What should I upgrade?

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Krieger91

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I have been getting some pretty bad fps in Warhammer online lately. I also want to play Far Cry 2 with good fps when it comes out.

I have a 3870 512mb, Phenom 9600, and 2gigs of RAM.

Which upgrade would yield the most increased fps?

I was thinking about a new Phenom processor, what do you guys think?
 
What mobo are you running? You would probably benefit more from upgrading the video card to a 4870 or 9600 geforce card.
 
What resolution are you playing at?
What's your budget for this upgrade?
What PSU do you have?

But for now, my tentative answer is the same as Atl530i: you're better served by a faster video card like the GTS 260, HD4850, or HD4870 depending on your budget and resolution.
 
I would upgrade the videocard. The cpu upgrade would only turn out limited results untill the next line of Phenom(Deneb) comes out. The 4870 and 260GTX cards have a excellent cost to performance ratio.
 
I am running at 1680x1050

I forget the exact model of my mobo, I think its a DFI 790FX-M2R
 
Upgrading your video card to either the HD4870 or the GTX 260 would give you the best performance improvement (in games).

You could also try overclocking your current processor as well. (Which CPU cooler do you have?)
 
I cant remember the exact cooler, I think its one of the MUGEN coolers, Scythe or something like that.

Every time I try to use AMD overdrive it just locks up the entire system.
 
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