I was thinking of upgrading my graphics card from my 9800 GX2 to the 5870X2 when it comes out. The thing is that I have an Intel Q9450, which isn't the newest CPU on the market. I was wondering if I would get the best performance from my machine with my current CPU. Buying an i7 would mean getting a new mobo too, which is a hassle.
[QUOTE=he-did-it-->;17322185]I was thinking of upgrading my graphics card from my 9800 GX2 to the 5870X2 when it comes out. The thing is that I have an Intel Q9450, which isn't the newest CPU on the market. I was wondering if I would get the best performance from my machine with my current CPU. Buying an i7 would mean getting a new mobo too, which is a hassle.[/QUOTE]
I know this is a bit irrelevant but I suggest waiting till Nvidia release their cards too, its only a few months and the prices on the 5870 may significantly drop after their release, and you may even want to get a GT 300 after seeing their benches.
I'm no expert on this, but I don't think it'll bottleneck it.
No... I mean, there's really not much a Q9450 can't do, because there's only so much a CPU has to do to run a game. But higher resolutions, more anti-aliasing... all of those can be done with better framerates if you upgrade your card.
Impossible to say
eh, bandwidth issues maybe. the LGA-1156 platform uses on-die PCI-contollers on the CPU, which improves PCI-E bandwidth.. where the bottleneck probably is. So, i5/i7 lga-1156 i would go
i doubt it
No. You won't notice a bottleneck unless you have like a Q8200 or some shit.
depends bandwidth is the issue mostly
dtoporowski has no idea what he's talking about. There will be no less bandwidth issues with i5/i7 than with C2/PII.
There will be no bottlenecking.
He should be fine.
Thanks guys.
This helped me too.
Thanks as well.
Unless you're playing GTA4, which has horrid CPU performance, you'll be fine. The Q9450 is still a plenty power CPU for gaming and media. The only bottlenecking would be at less than extreme resolutions, even then you'll be pumping out PLENTY of frames per second.
Post pics of it if you buy!
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