Is it worth upgrading to a Phenom X4 9550

jaretstuff · Mar 15, 2013

Hi i have a mid end gaming pc with an Athlon 64 x2 clocked at 2.2 ghz stock. i am experiencing slight stutter in some games. i have a 470 with 4 gb of corsair xms2 ram and win 7 32bit. i would like to upgrade to a quad core phenom, would i see a difinate performance gain. the upgrade is only 40 bucks.

here are my specs
Asus M2N-SLI non deluxe
2x2 Corsair xms2 or xm2s
evga gtx 470 1 1/4gb
2.2 ghz dual core athlon
500gb seagate 3/gbs
thermaltake 430w psu or i could swap in a semi geniric 650w
nzxt source 210 white case
some aftermarket thermaltake cooler.
all replies welcome

jaretstuff · Mar 15, 2013

cpu is compatible and i had a 470 spare so that is why i have a good card in there

ish416 · Mar 15, 2013

A quad core CPU would definitely give you a performance boost on programs that are multi threaded.

jaretstuff · Mar 15, 2013

how much of a frame rate increase would i see

ARICH5 · Mar 15, 2013

i woul;dnt bother. id scrape some money for a new build.

your bottlenecking that 470 either way. youd need at least a phenom 965 to remove the bottle neck.

jaretstuff · Mar 15, 2013

i have a great i5 2500k build, but this would be my lan pc. i only have 40 dollars in the pc so after a cpu upgrade i would have 80 all in all

jaretstuff · Mar 15, 2013

even though people responded i would like everybodies feedback

lazyboy947 · Mar 15, 2013

I went from a 5000+ athlon to a phenom x4 9650, was paired with a 9800gt, and with wow went from good to ultra no problem from the upgrade. Also before the dual core couldnt play bf3, with the quad core the 9800gt, and 4gb ddr2 played bf3 at 1080p barely playable fps 30fps with fps drops but playable if u rlly wanted to play it lol

jaretstuff · Mar 15, 2013

lazyboy947 :

thanks for msg, i will have higher fps though because i have a 470

kitsunestarwind · Mar 16, 2013

As much as Even i would say a new buld

The Quad core will offer a performance increase, and if a new build was off the table for it, I would get the quad core

ish416 · Mar 16, 2013

jaretstuff :

The framerate increase would vary by the game. Theoretically, over double your current framerate (twice the processing power and less GPU bottleneck). More likely though would be a 25%-100% increase in FPS on most games with the higher percentage coming from games that are CPU dependent.

The system should run much better overall as the OS is pretty good at splitting tasks on multicore CPUs.

jaretstuff · Mar 16, 2013

ish416 :

thanks for the feedback im thinking about getting an athlon x4 635 2.9 now

jaretstuff · Mar 17, 2013

lazyboy947 :

I finally purchased a new cpu. I decided to go with a phenom II 925 with a hyper 212 evo cooler for 20 dollars more

richeymy9 · Mar 17, 2013

I only got this computer this year.

jaretstuff · Mar 17, 2013

kitsunestarwind :

I got a phenom II 925 and a hyper 212 evo cooler

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