sytem upgrade

antipacker · 19 Aug 2009 at 07:28

hi guys can anyone tell me where my bottleneck is in my pc ?

i want to upgrade but dont no what to replace first ?

i do a lot of gaming.

thanks in advance

antipacker · 19 Aug 2009 at 16:00

anyone ?

mikeym · 19 Aug 2009 at 16:44

I would be happy with that system. A second 4890 would have been my first recommendation but I don't think your mobo supports crossfire.

I would save the pennies towards an i5/i7/AM3 rig down the line.

antipacker · 19 Aug 2009 at 16:59

would a 4870x2 make any difference or a E8600 overclocked to the max ?

cmndr_andi · 19 Aug 2009 at 17:08

A 4870X2 would give you a decent boost in framerates, but you would be best waiting for the DX11 cards to come out in September before laying out £250 on a new card. I'm certain the 4890 will tide you over until then.

As for the E8600 it would be a small upgrade at best and very expensive. You would be better served looking at a Quad core chip like this. It will overclock very well and the four cores will make multithreaded games run very well, as well as multithreaded applications.