Time for an upgrade for my cpu?

[MaxCool]

I love playing games.

I have an Intel 2.7Ghz Dual Core e5400.

I don't do any hd video work.

Will a e5400 be good enough for most pc games, or should I upgrade?

 

[ZipSpeed]

What is the rest of your system specs and the resolution you play at?

 

[MaxCool]

4GB of ram. Graphics card is old crap, need to upgrade. I play at native 1366x768.

 

[toyota]

sounds like you need to upgrade EVERYTHING then...

 

[DesiPower]

Including you monitor... have a budget in mind?

 

[blckgrffn]

Or just upgrade your video card and be done with it. ~$100 should radically change the graphical fidelity you experience

Seriously, a GTS 450 or a 6770 is going to rock your world.

A handful of the latest titles are going to give your e5400 a rough time.

I have a e5400 in a cruncher that I turned up to 3.25Ghz with one reboot, no sweat and no instability (BOINC and F@H for days/weeks) so you might be able to squeeze more blood from that stone.

That said, a 20" monitor even at 1600*900 is going to give you a lot more usable computing desktop area while keeping your GPU requirements a bit more modest and affordable.

Sharing if you are a cheap bastard:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...EdpNo=154506&csid=ITD&body=REBATES#RebateInfo

 

[Barfo]

Get a Geforce 580 GTX.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Get a Geforce 580 GTX.

Not sure if serious^_^

The gtx580 is like the worst value card right now.

 

[toyota]

Not sure if serious^_^

The gtx580 is like the worst value card right now.

he said the same thing in another thread that had an old 2.33 core 2 duo as the cpu.

 

[toyota]

Not sure if serious^_^

The gtx580 is like the worst value card right now.

he said the same thing a little earlier in another thread that had an old 2.33 core 2 duo as the cpu. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=32744317&highlight=#post32744317

 

[skipsneeky2]

he said the same thing a little earlier in another thread that had an old 2.33 core 2 duo as the cpu. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=32744317&highlight=#post32744317

lol yeah i saw that i am sure a 2.3 core 2 duo wouldn't bottleneck a gtx580 screw it lets both recommend 6990s to those using pentium g860s as well:biggrin: