Upgrading GFX or to i5

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DiceAir

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Will it be worth upgrading and if so what will be the best thing to upgrade? Upgrading to i5 or graphics card? I really don't know if it's worth to spend all the money on upgrading or wait till the prices drops a bit?

Here is my specs:

Motherboard: MSI P45 Platinum
RAM: Apacer DDRII 800MHz
HDD: about 3TB in total
Graphics card: MSI Geforce GTX280 oc edition
CPU: Intel Q9450 oc to 3.2GHz with Zalman CNPS9700 cooler
Power supply: Corsair TX650W
Case: Cooler master CM690 with all 7 fans
Screen; Acer 23" V233H

So if I upgrade to i5 'n will only need a Motherboard, CPU, RAM, maybe a CPU cooler. I only want to get the MSI brand motherboard as I can get them from my supplier.

If I upgrade to graphics card I want to go for the new ATI 5 series cards.

If its worth it I will get myself a upgrade. anything else i should rather upgrade.
 
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Murph said:
DiceAir, I thought you were kidding. :)
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lol. Thanks for clearing that up. I will not upgrade now.

forgot to mention

ok thanks. I've have the following stuff

1.logitech X530
2.Steelseries ikari mouse,
3.logitech G15 keyboard,
4.Razer mousepad
5.Asus xonar d1 sound card

anyone else care to comment
 
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Why do you need to upgrade? Thats a helluva PC you got right there! Upgrading either of the two is simply a waste of money at this point imo.
 
Isengard said:
Why do you need to upgrade? Thats a helluva PC you got right there! Upgrading either of the two is simply a waste of money at this point imo.
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shot i think its clear now.that I will not upgrade.

just wanted to know if it's worth it. I feel much better now
 
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Well I would have said get the 5 series, your CPU is still good, the ATI 5 series is DX 11 compatible so you are ready for all the shiny new FX (or Microsoft hype) that will be released in 2010. Not to mention that the 5 series is a monster of a GFX card.
 
Well I would have said get the 5 series, your CPU is still good, the ATI 5 series is DX 11 compatible so you are ready for all the shiny new FX (or Microsoft hype) that will be released in 2010. Not to mention that the 5 series is a monster of a GFX card.
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Shhhhhh.....he's not upgrading :D
 
Yeah why do you need to upgrade, that is a hectic machine. There is a point where even the best PC component wont run your games thaaat much better or faster...

If you were to upgrade go for the i5 proccessor
 
Will adding a 8600gt for physx provide me with smoother gameplay in physx enabled games? or will it be better to get a geforce GTX220 or 210 for physx
 
9600GT would be perfect, 8600GT is bit of a kaka card.

I personally think the GT210/220 is more for Home Systems
 
I found these physx enable games :

Batman: Arkham Asylum Rocksteady Studios PC
Crazy Machines II FAKT Software PC
Cryostasis Action Forms PC
Dark Void Airtight Games PC
Darkest of Days Phantom EFX PC
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (GRAW2) GRIN, Ubisoft Paris PC
Metal Knight Zero Online (MKZ) ObjectSoftware Limited PC
Mirror's Edge DICE PC
Nurien Nurien Software PC
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea Akella PC
Sacred 2 ASCARON Entertainment PC
Star Tales QWD1 PC
Unreal Tournament 3 Epic Games PC
Unreal Tournament 3: Extreme Physics Mod Epic Games PC
U-WARS Biart Studio PC
Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction Net Devil PC

And more...

2 Days to Vegas Steel Monkeys PC
Adrenalin 2: Rush Hour Gaijin Entertainment PC
Age of Empires III Distineer Studios Macintosh
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs Distineer Studios Macintosh
Alpha Prime Black Element Software PC
Auto Assault Net Devil PC
Backbreaker Natural Motion TBA
B.A.S.E. Jumping Digital Dimension Development PC
Bet on Soldier: Blackout Saigon Kylotonn Entertainment PC
Bet on Soldier: Blood of Sahara Kylotonn Entertainment PC
Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport Kylotonn Entertainment PC
Captain Blood Akella PC, XBox 360
Cellfactor: Combat Training Artifical Studios, Immersion Games PC
Cellfactor: Revolution Artifical Studios, Immersion Games PC
City of Villains Cryptic Studios PC
Crazy Machines II FAKT Software PC
Cryostasis Action Forms PC
Desert Diner Tarsier Studios PC
Dragonshard Atari PC
Dusk 12 Orion PC
Empire Above All IceHill PC
Empire Earth III Mad Dog Software PC
Entropia Universe MindArk PC
Fallen Earth Icarus Studios PC
Fury Auran Games PC
Gears Of War Epic Games XBox 360
Gluk'Oza: Action GFI Russia PC
GooBall Ambrosia software Macintosh
Gothic 3 Piranha Bytes PC
Gunship Apocalypse FAKT Software PC
Heavy Rain Quantic Dream PC
Hero's Jorney Simutronics PC
Hour of Victory nFusion Interactive XBox 360
Hunt, The Orion PC
Huxley Webzen, Inc PC, XBox 360
Infernal Metropolis Software PC
Inhabited island: Prisoner of Power Orion PC
Joint Task Force Most Wanted Entertainment PC
Kuma\WAR Kuma Reality Games PC
Magic ball 3 Alawar Entertaiment PC
Mass Effect BioWare XBox 360
Medal of Honor: Airborne EA Los Angeles PC, XBox 360
Metro 2033 4A Games PC
Mobile Suit Gundam: Crossfire BEC Playstation 3
Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia Artificial Studios PC, XBox 360
Monster Truck Maniax Legendo Entertainment PC
Myst Online: URU Live Cyan Worlds PC
Open Fire BlueTorch Studios PC
Paragraph 78 Gaijin Entertainment PC
Pirates of the Burning Sea Flying Lab Software PC
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea Akella PC
Rail Simulator Kuju Entertainment Ltd PC
Red Steel Ubisoft Paris Wii
Rise Of Nations: Rise Of Legends Big Huge Games PC
Roboblitz Naked Sky Entertainment PC, XBox 360
Sacred 2 ASCARON Entertainment PC
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Frogwares Game Development Studio PC
Showdown: Scorpion B-COOL Interactive PC
Silverfall Monte Cristo PC
Sovereign Symphony Ceidot Game Studios PC
Sonic and the Secret Rings SEGA Wii
Speedball 2 Kylotonn Entertainment PC
Stalin Subway, The Orion PC
Stoked Rider: Alaska Alien Bongfish Interactive Entertainment PC
Switchball Atomic Elbow PC
Tension Ice-pick Lodge PC
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter GRIN PC, XBox 360
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 GRIN, Ubisoft Paris PC, XBox 360
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas Ubisoft Montreal PC, XBox 360, Playstation 3
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (multiplayer) Ubisoft Shanghai PC, XBox 360
Tortuga: Two Treasures Ascaron Entertainment PC
Two Worlds Reality Pump PC
Ultra Tubes Eipix PC
Unreal Tournament 3 Epic Games PC, XBox 360, Playstation 3
Warfare GFI Russia PC
Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction Net Devil PC
W.E.L.L. Online Sibilant Interactive PC
Winterheart's Guild
 
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