to upgrade or not?

[JAPears]

I'm a bit of an upgrade addict, currently have;
12gb ram
i7 950
6870
which are the pieces of hardware i may be looking to upgrade, is it worth it, or should i be waiting for the new stuff next year?

 

[stulid]

Keep the CPU/RAM and motherboard.

Is the 6870 sufficient for your needs? do you play games a lot at huge resolutions?

Do you have a SSD?

A really nice case or PSU?

 

[JAPears]

i have an 850W CM power suply, also have an ocz SSD, and a silverstone FT02 fortess case, i do find the 6870 a little weak when powering my 2 1080p monitors tbh.
Mostly play mmo's eq2.. rift.. etc

 

[JAPears]

i am also planning on upgrading to some higher resolution 27" screens soon

 

[stulid]

Add another 6870 for crossfire.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_6870_CrossFire/
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/radeon-hd6870-hd6850-crossfirex.html

 

[JAPears]

Add another 6870 for crossfire.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/Radeon_HD_6870_CrossFire/
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/radeon-hd6870-hd6850-crossfirex.html

an 850W branded PSU is powerful enough to handle that?

 

[stulid]

Easily.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6850-6870-crossfirex-review/4 - 421watts

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/301 - 415watts to 481watts

 

[JAPears]

are the newer AMD cards going to be out any time soon? i dont want to be buying into old tech like i usually do then the new stuff is out a few weeks later

 

[stulid]

are the newer AMD cards going to be out any time soon? i dont want to be buying into old tech like i usually do then the new stuff is out a few weeks later

Last I heard was this - http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/graphi...neration_Radeon_Graphics_Later_This_Year.html

 

[mraerosmith1981]

Add an SSD if you dont have 1 otherwise, I wouldnt reccomend anything