Soleron said:
GPU first, then CPU later on. If you change the CPU, you'll also have to change the motherboard and RAM. GPUs affect game framerates more than CPUs for the same money spent. Even though an non-i7 CPU can be shown to bottleneck the graphics, at that point it tends to be the difference between 80fps and 100fps. Not so that you'd notice. GPU is more important for going from unplayable to playable framerates. What's your current CPU? |
agreed it also can be the cheapest upgrade option next to ram to boost performance in apps like photoshop and 3Ds MAX but it is never a long term solution for hardcore editing.
The answer for hardcore work would have to be any i7 with a beefy workstation card but like i said if you dont deal with 10mp+ images I wouldn't be worried about it as long as you have a decent amount of ram (4GB+)