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Is that spread over 3years Tony??

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DaveB :tab:

ianhind wrote:CB - I wasn't suggesting that.

More along the lines that 8600GT is enough for me. So Techy is looking to go from better than I already have to even better - ah well.

Sorry mate, I didn't read it properly. Thats what happens when you watch the darts till 2am and you're alarm for work goes off at 04:15am |-)

Tony (Techy)

I think with my system i have the X1950 Pro is now the bottleneck and i want to upgrade the card/cards to last a while

Are you certain that the graphics is the bottleneck? If it is something else then no matter how fast the GPU or CPU, they might be sitting there twiddling their electronic thumbs. And if you get a faster graphics card, the CPU could be the new bottleneck so .......


@CB - is there any easy way to work out where a bottleneck is? Benchmarking software normally just tests each component, and not the whole setup.


@Tony M - I asked that he threw his money my way first BUT it sounds as though you may have a greater need.

ianhind wrote: Are you certain that the graphics is the bottleneck? If it is something else then no matter how fast the GPU or CPU, they might be sitting there twiddling their electronic thumbs. And if you get a faster graphics card, the CPU could be the new bottleneck so .......

Very good point there Ian....I think i may be on the Holy Grail (play monty python music) of system upgrade....

Would be very interested to hear anyone elses view on this great point....?

Tony

As you have a relatively new processor I wouldn't say that was an issue at all and you could probably overclock it a bit more.

The current graphics card is def slower than ATI and Nvidia's latest offerings but your RAM is also quite slow. What resolution do you run your games at? If it's only 1280x1024 like me then there isn't a lot of point in buying 2x 3850Pro cards as a 3870XT would suffice.

CB i have a widescreen 1440x900 and thats it.......really need a new LCD thingy....Ahhh more money needed....time for some OVERTIME....

Tony

Ah yes

Overtime...... that when you work extra hours to earn money to buy all the things you don't have time for because you're working so much :think: :doho:

Garry

You could always go for a single 3870XT, maybe change the RAM for some faster modules (and sell your existing RAM to help fund it) and then get another 3870XT at a later date to be used in a crossfire setup.

Yeah thanks for that Garry...... :kissu:

CB i have a new MoBo that can take the DDR3 ram but its a tad pricey at the moment..... :-(

What Ram do you recommend.... :doho:

Tony

Just been having a look around and I'd maybe take a look at this for £142. It's would take you from 4gb down to 2gb but do you see any benefits running 4gb?

I've just read this and thisas well which makes for interesting reading.

I'll be back 2moro, I really must go to bed as my alarm is going off in 4 hours or so |-)