Should i upgrade to phenom II?

[XD_dued]

Hi i use my pc primarily for gaming, and i currently have the phenom 9950 @ 3.2ghz. Is it worth upgrading to phenom 955 or 965? If so, which one would be better, do they both overclock the same?

 

[mlcloud]

First of all, yes, they overclock similarly.

More importantly, do you *need* the upgrade? What games do you play, what graphics card are you using, what's your monitor resolution, and are you dissatisfied with the frame rates/graphic settings you're playing at now? Or are you running CPU-intensive tasks that you need extra performance for?

 

[XD_dued]

Well i'm running newer games at 1920x1200, with a 9800gtx. I'd like to buy a new dx11 card when they come out though. Would phenom II substantially increase my frame rate? Wouldn't at 1920x1200 the gpu bottleneck things anyways?

 

[Wisecracker]

I'd guess the 9800GTX with 512Mb of RAM is holding you back more than the 9950 @ 3.2GHz.

How much do your FPS drop between 16x12 and 19x12 ?

 

[CooLWoLF]

If you have money burning a hole in your pocket, then go for it. Otherwise, no. Even though your running a Phenom I and the new PII is faster, I say its plenty fast for today's apps if its running at 3.2ghz.

 

[jimishtar]

it's not worth it.

 

[xaira]

evergreen should release soon, and early reports say the 5870 will be $300 sal speculated ofcorse, but wait for the new gpus and play at lower reses for now

 

[XD_dued]

Ok thanks, i guess i'll just wait until next gen cpus or something XD