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Old April 24, 2012, 01:37 AM
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Gaming is the main use of this rig. Got a X9650 which sits nicely @4.0 GHZ, and a GTX580 which I'm looking forward to upgrade with (hopefully) the powerful Kepler which should come out soon. The question is - whether the 9650 will do the job for gaming @2560x1440 till Haswell comes out or will I be significantly bottlenecked?
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Old April 24, 2012, 01:51 AM
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The high rez definitely focuses the pressure on the GPU rather than the CPU, but I am certain that modern games under perform with dual cor processors no matter the res. Upgrade for me! As for Haswell, it's not up till 2nd Quarter 2013.

You should know most of all since you have the GTX 580.
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Old April 24, 2012, 01:55 AM
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The X9650 is a Quad core. The top 775 chip (apart from the X9770). ;)
About the 580 - It easily pulls 80 fps in BF3 (my primary game since it's release) @medium settings, which means that it's possible running the game @ultra settings with the same CPU provided the GPU will be able to handle it.
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Old April 24, 2012, 05:03 AM
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Must have been something back then! So you're usin' a 120hz monitor? I see why you're tempted but if it was me I'd upgrade the older part, meaning I'd keep the GTX 580 :)
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Old April 24, 2012, 05:21 AM
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Nope, I use Dell's U2711. I'm leaning to replace the GPU rather than the CPU because currently I'm maxing out the 580 rather than the 9650. But... yeah maybe I'll need to upgrade the whole system together. Wanna wait for Haswell but oh boy is it going to be hard!! In case I'll break me thinks it'll be for an i7-3820...
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Old April 24, 2012, 06:47 AM
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Too long of a wait man. Live for the moment.
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Old April 24, 2012, 07:19 AM
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True. Gonna get a 3820 but will have to save a bit for the expensive X79 mobo tho... And hopefully IB-E will be more of a step forward than IB compared to SB.
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Old April 24, 2012, 07:31 AM
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hopefully IB-E will be more of a step forward than IB compared to SB.
Yeah lets hope!
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Old April 24, 2012, 08:43 AM
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Why go SB-E if you're not running a 6-core or multiple GPU's? Pick up a Z68 mobo and a 2500K. It'll be just as fast gaming and save you lots of money.
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Old April 24, 2012, 09:58 AM
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Because of the future upgrade option with IB-E. (which will hopefully be a significant upgrade)
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