Views on upgrade.

[lifespill]

Hi all


My main concern is gaming.I have 2 systems,my current one has core i7 920 with 2 gtx 285 and the other is a simple hp microtower with a pentium g3250 with intelhd.With both of my systems gaming isnt ideal because gtx 285 doesnt support dx11 and intelhd isnt great at all.

So i need a new gpu,but this is not the case of my question.My main question is if worth it to sell cpu,mobo(core i7 and asus p6t deluxe) and use my pentium g3250 with a new card?Im thinking of a gtx 750ti or r7 265.Would this give me any good perfomance on gaming?

sorry if my text is confusing

 

[theyeti87]

Stick with the i7 system and upgrade the GPU on it. The 45nm Nehalem i7's like yours (and mine) are still very much a viable option with today's titles. Unless you're planning on buying a GTX980Ti or up, there shouldn't be much of any bottleneck at the CPU. Your CPU is also a solid chip for overclocking.

 

[lifespill]

Thanks for the answer,the ideal for me is what you say,to just buy a new gpu,but i cant afford any upgrade so selling on of the 2 systems is the only way,core i7 is easier to be sold and so i though sell it and add a new gpu to pentium g,it sounds like a downgrade but will i be able to play game on 720p or 1080p medium settings?

 

[Alex192]

Thanks for the answer,the ideal for me is what you say,to just buy a new gpu,but i cant afford any upgrade so selling on of the 2 systems is the only way,core i7 is easier to be sold and so i though sell it and add a new gpu to pentium g,it sounds like a downgrade but will i be able to play game on 720p or 1080p medium settings?

The 2 cores of the pentium G give tremendous performance especially when overclocked but it bottlenecks in games which require 4 cores. i3s are able to keep up somewhat due to hyperthreading. So I'd say sell both i7 and pentium but keep the pentium's board and upgrade to a 4th gen i5 or i3 with gtx 950. Should give you great performance at 1080p

 

[theyeti87]

Thanks for the answer,the ideal for me is what you say,to just buy a new gpu,but i cant afford any upgrade so selling on of the 2 systems is the only way,core i7 is easier to be sold and so i though sell it and add a new gpu to pentium g,it sounds like a downgrade but will i be able to play game on 720p or 1080p medium settings?

You already can play 1080 games at medium or better settings. Just save your money and wait for a nice GPU. It doesn't make sense to short change yourself by selling good hardware to buy a new GPU to put in a weaker system than the one you sold.