Possible upgrade time

TMR83

TMR83

TMR83

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Hi guys,

Been scratching my head over this one for a while, maybe someone can point me in the right direction!

My current system is:

Q6600 @ 3.4ghz
Nvidia 680 sli motherboard
4gb ddr2
GTX 280 SLI
1000W (Enermax Galaxy PSU)
Antec 1200 case

Now......There's a few games round the corner that I've got my eye on (BF3 etc.), and this system doesn't quite cut it like it used to so I'm looking to upgrade. My budget would be £300-500. The way I see it I have a couple of options, but cannot decide which route to go. What would you do?!

Option 1: Get what I can for my 2 x GTX 280s and then drop something like a GTX 580 in, hope it won't be bottlenecked too much by my old components, and wait 'till next year before upgrading to the new intel chip and everything else.

Option 2: Buy a new motherboard/i5 2500k/4gb ram and then only be left with enough left over money for a GTX 560ti

Option 3: Upgrade everything apart from my 2 x GTX 280s and save whatever money is left over until the GTX 580s come down in price / new cards come out next year.

Option 4: None of the above and something totally different that I haven't thought of :)

I've never bought any ATI cards and don't really know too much about them, hence why I may seem like a little bit of an nvidia fanboy, but I could easily be swayed ;)

Thanks in advance
 
when you say it doesn't cut the mustard, low fps, not able to up the visual quality ?

of the options i'd go with new cpu & keep the 280s in sli, until the new cards come out, give you time to save as well.
 
Well it's been fine up until now for most games, but after playing the BF3 beta (yes I know it's not the final product / drivers etc...) it really wasn't happy and I had to turn the settings right down. Also, I'm limited to dx10 although I really don't know how much difference that makes.

Do you think a bundle such as this for example would show me much of a difference using my existing cards?:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-080-OE

I'm on a 1900 x 1200 screen btw.
 
Yes you will notice a difference. I'd avoid the bundle though, getting a 4.4Ghz overclock on sandybridge is as simple as typing "44" into the cpu multiplier clock. No point paying a premium for that! Also the default board in that bundle is not sli compatible so you would have to go with one of the upgrade ones.
 
Ok, I meant more 'that kind of thing' when referring to the bundle but thanks for the heads up.

I know there would be a difference but how much is the question. Are you sure you wouldn't consider selling the 2 GTX 280s for say £100 and then effectively the GTX 580 would only cost an extra £260ish, or even a 6970 for £100 less, and potentially give better results?
 
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