Is it time to upgrade?

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I have a 8800gt 512mb EVGA card.
Reason to upgrade : can barely run gta 4. I know this sounds stupid, and that it's probably my cpu to blame, but the god damn socket (775) is outdated already :rolleyes:
Also, my 8800gt is overheating constantly, leaving me to run the fan at full speed or else I experience artifacts. The card is under warranty, and Evga accepted an RMA for it, but I don't want to send it out and have no card, nor do I want to pay extra money to cross ship...

Ideas? I don't think the cards out right now are really that much better to warrant an upgrade, I have seen hd4870's for around $170 and I figure I could crossfire them, but honestly is it even worth it? help would be appreciated. Other ideas are to upgrade the cpu to a quad core, maybe a Q9650?
Money to spend ~ 3-400 at most (USD)

Thanks, Mike
 
a 4870 is a good bit better card. a quad at 4ghz will help also. long live the socket 775!!!!
 
the gtx 260 is definitely much better than a 8800gt and def worth the upgrade, especially if you sell the 8800 for some cash.
 
Hypernova said:
If your main concern is GTA than Quads first.
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+1. GTA4 apparently eats cores for dinner. People all over the internet reporting 60%+ utilization on all 4 cores on GTA4, as well as "no FPS change" with graphics cards/graphics settings change.
 
Man if you really on a tight budge go with a Q6600 and 4830. that can run GTA4 smoothly

-skyyless
 
Yes i agree on cpu as that game is basically cpu intensive if i remembered correctly, so a quad will help alot!!
 
Rule of thumb - if you current gear can't run the games your playing the way you like, yes, its time to upgrade.
 
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