any reason I should upgrade?

[Grim281]

Any reason I should upgrade my good old E6600 oc'd to 3.4 for a 920. I mainly just game. You guys think my cpu will last me another year until the next rehash of chips? I am already going to grab a 5870 in the coming months and possibly an intel ssd if the prices drop a little more. Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[TemjinGold]

Probably not. I would get the 5870 first and see if you're dissatisfied with your gaming performance at all.

 

[swanysto]

Yeah, I am in the same boat you are. I came to the conclusion that my games just aren't enough to justify spending $400-500 on new MB/Proc/RAM just yet. I would definetely suggest the ssd though. I have one and now I can't live without it. It doesn't seem to make much difference in games, at least that I can tell, but everything else is much faster. It is nice when the OS is up and functional in less than 30 seconds.

 

[lopri]

Originally posted by: Grim281
Any reason I should upgrade my good old E6600 oc'd to 3.4 for a 920.

No.

But it sounds like you want to? Then why not.

 

[betasub]

Because you have the itch? Because you dream of more speed?

 

[ChaosDivine]

Originally posted by: Grim281
Any reason I should upgrade my good old E6600 oc'd to 3.4 for a 920. I mainly just game. You guys think my cpu will last me another year until the next rehash of chips? I am already going to grab a 5870 in the coming months and possibly an intel ssd if the prices drop a little more. Thanks in advance for any advice.

Not really. But have you considered possibly dropping down to a 5850 and either saving the difference or spending it on upgrading the CPU/mobo/ram/etc?

 

[jdjbuffalo]

With the 5870 or possibly even the 5850 you are going to be CPU limited. You certainly don't have to upgrade unless your playing with a 24 - 30 inch monitor and Crysis.

 

[judasmachine]

I'm thinking of a cpu upgrade too, and have been asking myself if the few extra fps of a q9400 is worth it, as an i5 (and all that i'd have to change) is out of the question.

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: jdjbuffalo
With the 5870 or possibly even the 5850 you are going to be CPU limited. You certainly don't have to upgrade unless your playing with a 24 - 30 inch monitor and Crysis.

he won't be cpu limited at 3.4 unless he plays supcom, gtaIV, etc, and that's just b/c those titles use the cpu more than most games.

how bad is it that almost anything out there today will run maxed out on a 3 yr old cpu?

If you have to ask the question about whether to upgrade then you already know the answer. :evil:

 

[ChaosDivine]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
how bad is it that almost anything out there today will run maxed out on a 3 yr old cpu?

Forget the 3yo CPU. My E6600 is sitting on a Rev 1.0 965P-DS3
X800GTO, X1950XT, 8800GTS (G80), 4850 and now 4890 - all on the same CPU/mobo and have been running like a champ!

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: TemjinGold
Probably not. I would get the 5870 first and see if you're dissatisfied with your gaming performance at all.

+1 to ^

Grab the video card first since its something your already destined to get.

See if ur happy with the system on a new videocard.

If not, then you upgrade.