Hi all,
I was planning on upgrading my system to get it ready to play some of the newer games coming out (Skyrim, SWTOR, etc.) - I was just about to purchase an Nvidia 560ti graphics card, but started thinking: maybe my CPU would bottleneck me?
I currently run an old C2D intel E6750 at the standard 2.66 ghz (not overclocked). My existing GPU is a Radeon 4850 (1 gig), and I've got 4 gigs of DDR2 RAM. My Mobo is (I believe) an ASUS P5N-E NFORCE 650I.
So I'm wondering: would upgrading my GPU even give me a performance boost considering my CPU? Should I try to overclock the CPU and get a new GPU? If I wanted to upgrade the CPU first instead, would I be able to get a quad-core that worked with my mobo?
Thanks in advance for your help!
I was planning on upgrading my system to get it ready to play some of the newer games coming out (Skyrim, SWTOR, etc.) - I was just about to purchase an Nvidia 560ti graphics card, but started thinking: maybe my CPU would bottleneck me?
I currently run an old C2D intel E6750 at the standard 2.66 ghz (not overclocked). My existing GPU is a Radeon 4850 (1 gig), and I've got 4 gigs of DDR2 RAM. My Mobo is (I believe) an ASUS P5N-E NFORCE 650I.
So I'm wondering: would upgrading my GPU even give me a performance boost considering my CPU? Should I try to overclock the CPU and get a new GPU? If I wanted to upgrade the CPU first instead, would I be able to get a quad-core that worked with my mobo?
Thanks in advance for your help!