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iron_megalith on 09 May 2010
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Avneyet said:
Soleron said:

GPU first, then CPU later on. If you change the CPU, you'll also have to change the motherboard and RAM. GPUs a ffect 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+)

Actually yea.. I got a little confused about the bottleneck thing and thought of some pretty stupid stuff.. Now I'm a bit demoralized on spending on a new processor and would rather get something else. 

 

@Soleron

Right now this old pc is running on a Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.7ghz with the board only allowing 2GB max ram. Was planning on building a new pc. My original budget allowance was $700-1200 but then again I kinda don't want to spend much. :(

 

Here's my original plan btw just so you guys would know. In two years time after I finish college I'd be moving out of my home country. So I needed something that I can pack and move easily. So bringing the whole CPU is out of the question. 

Once I move to a much more stable place, I could easily fetch the other parts without worrying about discarding/reselling the stuff. This is why GPU is the only thing I wanted to invest on and also I saw that it would be by far the cheapest upgrade/investment I could do.

I'm not the kind of person who upgrades pcs too much. As long as it can keep up to what I do then I see no point in assembling a new one. I'm going for a long term investment here. Something that could last a long time till it can't keep up.

 

@Avynet

Sometimes I do things that are 10mp+.. But when it comes to some brushes even though the canvas isn't that huge it suddenly becomes delayed, especially when I try to blend colors.

 

Now the things I'm willing to spend for are a board with 4GB or 8GB max RAM and a GPU. I actually don't want to spend on a processor anymore if it's possible.

I'm thinking it's ok if I can't maximize it but just to the point that it can give good noticeable difference on the present performance.