Is An Upgrade Necessary? Performance Difference?

[mulsiphix]

I currently have a E4300 at 3.15Ghz. I want to start playing Unreal Tournament III and Warhammer Online. I'm upgrading my video card to a Geforce GTX 260 but was wondering if I should upgrade my CPU as well? Not sure how much the CPU speed would affect gaming? If I upgraded I would probably be running a E8500 at 4GHz. Any info would be most appreciated.

 

[dragonsprayer]

try it

stretch out your task manger performce chart see if the cpu is maxed

then - check your fps and compare to online reports for that card

simple!

 

[cjl]

That CPU should be fine for any current gaming, with the exception of possibly a really CPU bound game like FSX.

 

[amdfangirl]

Should be fine for everything apart from games like Sup Com...