Worth it to upgrade?

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bigredcat

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I've been sorting through reviews of the latest graphics cards, and I still am not sure of the answer. I currently am running on a 1.5 year old graphics card the 8800 GTX. The card has served me well don't get me wrong, but the new games seem to be getting a little more intense and I like eye candy. The rest of my specs are in my sig. I do not play Crysis, nor will I. I am currently playing Mass Effect, and I am impatiently waiting for Fallout 3.

Bottom line, my question, is it really worth the upgrade to a 4870 X2 or a 280? It appears from the benchs that the 4870 x2 would be the optimal choice, but would there be an extremely noticeable change? Thank you in advance for your opinions and suggestions.

P.S. I have the cash to upgrade, but I am not in a rush if it's not really necessary. Also, if it comes down to a complet overhaul of the system, I will just wait a little bit longer.
 
Hard to say.. what games are you experiencing slowdowns in? What resolution to you play at and what AA/AF settings? I noticed some slight "lag" with Mass Effect on my system, not really low FPS, just some "latency" when looking around. Think it might have been the Adaptive AA causing it, but it could also be the CPU. If there's some standard benchmark you can run, I can post my results too seeing as my CPU is only slightly slower (5600+ speeds).

The 8800GTX is still a good card, it's almost up there with the 9800GTX and 4850 (unless it's the 320MB version, then it makes alot of sense to upgrade), so it may be that you're CPU bound and this causes the slowdowns.
 
JimmiG said:
(unless it's the 320MB version, then it makes alot of sense to upgrade)
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There is no 320MB version of the 8800GTX.

OP, if you aren't having trouble running the games that you want to play, there's no reason to upgrade. It's looking like your 8800GTX will do fine for the near future, so save your cash and upgrade when you need to.
 
Zero82z, I was thinking that. It may be the best choice just to sit on it for now and build a new rig later on. Thank you both for your input.
 
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