choosing a better CPU or GRAPHICS CARD?

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cloudman221

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Hi , i got a dated pc, not able to play decent games like gta 4 or fsx, or any near recent ones, fed up.

i jus got enough stash to spend on a graphix card (like the radeon R7 or lower) OR on a CPU,

MY QUESTION: >>>>> which one can get me playing the games better? CPU or Grphx card?

currently my pc is : AMD phenom ii x2 550 3.10Ghz dual core
Geforce 210 1G DDR3
8 gb RAM
450W psu
gigabyte 78lmt usb3 motherboard

MY QUESTION: >>>>> which one can get me playing the games better? CPU or Grphx card?

 
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The video card is the more important part of your PC to replace. How much can you spend?
More than 2 cores will only help in like 50% of games. 6 cores is only better than 4 in a few games, since the games have to be designed to use more cores for the extra cores to help at all.

Even 1GB isn't terrible, by the way. 2GB only helps strong graphics cards. GDDR5 is faster than DDR3, but there are also some higher-tier DDR3 cards faster than some lower tier GDDR5 cards. The model of GPU is most important, there's a lot more to it than the quantity and type of VRAM. The GT 210 being 1GB isn't the problem. The problem is that it's a terribly weak video card.
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Vignesh Boppana

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there is a difference but 1gb graphic card is a low end for new games atleast 2gb is recomended
 
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The video card is the more important part of your PC to replace. How much can you spend?
More than 2 cores will only help in like 50% of games. 6 cores is only better than 4 in a few games, since the games have to be designed to use more cores for the extra cores to help at all.

Even 1GB isn't terrible, by the way. 2GB only helps strong graphics cards. GDDR5 is faster than DDR3, but there are also some higher-tier DDR3 cards faster than some lower tier GDDR5 cards. The model of GPU is most important, there's a lot more to it than the quantity and type of VRAM. The GT 210 being 1GB isn't the problem. The problem is that it's a terribly weak video card.
 
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cloudman221

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is the radeon R7 250 ny good? or the 250x

 
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they will most likely rebrand the gtx 750(ti) cards to fit that price point, 750 already uses the maxwell architecture but it is built on the existing 28nm process. (And based on the rumours the upcoming 20nm process is in such big troubles nvidia has redesigned the bigger maxwell chips onto the 28nm as well, they should launch in late q3 or q4...)
 
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