I've currently got a E8200, slightly overclocked, and a GTX260. I mostly play WoW with a few other games like Crysis, and my framerates in raiding are a little low. I'm also slightly broke at the moment, so a full upgrade to sandybridge isn't a possibility. I was wondering whether dropping in a 2nd hand Q9550 and perhaps a new GTX460 (as its creeping down into my price range) would result in a significant difference in terms of frame rates? The only other option I can see is waiting until the autumn and perhaps going for a full upgrade then. Would be grateful for any thoughts.
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If you can wait then I would wait, if you upgrade with 2nd hand stuff its still old gen stuff, hang on for a bit and get the newest you can, will last you longer then.
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WoW likes a fast cpu and anything over 2 cores really does not matter(WoW is multi-threaded but not very efficient). Frankly if it was me I would buy the GPU and a good aftermarket cooler and take the 8200 as high as ya can.
How high you can take it will depend on ram at a point but see no reason why you couldn't take that chip to 3.6 to 3.8 with a decent aftermarket cooler. Take the dough the 2nd hand Q9550 would have cost and put it into the gpu budget and in the fall upgrade the rest of the system to sandy or bulldozer depending on how it pans out.
EDIT: Posting the rest of your system specs will help to so we can see what your working with.
How high you can take it will depend on ram at a point but see no reason why you couldn't take that chip to 3.6 to 3.8 with a decent aftermarket cooler. Take the dough the 2nd hand Q9550 would have cost and put it into the gpu budget and in the fall upgrade the rest of the system to sandy or bulldozer depending on how it pans out.
EDIT: Posting the rest of your system specs will help to so we can see what your working with.
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Thanks for your help. The rest of my system is:
MB- Asus P5Q Pro, Memory - 4GB OCZ DDR2-800, HD - Samsung HD502HJ 500GB. The CPU is overclocked to 3.2, on the stock cooler. I don't know very much about overclocking, so followed one of the online guides to the letter.
MB- Asus P5Q Pro, Memory - 4GB OCZ DDR2-800, HD - Samsung HD502HJ 500GB. The CPU is overclocked to 3.2, on the stock cooler. I don't know very much about overclocking, so followed one of the online guides to the letter.
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Wow should be more than playable with your set up. Ive an athon x2 6000+ and an HD4870 512mb that never dropped below 40 on max settings. The only thing that it struggles with is turning up the sound quality above medium where it really takes a huge hammering. Even low to med is a good 40fps drop
