Upgrade from GTX460?

[ali46muzza]

With Battlefield and Skyrim coming out I was wondering whether to upgrade my graphics card, I'm currently using a MSI NGTX460 oc.

I'm not sure if this card will get me the most out of BF3 or Skyrim, is there is any thing on the market that would significantly improve graphics at a reasonable price?

Thanks

Current specs:
CPU - AMD athlon II x3
Mobo - Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G
Ram - 4gb
GPU - MSI NGTX460 OC
PS - 650W
Windows 7 (64bit)

 

[Luke]

Define a reasonable price?
There is plenty out there that will play games better, but at a cost.

I've got a 460 also but looking at your spec I might be inclined to move to a quad core and doubling the RAM before upgrading the GPU.

 

[Marine-RX179]

quad core and doubling the RAM before upgrading the GPU.

^This

If anything the Athlon X3 (with no overclock) is already bottlenecking the GTX460, so upgrading graphic card would be a waste of money. But 4GB is still fine.

 

[ali46muzza]

If I do move to a quad core, which GPU would you recommend with a budget of £200 max

 

[Marine-RX179]

If I do move to a quad core, which GPU would you recommend with a budget of £200 max

Try to pick up a 2nd hand Phenom II X4 955BE for £50~£60, and with the remainly £140 on a 6870 1GB.

But if the £200 is the budget for the graphic card only, then get a 6950 2GB after you got a Phenom II X4 955BE.

 

[mickyflinn]

OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE DIRT3 & Deus Ex PC Games £203.99 inc VAT

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-OK&tool=3