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quick question. upgrade or not?

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Hi all

I currently have a Phenom x4 9850 [email protected] after running a lot of tests, I found the CPU is seriously bottlenecking my 1GB GTX460 in games.

So, I'm literally about to go out and buy a new CPU...

Is the Athlon II 445 x3 a big enough upgrade or am I better of sticking with what I have?
Bear in mind, I have the N68C-GS UCC motherboard which is designed for core unlocking.

I have compared the 2 CPUs on cpu-world and it seems the Phenom is the better choice apart from the speed, but I don't quite trust it so I'm asking the pro's here.
Any help would be great. Cheers.
 
CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
An Athlon II X4 and the Phenom X4 seem to have similar performance in game at the same clockspeed
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Well this is it, my CPU now overclocked is only at 2700, the x3 445 is 3100 stock, which will be overclocked and unlocked if possible.

Also those comparisons didn't do much for me either as neither of the CPUs were the ones I'm messing with atm.
 
Well after a lot of reading up on performance differences between the 2 CPUs, I went ahead and bought an Athlon II x3 450 as the 445 weren't in stock and I got it at a bargain price. Either way, my second PC needed a CPU upgrade so it would have been put to good use regardless.
Apparently the first gen Phenoms are pretty cack (just what I have been reading) and the overall architecture of the Athlon/Phenom II series are massively better in every way.

Right, just tested Bulletstorm which I have been running on the overclocked 9850 at 1920x1080 with 2xTRSAA and 8xAA with an average FPS of 35-40. Afterburner reporting my 460 usage was around 40%, and that's how I found out the CPU was a massive bottleneck.

Now, with the x3 450 installed and at stock 3.2 (for now), 16xAA and 4xTRSAA flying away at 60 solid FPS (vsync enabled), and Afterburner now reports GPU usage around 88%

Now that is one hell of a performance boost if you ask me!
So I might miss out on a few seconds of video encoding speed unless I unlock the last core, but that's nothing to worry about.
 
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