AnitaPeterson
Diamond Member
Hi folks,
I'm putting together a dedicated gaming machine, and was wondering about the videocard choice.
The base system is as follows:
Phenom X3 720 (unlocked to quad-core)
ASRock 770DE+
4 GB DDR2 (yes, well, it's an AM2+ mobo)
Corsair 430W PSU
SSD boot drive, 500 GB storage HDD
As you can see, it's an older-specs system. Mind you, the machine is made from spare parts, some of which were given to me for free (except the SSD).
I have a Radeon 6570, but I hope could trade it (for some extra cash) for an 7750 instead (both Asus cards).
Under these particular circumstances (and without making a motherboard/RAM upgrade) is it worth upgrading the 6570? Would the 7750 be bottlenecked by the existing CPU/RAM combo?
I'm putting together a dedicated gaming machine, and was wondering about the videocard choice.
The base system is as follows:
Phenom X3 720 (unlocked to quad-core)
ASRock 770DE+
4 GB DDR2 (yes, well, it's an AM2+ mobo)
Corsair 430W PSU
SSD boot drive, 500 GB storage HDD
As you can see, it's an older-specs system. Mind you, the machine is made from spare parts, some of which were given to me for free (except the SSD).
I have a Radeon 6570, but I hope could trade it (for some extra cash) for an 7750 instead (both Asus cards).
Under these particular circumstances (and without making a motherboard/RAM upgrade) is it worth upgrading the 6570? Would the 7750 be bottlenecked by the existing CPU/RAM combo?
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