Need help in choosing between a new processor or video card. - Hardware & Software

I am looking to buy either one of these, but I don't know which one would help my system more in terms of gaming power. Both are the same price. My current spec is: [quote]Windows Server 2008 OS AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 5600 ~2.8 GHz 4 gigs of RAM NVIDIA 9600 GSO ~384 MB VRAM[/quote] I didn't list my power supply and motherboard, but I have already checked and they are capable of running either hardware. I'm currently interested in the [b]ATI Radeon 4770[/b], as it a pretty good deal on Newegg, and the reviews and benchmarks of it are pretty good. It's specs are: [quote]Chipset Manufacturer: ATI Core Clock: 750MHz Stream Processors: 640 Stream Processing Units Memory Clock: 800 MHz, 3.2 Gbps DirectX: DirectX 10.1 512MB VRAM 128-bit[/quote] The quad-core I'm looking into buying is the [b]AMD Athlon II X4 620 Propus 2.6GHz [/b] So, what would the best buy for my money to increase performance in games?

The graphics card.

[QUOTE=McSanchez;17626057]The graphics card.[/QUOTE] Thanks for the quick reply

I have similar specs (Slightly better) and I'm thinking of just getting a new processor. but that means I'm gonna need a new mother board I can put up with running on medium, but it's getting kind of annoying during a fire fight with 5 NPC's that my Frame rate halves.

Processor. 9600 GSO to 4770 isn't a very big upgrade.

I was thinking that too. And prices might go down a bit before I can buy another video card. This processor should last me awhile.

CPU, unless you play 1650x1080

I wasn't aware that anybody made 1650x1080 monitors.

I'm 1280x1024 resolution, so it isn't as power hungry.

Definitely CPU then. That GPU will do fine for your resolution, just upgrade the CPU.

Id say go for a 4850. Its the same price, yet better.

[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;17627023]Definitely CPU then. That GPU will do fine for your resolution, just upgrade the CPU.[/QUOTE] That would mean upgrading the mobo which means handing out more money. Video card for sure, the CPU you have currently is fine and you can always upgrade it in the future.

[QUOTE=furbrain;17628497]That would mean upgrading the mobo which means handing out more money. Video card for sure, the CPU you have currently is fine and you can always upgrade it in the future.[/QUOTE] Mobo is motherboard? Mine current one is fine to run both hardware.

May I ask why you are running a server OS?

Server OS's are actually quite good, considering they strip out most of the bloat-shit.

[QUOTE=furbrain;17628497]That would mean upgrading the mobo which means handing out more money. Video card for sure, the CPU you have currently is fine and you can always upgrade it in the future.[/QUOTE] Not if he already has an AM2+ board, which means his computer has to be from more recent than 2006.

I just scored 7,424 on the GPU score for 3Dmark vantage with my 4770. It's better than the 9800 GTX from what it seems like. Although the test setups are different, it should not be too different. I'm running a i7 860, and they were using a Core 2 Quad QX9770. [img]http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/732/vantage_gpu_oc.jpg[/img] So yeah, i think its a pretty good deal!