Or did I just spend $180 to stroke my e-peen?
I currently run a 5400+ stock 2.8Ghz OC'ed to 3.0Ghz.
I just bought a Phenom 9950 2.6GHz which I hear can OC on the stock Voltage between 3Ghz & 3.5Ghz, but I am wondering just how much of an upgrade is this really?
The only reason I wanted to upgrade was so that I could get the most out of my GTX280, and while I would have made the move to Intel, what with Christmas coming up I cannot afford to dump an extra $1000+ into my system, because were I to get an Intel Quadcore, I would need at least 8 gigs of new RAM, I would want a nice motherboard capable of Tri SLI, another 280 to SLI and of course, this would all require a new Power supply... and at that point I may as well get a new case, which makes an entirely new computer.
Working within the bounds of what I have, means that I am stuck with AMD for the mean time and I am beginning to notice a trend of games requiring multi-core processors so I figured I may as well jump to a Quad, try it out and if I notice an improvement of Quad over Dual then that can be something to look into when I build a new rig (Which hopefully will not be for a year or so.)
So was the move to a Phenom worth it? Or am I just blowing smoke up my ass thinking it will get me more out of my video card?
I currently run a 5400+ stock 2.8Ghz OC'ed to 3.0Ghz.
I just bought a Phenom 9950 2.6GHz which I hear can OC on the stock Voltage between 3Ghz & 3.5Ghz, but I am wondering just how much of an upgrade is this really?
The only reason I wanted to upgrade was so that I could get the most out of my GTX280, and while I would have made the move to Intel, what with Christmas coming up I cannot afford to dump an extra $1000+ into my system, because were I to get an Intel Quadcore, I would need at least 8 gigs of new RAM, I would want a nice motherboard capable of Tri SLI, another 280 to SLI and of course, this would all require a new Power supply... and at that point I may as well get a new case, which makes an entirely new computer.
Working within the bounds of what I have, means that I am stuck with AMD for the mean time and I am beginning to notice a trend of games requiring multi-core processors so I figured I may as well jump to a Quad, try it out and if I notice an improvement of Quad over Dual then that can be something to look into when I build a new rig (Which hopefully will not be for a year or so.)
So was the move to a Phenom worth it? Or am I just blowing smoke up my ass thinking it will get me more out of my video card?