800GTX to 955BE/5850 for a little over £400 as I recycled my old RAM, HDD etc and its quite phenominal.

I put my 5850 in my E6750 rig for an evening before I droped the quad in and it was a substantial upgrade going on the BF:BC2 beta. Since installing the quad its far far better and then some more, in desktop web browsing etc it seems the same but installing games/ programmes / windows, unpacking files in winRar etc theres a definate inprovement.

Plus it's more more energy efficient , if you care about that.

Yeah...thinking about almost the same upgrade but with a 965BE rather than 955BE - worked out as a net outlay of £300 after selling current GPU/CPU/Mobo. Or could keep existing mobo and go for a Q9550 that gives same performance as the 965BE. Seems to be a pretty sensible, high vfm upgrade for £300.

More games seem to be coming out which appear to love quads