- Jan 26, 2012
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I have an i3-2120 3.3ghz with a 7870 xt (tahiti). My monitor is 22" 1680x1050 native and I average 60fps on games like tomb raider, bioshock infinite at max settings (yes I got them for free during the amd reloaded promotion).
Now my question is: As long as I dont play games cpu dependant (hitman absolution for example ), is it safe to keep this cpu + gpu combo and be able to max all games at that resolution?
Another question: If I decide to switch to a 1080p monitor will an i5-2500k (stock speeds) be enough to get 60fps average using maxed out settings at that 1920x1080?
I cant OC the cpu because I have an OEM HP pavilion p7-1110, but I can upgrade the processor to a different sandy bridge one. I wanted to get the 2500k because in the future I would like to build my first pc and wanted to just transfer the i5 processor to that new build and overclock it. Will it be worth to do that or should I just be happy with what I have and wait to get an ivy bridge or haswell along with pcie 3.0 support?
Now my question is: As long as I dont play games cpu dependant (hitman absolution for example ), is it safe to keep this cpu + gpu combo and be able to max all games at that resolution?
Another question: If I decide to switch to a 1080p monitor will an i5-2500k (stock speeds) be enough to get 60fps average using maxed out settings at that 1920x1080?
I cant OC the cpu because I have an OEM HP pavilion p7-1110, but I can upgrade the processor to a different sandy bridge one. I wanted to get the 2500k because in the future I would like to build my first pc and wanted to just transfer the i5 processor to that new build and overclock it. Will it be worth to do that or should I just be happy with what I have and wait to get an ivy bridge or haswell along with pcie 3.0 support?
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