should i get a gtx460 and a core2quad

[JJacobs]

ive had my baby for a year now while shes not that bad i feel icould improve her

my specs are

cpu: intel e5500 2.8 x 2.79

card:hd5570 1gb

ram:4gb ddr3

mb:ecs g41t-m12

do you think i should go for the asus gtx460 and core2quad (12mb cache)

or do you think i have better options for that price?

[Erik005]

Unless you can get the quadcore really cheap you shouldn't get a new socket 775 processor.

 

And the 460 is a bit old too.

[CommanderCrazy]

The 460 may be old, but it isnt bad by any stretch.

Up the voltage to 1050 and overclock it like crazy. You'll get equal juice out of it to a 560Ti.

[Paxan_1]

Hi,

 

if you want to upgrade your cpu and graphic card you can have a very powerful system by upgrading to a better graphic card and a cpu. A 12MB quad is the high end one, if you ask me it doesnt matter which one you choose, you can overclock it. And of course it would bring a lot of calculation power, a 9550 is nice and not that expansive. For the graphic card i would go for a 560 (not ti, if you want to save money), here in germany the prices dont differ that much. You could also have a look at the amd hd 6850, which is a little cheaper but has the same power like the 460. But, please mind, have a look if your motherboard could handle the cpu and your psu could handle the whole system ;)

 

Sarah

Edited October 10, 2011 by Paxan_1

[hoofhearted4]

For the graphic card i would go for a 560 (not ti, if you want to save money)

 

what is Ti again? doesnt it have something to do with it being unlocked or something (sorry if im way off lol)? i feel like i read it once, but now idk remember.

[Vecna6667]

The biggest problem I see here is that the core 2 quad will bottleneck most of the strong graphics cards. I'd say no stronger than a Radeon HD 6850, maybe a 6790, or a GTX 460, 550TI. Most GTX 500 and HD 6900 cards will be too fast and have to wait for the CPU to catch up.

[Paxan_1]

For the graphic card i would go for a 560 (not ti, if you want to save money)

 

what is Ti again? doesnt it have something to do with it being unlocked or something (sorry if im way off lol)? i feel like i read it once, but now idk remember.

Ti is short for Titianium, the 560 ti is around 10% more powerful than the 560. Thats the reason why they have different prices ;)

 

The biggest problem I see here is that the core 2 quad will bottleneck most of the strong graphics cards. I'd say no stronger than a Radeon HD 6850, maybe a 6790, or a GTX 460, 550TI. Most GTX 500 and HD 6900 cards will be too fast and have to wait for the CPU to catch up.

 

I don't think a core 2 quad will bottleneck a 6850. I own myself a C2Q 9450, which is overclocked to 3.6GHz, it is more powerful like a i7 920. At the moment i'm planning to upgrade my Amd hd 4870 to a 6950 and the cpu is powerful enough. If he wants to have a "cheap" upgrade a quad will provide enough power for a 6850. In my opinion he could run the system for more than a year to enjoy games in a nice graphic quality.

 

Sarah

[Erik005]

I think a core i5-2500k and a new motherboard will be a better investment

[scrivener07]

cpu

gpu 1 $

mb

[JJacobs]

i was thinking of a i5-2500k and an asus rampage but then i would not have enough for a graphics card (or at least a better one)

but i thought of the quad core cos my board is 775 socket set . thnx for the replies

Edited October 14, 2011 by JJacobs