Personal computing discussed
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JdL wrote:If you're playing a lot of modern games, you might actually benefit more by upgrading your Core 2 Duo to a Quad. Modern games are CPU-bottlenecked.
Meadows wrote:JdL wrote:If you're playing a lot of modern games, you might actually benefit more by upgrading your Core 2 Duo to a Quad. Modern games are CPU-bottlenecked.
Oh cut the crap. His GPU was outdated 3 years ago. A GPU upgrade is way overdue, the CPU can wait.
Meadows wrote:JdL wrote:If you're playing a lot of modern games, you might actually benefit more by upgrading your Core 2 Duo to a Quad. Modern games are CPU-bottlenecked.
Oh cut the crap. His GPU was outdated 3 years ago. A GPU upgrade is way overdue, the CPU can wait.
JdL wrote:Not crap, son. Experience. I upgraded my own box from a Core 2 Duo + GeForce 8800GT to a Radeon 6850, and as stated in my other post link, I was disappointed by the upgrade because I still could not get smooth frame rates at any resolution / graphic settings. When I swapped out the CPU, that's when I saw the difference.
The point: In modern / multi-threaded games, a CPU upgrade will guarantee improved frame rates and overall smoothness, whereas a GPU upgrade by itself will still be lacking, and may even make the CPU bottleneck more pronounced!
mikepers wrote:7950's w/3GB start at $204 after $25 rebate and come with your choice of 3 games from the NS:F Gold list.Quick check at Newegg:
660Ti 2GB for $215 after $20 rebate and comes with 1 game.
7850's w/2GB start at $145 after $15 rebate and come with 2 free games from a selection of games.
7870 GHz w/2GB start at $175 after $15 rebate and also come with 2 free games from a selection of games.
DPete27 wrote:3.6GHz on an E8400 is super simple. I'm not going to argue that a C2Q or i5 would be better, but overclocking is FREE. Try it, then make your decision whether or not you want to upgrade CPU.
farmpuma wrote:did you happen to try disabling Hyper Threading?
Chrispy_ wrote:650 Ti, 650 Ti Boost and 660 (non-Ti) are all the same silicon - GK106.