time for an upgrade..

Arge · 13 Oct 2008 at 20:01

I currently have the rig in my sig but have come into £300 and have decided to spend it all on my computer ! :rolleyes:

rig is used mainly for gaming, 1680x1050 current native res but will be purchasing a 1080 HDTV at xmas time so 1920x1080 will then be used for my games.

So anyway as farcry 2 is looming, a gpu is a must but i was thinking with £300
available, should i sacrifice some graphics power and sub in a new cpu to replace my old (but good - Overclocked to 2.8ghz!) e6300 ??

I was thinking sumthing like...

CPU

GPU

OR i could go all out on a monster graphics card..

GPU

just out of budget but hey :rolleyes:

What are peoples thoughts and opinions on this situation ?

any other components I should consider ?

Thanks

jak731 · 13 Oct 2008 at 20:04

e8400 and 4870

Thanh55 · 13 Oct 2008 at 20:31

You should get a monster GFX for that res of your tv.

jak731 · 13 Oct 2008 at 20:35

the gtx280 is only like 10% faster but 60% more

the 4870 will handle 1920x1280 fine

Arge · 13 Oct 2008 at 20:56

cheers for the quick replys, I have had a look at reviews of the 4870 and think I have decided on this card but the 1gb version to help with the higher res.

so that just leaves the cpu...

is the e8400 the best im going to get for £100-£120 ?

Also, with regards to overclocking, at first i will be running it at 3.6ghz (400mhz fsb - same as current)

BUT.. will the e8400 run at 4050mhz (450mhz fsb - providing my motherboard will play ball) on air with a freezer 7 pro ?

Arge · 13 Oct 2008 at 22:06

jak731 · 13 Oct 2008 at 23:20

the e8x00s are not high powered parts so the ac7 pro will be fine, however, this does depend on the volts needed to reach 4ghz

Strife212 · 14 Oct 2008 at 00:11

You've already got a Core 2, may as well get a nice graphics card to be honest.

Admiral Huddy · 14 Oct 2008 at 08:46

I think your upgrade is pointless tbh.

You may get a higher benchmark scores but in real applications and games you'll not notice much different if you are playing at 1680x1050, and even if you buy a 1920, the difference will be small.