my dad got this computer in store off the cuff so I didn't have any time to do any research on processors.. I figured a quad was good... but I believe my processor is bottlenecking my 9800 gt. not too sure though, my pc is a gateway.. what would be a good processor that I could upgrade to for gaming? my budget is around 100$.
right now I can turn up my res to 1440x960 with 16xaf and 16xaa and take no performance hit at all in unreal tournament 3, call of duty 4, bioshock and games like that.. these games play at around 30 - 60 fps with call of duty playing at around 60 - 90.. can't even really play crysis even at low... I get 20 - 30 fps.
Gateway GT5694
780g motherboard
AMD Phenom 9100e 1.8 ghz
5 Gb @ 333
550 watt psu
xfx 9800 gt XXX
computer specs..
http://www.gateway.com/product_spec.php?product_recid=529668104
right now I can turn up my res to 1440x960 with 16xaf and 16xaa and take no performance hit at all in unreal tournament 3, call of duty 4, bioshock and games like that.. these games play at around 30 - 60 fps with call of duty playing at around 60 - 90.. can't even really play crysis even at low... I get 20 - 30 fps.
Gateway GT5694
780g motherboard
AMD Phenom 9100e 1.8 ghz
5 Gb @ 333
550 watt psu
xfx 9800 gt XXX
computer specs..
http://www.gateway.com/product_spec.php?product_recid=529668104