Best upgrade?

[Rydawg5143]

CPU or GPU.
Bought Stalker ( both) and they play like utter shit. Which would be a better upgrade.

1) Sell 4870, buy 280 or 4870x2
2) Sell e8400, buy something else?
3) Buy another 4870 for xfire?

 

[tiraides]

Do you have a 1GB or 512MB model HD4870? If it's the 512MB model, sell that and look towards the HD4870X2 (since your board supports CrossFire). If it's a 1GB model, get a second card and use CrossFire mode.

I doubt that you need to tweak your processor -- or get another one -- just for Stalker.

 

[Rydawg5143]

Thats what i figured i would have to do.

 

[Itchyeyes]

What resolutions are you playing at, and just how bad is it? I play STALKER on the machine in my sig at 1680x1050 with every maxed and average around 45fps. With your hardware I would think you should be able to play STALKER at up to 1920x1080 just fine (Clear Sky may be more demanding though, I'm not sure).