So its time for my computer's "annual upgrade", here are my specs before i get started.
LIAN LI BLACK PC-K58W Case
AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.4Ghz
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 880G Motherboard
Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 1GB
COUGAR 700W SX700 Power Supply
OCZ Gold 8GB DDR3 Memory
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive
Windows 7 Home Premium
Now, I'm thinking about upgrading my gpu. I could get a second 6850 for $149 and have room for maybe a second hard drive or somthing else, or i could get a new card entirely. I have heard that 2 cards sometimes dint give more then a 10 fps increase, and im not entirely sure that i can fit a second card in my case/on my motherboard because of a small little problem i have... Basically, a componet on my pci capture card (AverMedia MTVHDDVRR) is somewhat blocking the pci-e slot on my motherboard by about 2 or 3 cm's, so im not sure if thats going to be a problem or what. As for budget, i dont really want to spend over 300-350.
You don't really need to upgrade anything?
Maybe a CPU to an i5 2500k if you must though, or wait for Ivy Bridge?
I'd get a GTX 570 or 560 ti.
6850 isn't the fastest card. You'd get more of a boost in games by changing that than if you changed the CPU.
Mega fucking derp, you're 6850 will be just fine I'd honestly get an i5 2500k and a new motherboard.
So... what...
The CPU will not bottleneck you for quite some time, especially if you can overclock it.
With GPUs I'd probably wait for the lower end Southern Islands cards as well as the competing Kepler cards before upgrading, seeing as it doesn't sound like it's a particularly urgent upgrade.
If you have leftover money you could possibly get a Hyper 212 Evo or something and overclock a bit.
Alternatively, you could get a smallish SSD and move your OS and some programs over.
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