Upgrade: My E5200 or my ATI 4770

[CuriousMike]

I have my E5200 o/c to 3.2ghz. If I go any further, I get a "BOOT DISK" not found error.
I have my ATI 4770 running at stock speed.

I want better framerate in MOH and I anticipate the new Need For Speed.

Budget is ~$150.

Would I be better served upgrading the processor ( E8400 ?) or a newer video card (5750?) to improve my game framerate.

 

[VirtualLarry]

video card, definitely

 

[Davidh373]

Graphics, but a processor upgrade might be something you want to consider when Intel's "Sandy Bridge" comes around in Q1 2011

 

[ShreddedWheat]

I have an e5200 oced to 3.4 with a 5850 from a 4850 512 meg @ 1920x1200 rez. The cpu is fine but if I was still using the 4850 I would opt for either the 460 1 gig or the 6850 slightly more than 150 but I think well worth it. Looking at techpowerup....the 5750 is only around 2 fps faster than your current 4770 in say crysis so I would say definately better video card than the 57xx series in my opinion coming from your 4770.

Not sure what NFS will need? Tomshardware had a good article showing current fast vid cards with slower speeds and different # of cores and the differences.

Good Luck

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

68xx card

 

[Vette73]

Yea get a new 6000 series card or a GTX4XX card.

You can always carry the card over to a new system.

 

[jaydee]

For $150 this is probably the best you can do: eVGA GTX 460 768MB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130562

You're going to have to spend about $190 to any better than that (Radeon 6850)

 

[CuriousMike]

Seems like it's unanimous that my GPU is the bottleneck to more FPS.

Thanks all for suggestions; the 460 or maybe the new 68xx sounds like the ticket.

 

[Davidh373]

Seems like it's unanimous that my GPU is the bottleneck to more FPS.

Thanks all for suggestions; the 460 or maybe the new 68xx sounds like the ticket.

a 6850 would be much better than a 460 768MB.

 

[jaydee]

a 6850 would be much better than a 460 768MB.

As it should be, it costs ~25% more. The debate is really how much the OP is willing to spend.