which one is better?

[ameratsu]

Soleron said:

ameratsu said:

Slimebeast said:
It's a very powerful combination (Phenom II X4 920 + 4870X2).

Don't be tricked by the store to put more money on the processor and less money on the GPU.

The GPU should always cost A LOT more than the processor in a good gaming system or else something is wrong.

 

lol my cpu was $200 and video card was $50, and it seems to run modern games just fine, though i haven't tried crysis. Imo it made more sense to cheap out on the video card (8800gs), upgrading that a year or two from now, than it did to cheap out on the cpu.

If you spent $50 on that CPU with the same graphics card you would be getting the same framerates, I promise you. Similarly, if you'd spent $50 on the CPU and $150 on the graphics you would get twice the framerate.

 

 

gaming isnt the only thing i use my computer for, and every game i've played so far has just fine framerates. besides, i spent more on the cpu because i like long upgrade cycles, so the only thing im going to have to upgrade between now and my next full blown upgrade is the video card. The 8800gs will easily hold me over till i can get a substantially better video card for ~$100.