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| Thread ID: 110222 | 2010-06-08 09:21:00 | Upgrade value for money question | BrotherDragon (10117) | Press F1 |
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| 1108134 | 2010-06-08 09:21:00 | I'm looking to upgrade my system for gaming but don't want to waste money buying more than I need to. I'm currently using the venerable Intel 6600 with 4GB of 800mhz RAM and a nVidia early model GTX 260 video card driving a 1900x1080 24" monitor. What I would like to do is upgrade the CPU/motherboard/memory with an i5/i7 CPU and 1066/1366 DDR3 memory but keep the video card. At what point do I reach the performance limit of the video card? I don't feel shorted by the system as it is now but there's always the attraction of newer/faster/better. I'm trying to think but nothin' happens...Jerome 'Curly' Howard |
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| 1108135 | 2010-06-08 21:46:00 | Good idea. You can change this lot now and later on change the card. It's what I do. As for the performance of it, it all depends what games you play and at what settings. It's an OK card, upgrade it later, your CPU at present is the bottleneck. |
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