Upgrade dilemma

zia · 25 Mar 2009 at 21:02

Currently my system (see sig) is running brilliant but am now feeling that i need to upgrade as it seem to struggle running some games at native resolutions (1900*1200),
Stalker clear sky,GTA4,CRYSIS,CALL OF JUAREZ DX10 and i have to drop aa and af on some other titles in order to run at native,also starting take longer when i try do some encoding unable to use pc for 1hr or so while encoding or ripping,been specing up a core i7 rig and i almost hit the buy button,but had doubts if i really need to go down this path,
my question is should go gpu upgrade, or cpu
which one would be the better option?.

zia

Kennysevenfold · 25 Mar 2009 at 21:07

cpu is fine, well apart from GTA where a quad would come in handy

but the biggest boost would be to get a new gfx card
what os are you using.? and do you have a budget in mind.?

Ben M · 25 Mar 2009 at 21:07

Personally I'd chuck in another 8800GTX. They can be had for under £100 second hand. That'd be a pretty good VFM upgrade.

zia · 25 Mar 2009 at 21:20

have triple boot win xp,vista and win 7, don't really have a budget,but don't want throw too much money for upgrade either.hmmm £600 quid max think should be enough?

i had thought about adding another gtx but would i really see i signifcant difference?,then there fact that if source a second hand one how long before it pops it's clogs,currently on my second gtx

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zia