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Advice on whether it's worth an upgrade or not?!? |
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Newbie
Videocard: Nvidia GTX 580 1.5GB
Processor: Intel i7 2600k
Mainboard: AsRock P67 Extreme 6
Memory: 8 gb ddr3 @ 1333Mhz
Soundcard:
PSU: CM 800w Silent Pro Gold
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Advice on whether it's worth an upgrade or not?!? -
06-27-2012, 18:58
| posts: 9 | Location: England
As you can see the details of my rig on the left, I'm wondering if it's worthwhile even considering an upgrade at all to say an i5 or i7 Ivybridge setup(or even the sandybridge ones?), or am I just wasting time even considering it??
I do mainly use it for gaming and other general stuff. Or is it more worthwhile just considering a graphics card upgrade at all?? Please help put my mind at rest......... 
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Master Guru
Videocard: EVGA GTX570 SC
Processor: i5-2500K@4.4GHz Turbo
Mainboard: ASRock P67 Extreme4
Memory: 8GB Kingston HyperX 1600
Soundcard: Asus Xonar D1
PSU: Corsair TX650
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06-27-2012, 19:03
| posts: 746 | Location: close to the edge
For general stuff I'm sure it still holds. For gaming, depends. What games do you play?
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Newbie
Videocard: Nvidia GTX 580 1.5GB
Processor: Intel i7 2600k
Mainboard: AsRock P67 Extreme 6
Memory: 8 gb ddr3 @ 1333Mhz
Soundcard:
PSU: CM 800w Silent Pro Gold
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06-27-2012, 19:25
| posts: 9 | Location: England
First persons, racing games, action & adventure games.
eg, crysis, F1, Dirt series, battlefield, etc |
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Master Guru
Videocard: GTX 680
Processor: i5-750 @4.0 Megashadow
Mainboard: Asus Maximus III Formula
Memory: 16gb Ballistix Tracer
Soundcard: Asus Xonar D2x
PSU: Corsair HX 750w
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06-27-2012, 19:29
| posts: 474 | Location: england
If your happy with the way it runs your games then don't, if your not happy upgrade.
Start with the graphics card and see how that goes, if you run at a high rez a new cpu might not be needed too much. |
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Newbie
Videocard: Nvidia GTX 580 1.5GB
Processor: Intel i7 2600k
Mainboard: AsRock P67 Extreme 6
Memory: 8 gb ddr3 @ 1333Mhz
Soundcard:
PSU: CM 800w Silent Pro Gold
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06-28-2012, 08:14
| posts: 9 | Location: England
ok I'll try the graphics card route, because when I've been looking around at reviews, etc upgrading my cpu will only get me an additional 10 fps on average depending on the game.
Gtx 670 or Amd 7970? |
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Maha Guru
Videocard: MSI 7970 OC
Processor: i5 3570K/Raystorm/120.5
Mainboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H
Memory: 8GB Corsair 1866Mhz Plat
Soundcard: ALC889 / Z-2300 / HD555s
PSU: Corsair HX1050
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06-28-2012, 09:32
| posts: 2,280 | Location: UK
Perhaps pick up another 580, a 670 isn't going to boost your FPS massively over the 580, 10-15FPS I think. However I don't know whether your CPU will start to bottleneck 580 SLi, but which ever route you take platform update or GPU update I don't think your going to see massive returns in FPS, unless perhaps you do both.
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Master Guru
Videocard: GTX570 Phantom 900MHz
Processor: 2500K@4.6GHz Watercooled
Mainboard: ASUS Sabertoothe P67
Memory: 16GB 1600MHz Vengeance
Soundcard: X-Fi Titanium JBL2
PSU: Coolermaster UCP 900W
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06-28-2012, 09:44
| posts: 697 | Location: England
Hell no, get Ivybridge first!
Even my GTX570 is bottlenecked by my Sandybridge at 4.6GHz ! A mate of mine just went from a 2.2GHz AMD quad to an I5-3570K 3.4GHz, but kept the same GT440 graphics It tripled his FPS in every game he has, such as Starcraft 2. |
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Ancient Guru
Videocard: GTX 460 1GB
Processor: Core i7 920 3.5GHz
Mainboard: Asus P6T Deluxe V1
Memory: 6GB DDR3
Soundcard: On board
PSU: Corsair TX750 V1
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06-28-2012, 09:59
| posts: 3,156 | Location: UAE
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Newbie
Videocard: Nvidia GTX 580 1.5GB
Processor: Intel i7 2600k
Mainboard: AsRock P67 Extreme 6
Memory: 8 gb ddr3 @ 1333Mhz
Soundcard:
PSU: CM 800w Silent Pro Gold
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06-29-2012, 13:28
| posts: 9 | Location: England
So here's where I am at.
I've now done some benchmarks, etc and even overclocked my processor from 3.2 at stock to 3.8 (won't go any further, even with additional voltages), and it seems that is stopping my graphics card from actually reaching it's full potential, even with the latest drivers, etc. So I think I'm gonna upgrade my processor and board, so help and advice is needed please. The processors I'm considering are; i5 2500k or i7 2600k or i5 3570k or i7 3770k. But I'm getting confused on which motherboard to go for, so any suggestions will be helpful!! |
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Master Guru
Videocard: xfx 7870
Processor: i5 2500k @ 4.4
Mainboard: gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3
Memory: 8g gskill x-series @ 1600
Soundcard: audigy
PSU: 700 watt ocz
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06-29-2012, 17:33
| posts: 301 | Location: US
For gaming 2500k or 3570k
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Ancient Guru
Videocard: Gigabyte GTX 560 930/2300
Processor: i5-2500K@4.4GHz 1.2v H60
Mainboard: Asrock Z77 Pro4
Memory: G.Skill 2X4GB DDR3-1600
Soundcard: X-Fi XtremeGamer+Z506 5.1
PSU: Corsair TX 750w v2
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06-29-2012, 17:49
| posts: 5,874 | Location: Chilling
Put it this way, do you get playable frame rates?
If so, then there is no need to upgrade. |
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Ancient Guru
Videocard: Gigabyte 690 - 1202/500
Processor: 930@4.4 HT on-Water-24/7
Mainboard: R2E (Nb/Sb/Mos-Water)
Memory: 12Gb Corsair 1600(1675)
Soundcard: XonarXense-Sennheiser 350
PSU: Corsair AX 1200w
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06-29-2012, 19:42
| posts: 7,382 | Location: United kingdom
If your happy with what you have now for gaming dont upgrade,if your not happy then change it....simples
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Ancient Guru
Videocard: 7950 Vapor-X 1150/1575
Processor: AMD FX-8320 @5.0
Mainboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2
Memory: 8GB Kingston HyperX 2400
Soundcard: Audigy 2 Platinum Ex 5.1
PSU: AcBel M8 750
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06-29-2012, 20:03
| posts: 20,456 | Location: NZ
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OP like the other guys said why do u want to upgrade? Your rig should run pretty much all games decently.... |
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Ancient Guru
Videocard: 680 FTW 4GB SLI 1254/7200
Processor: i7 2600k 4.7Ghz HT Off
Mainboard: Asus P8P67 Deluxe
Memory: RipJaws X 2x8GB 2133Mhz
Soundcard: Phoebus + DT880 Pro 250
PSU: Corsair AX 1200
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06-29-2012, 21:13
| posts: 14,696 | Location: New Jersey, USA
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Maha Guru
Videocard: HIS HD 6870
Processor: I3-2120
Mainboard: ASRock H61icafe
Memory: 4GB G.SKILL DDR3 1333
Soundcard: Xonar DX
PSU: PC Power&Cooling S61EPS
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06-29-2012, 21:35
| posts: 2,010 | Location: Evans Ga,USA
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
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Master Guru
Videocard: GTX 570 SLI
Processor: 2600K @ 5Ghz
Mainboard: Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
Memory: 16GB Corsair VengeanceLP
Soundcard: Asus Xonar DX
PSU: PCP&C silencer mk II 950
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06-29-2012, 22:03
| posts: 531 | Location: USA
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I call BS on this, BF3 Maxed the hell out on a 64P server and my CPU is at maybe 70% load using SLI. I don't use HT so it's not a factor. To the OP, Going from: a 965 To what I have now even with a GTX 460 at the time was an improvement. In fact I had a core i3-530 running at 4.2Ghz for a bit and it put out better FPS than the quadcore AMD chip did in any game. |
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