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Dinges on 19 March 2011

Wait 2 years before upgrading. You can play all games with some settings at (very) high with the setup you have right now.  



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NNN2004 on 19 March 2011
Barozi said:
NNN2004 said:
drkohler said:
NNN2004 said:

get the HD 6850 instead of HD 5850 its cheaper and have almost the same power .. check this review

Wow.. you actually found the one review which managed to place the 6850 above the 5850 in one particular benchmark.. congratulation.

For you and the rest of the world, the 5850 beats the crap out of an 6850, so replacing a 5850 with an 6850 actually downgrades your system (which is more than good enough at your screen resolution).

no man i mean its give almost the same results only 3 to 5 fps difference but the 6850 is cheaper so why not getting it ?! but if he want better performance with a little raise  in price let him get the 6950 its alot better than the 5850.

this is a review link:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-6950-6970-review/

but he already OWNS the 5850. Why do you want him to exchange it with the inferior card ?

i thought he want to buy it lol ..sorry :D



JEMC on 19 March 2011

If your plan is wait till the end of the year, asking for advice now is pointless.

In the CPU front, Intel will launch new CPUs that will replace the high end socket 1336 (i7-920/930, 950, etc.), and AMD will launch Bulldozer.

In the GPU side, both AMD and Nvidia will surely launch new card by then, and this time they will be based on the 28nm procces instead of 40nm, so you will get a lot more performance with less power at the same price or even lower.

With all this said, if you want to upgrade by the end of the year, ask this again in November.



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Soleron on 19 March 2011
JEMC said:

If your plan is wait till the end of the year, asking for advice now is pointless.

In the CPU front, Intel will launch new CPUs that will replace the high end socket 1336 (i7-920/930, 950, etc.), and AMD will launch Bulldozer.

In the GPU side, both AMD and Nvidia will surely launch new card by then, and this time they will be based on the 28nm procces instead of 40nm, so you will get a lot more performance with less power at the same price or even lower.

With all this said, if you want to upgrade by the end of the year, ask this again in November.

This. A lot.

Bulldozer, 6 core SB and 28nm GPUs will be the upgrades you'll want to get.

However, why would you want to upgrade? If your computer is running everything you currently do well, there's no need to spend more money. Your system is fine.



JWS on 21 March 2011

If you are using your pc for gaming wait until the next gen of consoles come out to upgrade. Since almost everything for the pc is a port made for 6 year old console technology. The setup you have should be able to play games on high setting for many years to come.



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disolitude on 21 March 2011

For your situation, upgrading this system would be beyond a waste. It would be like ubber waste.

I know you are probably bored and want to tinker...here is what you should do.

1. Go buy an aftermarket CPU cooler, this one to be specific - http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=8_129&item_id=035257

2. put the cooler on and overclock your CPU to about 3.8 ghz by increasing the multiplyer and adding a little bit of voltage to the CPU (~100mv). You can go to 4 ghz but it may become unstable. You have a "Black Edition" with unlocked multiplier...use it.

3. Get 2-4 gigs of ram and a 64 bit OS

4. Get a solid state drive for your OS

5. in a year or when more demanding games come out (Battlefield 3) buy a new power supply and add another 5850 in crossfire.

 

Doing any other CPU or GPU upgrades is just foolish... you're set for at least 3 more years with the upgrades above.