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CPU and Video Card Upgrade? Is it worth it?



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#1 Posted 16 July 2010 - 07:20 AM

Currently, I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 and a XFX 9800 GT 512MB. For some odd reason, I'm wanting to upgrade even though I haven't had any trouble with games recently. I want:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115043

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130563

Would the upgrade even be worth it?
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#2 Posted 16 July 2010 - 07:22 AM

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#3 Posted 16 July 2010 - 07:45 AM

I think you should be ok for a while. But the upgrade itch can be hard to suppress, I gave in recently and replaced an amd x2 4400+ with a phenom 2 x4 955, and an evga 8600gt with a sapphire hd 5770.



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#4 Posted 16 July 2010 - 07:48 AM

If you aren't having problems with games you really should just wait.
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#5 Posted 16 July 2010 - 11:45 AM

Yea, you're prolly right . . .
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#6 Posted 16 July 2010 - 12:12 PM

View PostAnthraX, on 16 July 2010 - 12:22 AM, said:

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The GTX 460 is a hell of a card bra.

http://www.anandtech...60-the-200-king
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#7 Posted 16 July 2010 - 01:20 PM

Why would you get another dual core when you can get a quad with a higher clock speed for $30 less?

Core 2 Quad Q8400 Yorkfield 2.66GHz
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#8 Posted 16 July 2010 - 05:55 PM

Have to agree with Gui. If you aren't having problems you might as well save up and/or hold off.
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#9 Posted 18 July 2010 - 07:34 PM

View PostRecoil Operated, on 16 July 2010 - 02:20 PM, said:

Why would you get another dual core when you can get a quad with a higher clock speed for $30 less?

Core 2 Quad Q8400 Yorkfield 2.66GHz

the link i posted is a quad core for the cpu i want
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#10 Posted 19 July 2010 - 01:04 AM

View PostCake21, on 16 July 2010 - 09:20 AM, said:

Currently, I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 and a XFX 9800 GT 512MB. For some odd reason, I'm wanting to upgrade even though I haven't had any trouble with games recently. I want:

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819115043

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130563

Would the upgrade even be worth it?


Hmm might buy myself a 460 GTX as well, though I already have a 260 GTX, which is quite good.
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#11 Posted 19 July 2010 - 05:01 AM

View PostMonkeh, on 18 July 2010 - 06:04 PM, said:

Hmm might buy myself a 460 GTX as well, though I already have a 260 GTX, which is quite good.

The 460 is an incredibly good value.

I'm glad that Nvidia is competing again for the midrange.
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#12 Posted 19 July 2010 - 08:25 PM

Not really looking for an upgrade yet but this thread got me wondering. Where should I look at upgrading next if I'm currently running a 260 GTX, Q6600 and 4gb RAM? GPU or CPU or perhaps both?

Actually probably not going to upgrade in a while since games are running pretty well as it is but just curious.
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#13 Posted 30 August 2010 - 09:55 PM

So, I bought a video card, an EVGA Geforce GTX 460 1GB. But not because I wanted to upgrade, my old video card died on me. Butttttt, now my cpu is bottlenecking my new card. So either I pay over $200 for a new cpu that'll fit my socket 775 motherboard (quad 2 core, I currently have a core 2 duo) or I buy a new motherboard and cpu. I've decided that for the money and bump in performance, I'm gonna get an i5. Now I need help from you guys on a motherboard that's good for it (socket 1156 please). I'd like to have SLI support for later on down the line but it's not a requirement. I currently have DDR2 PC6400 ram.
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#14 Posted 30 August 2010 - 11:02 PM

I'll sell ya an i7-940 for 230+shipping if you go with a new cpu+mobo
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#15 Posted 31 August 2010 - 12:21 AM

View PostAeroAggie, on 31 August 2010 - 12:02 AM, said:

I'll sell ya an i7-940 for 230+shipping if you go with a new cpu+mobo

is that a good price? what socket is that and does it come with a heat sink?
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