Explain something to me (GFX and CPU)

Hmm I see that Pooky has actually seen that already, when you look at the bench marks there doesn't seem to be really a difference that would justify R450.

I must add though that if you compare his E6300 to even just a i3 2100 the difference in performance in phenomenal. :eek:


Just under R2000 to upgrade to 1155, with 4GB of ram, i3 2100 and the cheapest H61 motherboard I saw on Rebel Tech. Even a Pentium G850 would be a big upgrade.
 
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NomNom said:
I must add though that if you compare his E6300 to even just a i3 2100 the difference in performance in phenomenal. :eek:


Just under R2000 to upgrade to 1155, with 4GB of ram, i3 2100 and the cheapest H61 motherboard I saw on Rebel Tech.
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Which is why I recommended saving for a bundle upgrade :D
 
Thanks guys for the information. I think my best bet is rather just to wait and upgrade everything. :D
 
I would steer well clear of a dual core, go for quadcore that way you are covered and you never land in a position where a game requires more power and you need to upgrade yet again

If you are going to upgrade shoot for a quadcore and nothing less.
 
killadoob said:
Odd i would have thought games ported from console would run poorer on pc and have more issues over games made for pc. At least that is how i understand it.
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Assasins Creed franchise is a good example of a poor console port that loves to chow cpu & gpu cycles even at 800x600 with everything off or on minimal setting.

But even if it's a native pc game it could require high specs of both while some games are happy with a average cpu but require a good gpu.

It really does depend on the game at the end of the day and the only guarantee is to have both a good cpu & gpu.
 
I can play witcher 2 on 1920x1080, though frame rate drops sometimes but generally playable

Q8200 + 8gig 1600 ram + HD6850, didnt cost much

If you dying to play the game now, OC your cpu to 3ghz and get a HD6850 (or if your monitor supports lower framerate get a 5750)
 
Tbh your 9600gt is going to be the biggest issue. I know people are saying wait and do everything and I agree to an extent but you could go 6850 for around ~1000 outlay and it would be night and day. 9600 is totally unusable these days.
 
cerebus said:
Tbh your 9600gt is going to be the biggest issue. I know people are saying wait and do everything and I agree to an extent but you could go 6850 for around ~1000 outlay and it would be night and day. 9600 is totally unusable these days.
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Yes, that GPU is definitely an issue.

But like one of my friends who had an C2D E6500 borrowed my MSI GTX460 1GB Cyclone OC card, and in BF2 he couldn't even utilize 40% of my graphics card due to his CPU being too weak! Oh, and this was even with the CPU overclocked 10-15%

So he'll need to either overclock that very far, or he'll need a new CPU & GPU ! Of course BattleField is very CPU & RAM intensive too - so it could be a different scenario with other games.
 
Pada said:
Yes, that GPU is definitely an issue.

But like one of my friends who had an C2D E6500 borrowed my MSI GTX460 1GB Cyclone OC card, and in BF2 he couldn't even utilize 40% of my graphics card due to his CPU being too weak! Oh, and this was even with the CPU overclocked 10-15%

So he'll need to either overclock that very far, or he'll need a new CPU & GPU ! Of course BattleField is very CPU & RAM intensive too - so it could be a different scenario with other games.
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Maybe he can use the 9600GT as a phyx card? Then his CPU requirements wont be so high (for BF2)

But his E6300 is seriously...in need of a replacement

How much does a Q6600 and a HD6850 cost these days second hand? Think that should sort him out
 
Pooky said:
Thanks guys for the information. I think my best bet is rather just to wait and upgrade everything. :D
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What you can also do is look at the performance stats for your hardware while the game is running.

I use those desktop widgets to look at my CPU and GPU levels during the game (just alt tab out) then you can really see how much pressure they are on. With my last upgrade I could see that my GPU was maxing out most of the time but my CPU was not even close to the top.
 
Nerfherder:
I did suggest that in my initial post: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...GFX-and-CPU)?p=8664355&viewfull=1#post8664355

Rather use applications (like what I've mentioned in my initial post) that shows you graphs, instead of widgets that has just dials that shows the current state.

Using the 9600GT as a physics card would require a motherboard with 2 or more PCI-E 16x slots, as well as a beefy powersupply.
 
I will try using After Burner and Task manager and see what the results are.
 
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Nerfherder:
I did suggest that in my initial post: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...GFX-and-CPU)?p=8664355&viewfull=1#post8664355

Rather use applications (like what I've mentioned in my initial post) that shows you graphs, instead of widgets that has just dials that shows the current state.

Using the 9600GT as a physics card would require a motherboard with 2 or more PCI-E 16x slots, as well as a beefy powersupply.
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The widget I use shows about a minutes worth of usage... addgadget.com
 
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