My hardware jump

[StarsFan4Life]

I play a lot of TF2 and will soon be playing the new COD. I also do a ton of HD rendering. How much of a system boost will I see going from an AMD X2 5600+, 4GB DDR2-6400, EVGA 8600GTS 512B to a Phenom II 940 3.0ghz quad, 8gb pc2-1066, XFX ATI 4870 1GB (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150352)?

 

[tiraides]

Check the benchmarks for the 1GB HD4870. All other things being equal, the HD4870 would be a noticeable improvement over the 8600GTS, and the 8600GTS was never considered to be a high-end card.