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No way. The clock-for-clock improvement is negligible. I'm keeping my 2600k for a long time :)

I'm really waiting for these cards to appear. They might be a worthy upgrade to my HD 6870. Any word on where they are arriving? I've read March, but still no news.

Right now, I'm running my HD 6870 with 1015mhz on the core and 1172mhz on the memory. This is done with the Voltage slider maxed out, at 1.3v Is there anyway to override this? I'd like to try a little more voltage to see where and how far this GPU goes.

I have an HD 6870. It is exceptionally strong @ 1080p, which is my resolution. However, at such higher resolutions like yours, you really need a faster GPU, or perhaps better yet, HD 6870 in Crossfire.

The reason your laptop beats the desktop in games, is because of the CPU. i7 vs a very old Core 2 Duo E6400. The GTS 250 is actually a better GPU than the GTX 460M. The mobile versions are ALWAYS much slower than the desktop equivalent.

Well, the GTX 560 Ti 448 is pretty close the the GTX 570. Can you wait another week or so, and see how much the HD 7950 will cost? According to benches, it outperforms the GTX 580 out of the box, and is bound to cost only 299$.

Is this thread for real? What are the extra cores for? LOL that's like asking "what does the extra horsepower on that car do?" Are you stupid enough that you can't realize for yourself more shaders = more power?

OH MY GOD. I use a SINGLE HD 6870 for gaming at 1080p. It's a great card, it's in the mid-high end range and is pretty close to the HD 5870 at stock, and mine even surpasses the stock HD6950 @ 1015mhz / 1172 OC. WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU USE CROSSFIRE FOR 1280x1024??!! WHY? A single HD...

Ridiculous? No. Unwise? Yes. Ridiculous would be pairing the HD 7970 with a Pentium 4. That would epically absurd. With a Q6600 (overclocked is a must) I'd say it's definitely not your best option, but it's not bad either.

3Dmark Vintage? Sounds good for my old Pentium II @ 400mhz with a Riva TNT 16mb.

It will be enough for CSS (maxed out no problem, since the Source engine is lighter than most engines) and Oblivion (although don't expect to max it out at big resolutions). However, keep in mind that the HD 6450 is a very crippled GPU in terms of 3D perfomance. If you have prospects of...

It's NOT the CPU. Check any BF3 performance review. http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html Such as this. You see an AMD dual core Athlon II X2 (weaker than Phenom II X2), giving an average of 67 FPS. Sixty. Seven. Frames per second. On a dual core...

It's not the CPU.

Even at stock speeds, a Q6600 wouldn't bottleneck so hard. I mean, the CPU is getting old, but it still games like a champ. But it IS bottlenecking that HD 5870 at stock speeds. All I'm saying is that it shouldn't be only giving you 15fps. In any case, try to bring it to 3ghz at least and see...

It will bottlenck a lot, unfortunately. In fact, there's a very big chance your current 8800GT is already being held back somwhat by your CPU, even with the OC. I'll tell you why: Back in 2008, I got my LGA775 system with a Core 2 Duo E8400 (3ghz stock), 4gb DDR2 and an 8800GT. At the time...