What upgrade will help me more?

[dirtychavez]

Thought I'd see what you guys think would be the best upgrade for me. Video card,processor upgrade, other? System is listed below, other opinions will be heard Trying to keep costs below 300$ but not set in stone. Games played at 1900x1200 with very little filtering and aliasing. Also, i will not go to ATI at this point, not that i have anything against them.

***edit*** I forgot, i will be getting rid of the 8800gtx, giving it away to someone or i'd pick up another 8800gtx off ebay

Main games I play :

Team Fortress 2 (main game)
Counter-strike Source
Starcraft (lol)
Dawn Of War 40k + expansions

 

[alg7_munif]

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1376028

 

[MrWizard6600]

I voted for the GTX 260 (but that HD4850X2 is a sweet deal if you dont mind going with sapphire), but really your current setup shouldn't be giving you any trouble with TF2. So a GTX260 (or HD4870 or whatever) would allow you a little bit more AA, thats about it. A far cry from being worth the extra $300 if you ask me.

 

[dirtychavez]

I voted for the GTX 260 (but that HD4850X2 is a sweet deal if you dont mind going with sapphire), but really your current setup shouldn't be giving you any trouble with TF2. So a GTX260 (or HD4870 or whatever) would allow you a little bit more AA, thats about it. A far cry from being worth the extra $300 if you ask me.

It's really not, but I forgot to mention I have to get rid of the 8800 by June.

 

[Casper312]

Voted for the 260 as well, your cpu should be fine for now, and im sure its a bit ahead of my e5200, if so, i think you will be fine.

 

[Nenu]

GTX 260 for sure as that will give by far the largest performance boost in games.
Your CPU and memory are fine for most games, there are a few where a faster CPU or quad core will help but what you have isnt bad.

 

[Epiik]

If you have to get rid of your current card, go for the new card.

 

[astyler]

well if you gotta get rid of your card, you lack of card is going to be a pretty significant bottleneck when it comes to POSTing.... upgrade the card but your cpu is fine for all of those games

 

[Freezebyte]

GTX 260 by far

 

[Everett1]

GTX 260 is my vote

Definitely will see improvement in games.

 

[Nenu]

well if you gotta get rid of your card, you lack of card is going to be a pretty significant bottleneck when it comes to POSTing.... upgrade the card but your cpu is fine for all of those games

Did you know you voted for the Q9300

 

[astyler]

Did you know you voted for the Q9300

Yeah, cause in the interim 6 months it's the better upgrade if you can only do one or keep the 8800.

Buuuut I wouldn't upgrade either for the moment if I were you, you can ride the 6850 all the way to i7, honestly

 

[dirtychavez]

Yeah, cause in the interim 6 months it's the better upgrade if you can only do one or keep the 8800.

Buuuut I wouldn't upgrade either for the moment if I were you, you can ride the 6850 all the way to i7, honestly

Thats what was thinking, i really wanted to do quad and a 260, but can't justify spending 300 bucks on one.

 

[astyler]

Thats what was thinking, i really wanted to do quad and a 260, but can't justify spending 300 bucks on one.

Well your setup is more than adequate for your games. If you have to get rid of the card, I'd pick up a cheap 9800gt and use that system till you go upgrading to i7 6-core around q4 2009

 

[GonzoP]

Thats what was thinking, i really wanted to do quad and a 260, but can't justify spending 300 bucks on one.

For gaming your cpu is still adequate. Stepping up the gpu is your best move. If you have $300 to spend now the GTX260 is only $200. Save that hundred towards a future quad

 

[Drakan290]

260 is the best bet. The 6850 still has more oomph in it than any games you're currently playing need.
AKA, the video card will be the lowest common denominator.

 

[j3ff86]

Thought I'd see what you guys think would be the best upgrade for me. Video card,processor upgrade, other? System is listed below, other opinions will be heard Trying to keep costs below 300$ but not set in stone. Games played at 1900x1200 with very little filtering and aliasing. Also, i will not go to ATI at this point, not that i have anything against them.

***edit*** I forgot, i will be getting rid of the 8800gtx, giving it away to someone or i'd pick up another 8800gtx off ebay

Main games I play :

Team Fortress 2 (main game)
Counter-strike Source
Starcraft (lol)
Dawn Of War 40k + expansions

Why do you need to upgrade? An 8800 GTX would have no problem playing TF2 at 1920x1200 w/ full AA/AF and maxed settings. Even my 8800 GT and 3850 512mb can do it.

 

[dirtychavez]

Well your setup is more than adequate for your games. If you have to get rid of the card, I'd pick up a cheap 9800gt and use that system till you go upgrading to i7 6-core around q4 2009

Thanks buddy, that's not a bad idea at all

Why do you need to upgrade? An 8800 GTX would have no problem playing TF2 at 1920x1200 w/ full AA/AF and maxed settings. Even my 8800 GT and 3850 512mb can do it.

Doubtful, i play big pubs, 32 man gets some slow down with 4x msaa and trilinear filtering, i promise. Maybe my computer sucks and yours is awesome, who knows

 

[engiNURD]

If you're getting rid of the 8800GTX in June, then I'd replace it in June, not now. Move to a quad in H2'09, and the new card should simply transfer over to that system nicely.

 

[j3ff86]

Doubtful, i play big pubs, 32 man gets some slow down with 4x msaa and trilinear filtering, i promise. Maybe my computer sucks and yours is awesome, who knows

32 player pubs are all I play as well (dustbowl, goldrush, badwater). Any slowdown you get on an 8800 GTX will be due to CPU bottlenecking as TF2 only makes [significant] use of 1 cpu core.