Time to upgrade or not?

[CorpX]

So, I just bought a new case and am in the process of transferring my computer over and that got me thinking...

Next up is a 5850 as soon as the price hits sub $250.

So, my question is how much of a bottleneck my cpu/mobo/ram be if I got a 5850?

 

[lt_shiro]

sub $250 5850 lol... with gtx 470 costing $50 to $70 more than 5850, there is no real reason for price drop to $250. if you haven't notice the srp is really $280 has been selling for $305 to $330 lately.

 

[CorpX]

Newegg had the Powercolor 5850 with MW2 for 270 last week....

 

[engiNURD]

what res/settings and what games?

 

[CorpX]

I just want to play BC2 at highest @ 1920x1200

 

[Dangman]

Then the bottleneck would be about 27% give or take in BC2.

 

[CorpX]

So would I be able to play BC2 on max at 1920x1200?

 

[Dangman]

So would I be able to play BC2 on max at 1920x1200?

With what? The Q6600? Not really. Near max though.

 

[CorpX]

Just got the card and it surprisingly can handle BC2 at the max settings at 1920x1200. Very impressed!