Worth changing my cpu?

[rippling]

I have a phemon ii dual core unlocked to quad and at 3.6 ghz i use my computer mostly for games and high power ones like arma 2 metro etc would it be worth upgrading my cpu mother board and memory to a i7 or new sandy bridge , will it really give me a big boost in game performance compared to my phenom? Or would a 6 core phenom be a better bet?

 

[El Jimben]

Why not just go for a quad core Phenom 2 CPU? The sweetspot for gaming is 3 cores so 6 is overkill at the moment and I can't really see the point in changing platform completely.

 

[Dark_Angel]

6 cores aren't really being used. You don't mention your GPU, so it makes it a bit harder to judge.

On my current Q6600 @ 3GHZ I'm 100 percent being held back on some games on my 480. My FPS makes no difference even with AA / AF on or off. Some games like GTA 4 100 percent like more CPU power. I did the built in benchmark, and at stock I got 37FPS, my card overclocked I got like .4FPS higher! (within the margin of error!).

I'm upgrading to a sandy bridge, but whether you should, you'll get different opinions! Up to you really....

 

[rippling]

Ah my gpu is a 580 gtx or will be soon oother probem is i am getting 3 d vision so my amd mobo wont support sli only one pci ex. Slot so if i want dual cards i am duffed so i though hang it all and upgrade as no amd borads support sli

 

[Dark_Angel]

I'd upgrade them

 

[mswimfish]

On my current Q6600 @ 3GHZ I'm 100 percent being held back on some games on my 480. My FPS makes no difference even with AA / AF on or off. Some games like GTA 4 100 percent like more CPU power. I did the built in benchmark, and at stock I got 37FPS, my card overclocked I got like .4FPS higher! (within the margin of error!).

I'm upgrading to a sandy bridge, but whether you should, you'll get different opinions! Up to you really....

Im in the same position as you dark angel and hoping to move to sandy bridge. havent got a clue about amd cpu's tho.