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Old March 11, 2009, 02:28 PM
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Hi guys, i have some money to do an upgrade, but dont know what to buy...

MY rig:
Lapped e5200 at 3.8 with vendetta 2(lapped too)
4g ddr2 1000 g.skill
my ep45-ud3p is comming
antec 300(with added 3 red yate loon(2 front and 1 side)
his 4870
wd black 640
corsair hx520

i play at 1080p resolution, and in some time i want a litle mre fps in game

option:
upgrade my psu and buy another one 4870
upgrade my cpu to a quad(down have budjet for i7)
or im tinking abour wc my video card for oc it

What is the best option?

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Old March 11, 2009, 02:38 PM
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what games do you play? because that system should be pretty good for most games, I know that there are a few fps online games out there that no matter what you have the fps will be not so great I think that it has to do with the internet connection but I am not totally sure.
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Old March 11, 2009, 02:44 PM
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i play game like cod, farcry2, crysis, l4d,css... all this game can run on my system but some time i got small lag(not only online)

that why i ask this, i dont know if i realy want more graphic power or something else...

and yes im internet connection is crap.. but i have the best i can have here...
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Old March 11, 2009, 03:15 PM
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another 4870. :D
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another 4870. :D
i have to agree here i don't see you getting much more maybe with quad
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An E5200, even oc'ed will bottleneck 4870s crossfired. I would either consider an E8400, or a Q9450.
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An E5200, even oc'ed will bottleneck 4870s crossfired. I would either consider an E8400, or a Q9450.
+1 ...completely agree with Charlie...new CPU then new GPU...
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Thanks for youre reply guys

so next upgrade, quad core..
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my bad, i just realized the e5200 is a pentium chip and not a c2d, lol.
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Maybe sell your HD4870 if its a 512MB version and get a 1GB version instead. Shouldn't cost too much to do assuming you can sell it.

Otherwise I'd go with a CPU upgrade. As said above, E8400 or Q9450 would do nicely.
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