- Jun 8, 2009
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I am at a dilema right now, my current system is fairly new only 8 months old and frankly it runs everything just fine cept for the video card and thats where this question comes into play.
Specs
E8400 CO @ 4.2ghz 1.296v (can reach 4300mhz stable but i prefer the lower voltage)
4GB DDR2-800 G.SKILL
ATI 4850 512mb
Asus P5Q-PRO
Antec 650w Trio TP
As you can see i have a fine system but the video card cant really handle some games i play i get 40ish fps on silent hunter 4 and 40ish fps on fallout3 and few other games. 40fps may seem fine to you guys but i dont like anything lower then 50 and i can see the differance in gameplay. The card is overclocked to the max 700/1050. I game with 1680x1050 and i prefer 4xAA 16xAF or at least 8xAF. For the future the 4850 isnt good enough and frankly the 512mb also shows stuttering when i increase AA in some games.
I have $558 exactly. I was thinking just buy the 4890 1gb i can get one for $200 and its a factory oc one. Now my brother's computer is pretty old and here is where my dilema comes into play. He claims he doesnt care about fps or graphics and he probably really means that, the games he plays for the most part he can play with maxed out because the graphics card isnt stressed at all so lowering graphics details doesnt increase fps at all. World of Warcraft/warhammer online and Command and Conquer 3 his fps starts taking a dive if i go above 1024x768 resolutions (cpu sucks)
His system is a
Opteron 165 duelcore S939 @ 2.6ghz (can reach 2.9ghz but stock hsf is kinda limited)
2gb Ram
8800GTS 640
I know his video card isnt even being used because if i increase AA/AF to the max fps doesnt even drop, the cpu is killing this system.
I could buy all this right now but im not sure if i should.
AMD X4 940 Phenom ll
4GB G,skill DDR2-1066
Gigabyte GA-MA790X UD4P
Asus 4890 OC 1GB
I would use this system myself because its a quadcore and overclocked i could reach the same potential as my e8400 gaming wise. I would give my brother my E8400 and 4850, which would probably set him up for a good 2+ years for what he plays because its way overkill for him. Now me on the otherhand, would this really be worth doing ? Or should i save my money? My mom is telling me to save my money because i upgrade computers to much and waste money. Its my money tho but i understand what she is saying.
Would you guys do this ? I can only do this today tho because newegg has special deal saving me like $50 and they end today. Next month i could buy a 955BE and DDR3 tho but TBH from what iv seen DDR3 doesnt do anything for AMD.
Sorry for a long post but i want to get all the information out there so you guys could suggest what i should do. I feal obligated to upgrade my brothers computer but he said he doesnt care and it runs fine but 25-30fps isnt fine to me. So i could just skip it and get the 4890 and save the $350 from buying the phenom. I dont really care about cheap upgrades like AMD 7750 or whatever they are called, they are basicly crappy X2's no faster then the opteron in terms of speed just clock speed and not by much. If i buy something it will be something worth buying.
Specs
E8400 CO @ 4.2ghz 1.296v (can reach 4300mhz stable but i prefer the lower voltage)
4GB DDR2-800 G.SKILL
ATI 4850 512mb
Asus P5Q-PRO
Antec 650w Trio TP
As you can see i have a fine system but the video card cant really handle some games i play i get 40ish fps on silent hunter 4 and 40ish fps on fallout3 and few other games. 40fps may seem fine to you guys but i dont like anything lower then 50 and i can see the differance in gameplay. The card is overclocked to the max 700/1050. I game with 1680x1050 and i prefer 4xAA 16xAF or at least 8xAF. For the future the 4850 isnt good enough and frankly the 512mb also shows stuttering when i increase AA in some games.
I have $558 exactly. I was thinking just buy the 4890 1gb i can get one for $200 and its a factory oc one. Now my brother's computer is pretty old and here is where my dilema comes into play. He claims he doesnt care about fps or graphics and he probably really means that, the games he plays for the most part he can play with maxed out because the graphics card isnt stressed at all so lowering graphics details doesnt increase fps at all. World of Warcraft/warhammer online and Command and Conquer 3 his fps starts taking a dive if i go above 1024x768 resolutions (cpu sucks)
His system is a
Opteron 165 duelcore S939 @ 2.6ghz (can reach 2.9ghz but stock hsf is kinda limited)
2gb Ram
8800GTS 640
I know his video card isnt even being used because if i increase AA/AF to the max fps doesnt even drop, the cpu is killing this system.
I could buy all this right now but im not sure if i should.
AMD X4 940 Phenom ll
4GB G,skill DDR2-1066
Gigabyte GA-MA790X UD4P
Asus 4890 OC 1GB
I would use this system myself because its a quadcore and overclocked i could reach the same potential as my e8400 gaming wise. I would give my brother my E8400 and 4850, which would probably set him up for a good 2+ years for what he plays because its way overkill for him. Now me on the otherhand, would this really be worth doing ? Or should i save my money? My mom is telling me to save my money because i upgrade computers to much and waste money. Its my money tho but i understand what she is saying.
Would you guys do this ? I can only do this today tho because newegg has special deal saving me like $50 and they end today. Next month i could buy a 955BE and DDR3 tho but TBH from what iv seen DDR3 doesnt do anything for AMD.
Sorry for a long post but i want to get all the information out there so you guys could suggest what i should do. I feal obligated to upgrade my brothers computer but he said he doesnt care and it runs fine but 25-30fps isnt fine to me. So i could just skip it and get the 4890 and save the $350 from buying the phenom. I dont really care about cheap upgrades like AMD 7750 or whatever they are called, they are basicly crappy X2's no faster then the opteron in terms of speed just clock speed and not by much. If i buy something it will be something worth buying.