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Teki187

Teki187

Teki187

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Current Spec:

Neo 550w PSU
Asus P5N-E
E6400 @ 3.0ghz
4gb 1066 Ballistix (running at 800mhz)
8800GTS 640mb
2x250gb Seagate 7.500.1 (i think)

Any suggestions on the next upgrade i should get?

Looking at possibly getting a new motherboard and a Q6600 and then working on a new graphics card?

Appreciate any feedback.

Thanks.
 
What do you mainly do with your rig? Looks decent enough as it is :D

SLi that card would give you a big gaming hit though :)

Improvements/upgrades can probably always be made to anyones rig, but if it ain`t broke .....
 
auraindigo said:
What do you mainly do with your rig? Looks decent enough as it is :D

SLi that card would give you a big gaming hit though :)

Improvements/upgrades can probably always be made to anyones rig, but if it ain`t broke .....
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Mainly do gaming.

I recently found i struggle to play crysis on the recommended High setting, so before i got into the game (played 10mins) i stopped.
 
Can`t go wrong with this or this. Get another 8800 and SLi.

Upgrade the rest if you like, higher rated FSB mainboard etc etc but for what, better benchmark scores? ;)
 
SLi a gts? would that not open up the possibility of SLi issues with certain games etc. and for not much cheaper than just upgrading to a 4870 or something similar and selling the origional gts?

Never SLi'd a card before and (stupidly) haven't checked the prices before I wrote this, nor have I checked performance figures for SLi'd GTS'. It just, on the face of it, seems like upgrading to a single, newer, graphics card would be the easiest option!

Your processor should be fine for a while yet I'd think. A 4870 and a slightly more powerful PSU to get your RAM up to 1066 would be my suggestion!

EDIT: Oh dear, it's your CPU holding your RAM back, not your PSU, my bad!:o:o. errmmmmm......just a 4870 I'd say then.
 
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richyb_safc said:
SLi a gts? would that not open up the possibility of SLi issues with certain games etc. and for not much cheaper than just upgrading to a 4870 or something similar and selling the origional gts?

Never SLi'd a card before and (stupidly) haven't checked the prices before I wrote this, nor have I checked performance figures for SLi'd GTS'. It just, on the face of it, seems like upgrading to a single, newer, graphics card would be the easiest option!

Your processor should be fine for a while yet I'd think. A 4870 and a slightly more powerful PSU to get your RAM up to 1066 would be my suggestion!
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Richy, aye, you`re right. I hadn`t checked the price neither and on doing so found that they`re still 150 notes :eek That`s a hell of a dear "S" :D Could go for a GT though for SLi?

Nah, what Richy said, but "Crysis on Very high and future proofing" there is only (currently) one card for you, a 4870x2 .... then it`s said that Crysis runs better on high end Nvidia cards (and dependant on who did the benchmark). That would point to a GTX280.

Plus points for ATi though, DX10.1 and SM4.1. I`d go for the 4870x2 in a shot anyway, rapes a GTX280.
 
Just change graphics card to 4870 or if you aint got money SLI double 8800GT G80, they can be had for about 40quid 2nd hand now, if you sell your current GPU it will leave you with just about 40-50quid cost for upgrade and the diff will be amazing ;).

Your CPU and memory are both up to task for gaming yet, your GPU is the only component holding you down. I wouldnt upgrade just yet, unless you can afford E8600 + P45 + TRUE+ 4870x2 and most likely another set of HDDs in raid0 or raptor it wont be worth it that much ;).

Just get 2x 8800GT G80 or 4870. And you can run your ram higher than CPU as well if you want, it's no big deal, just change ratio settings.
 
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