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haxs101   09-28-2009 at 09:36:17 PM

I'm wanting to buy an phenom ii x4 955 or 965 (tell me which is the better buy please) and an 5870 to replace my 4870 512mb to run arma 2 on the highest settings, and also OF 2 when its releasesed soon. I want to be ready for it and be able to play them on the highest settings.

My question is: is it a good idea to replace my phenom ii x4 920 OCed to 3.3ghz to an 955 or 965. I know arma 2 is more CPU intensive than GPU soo i need to get the highest possible ghz. I'm going to be using my cooling off my 920 and use it on the 955 or 965. I'm running this on a TA790gx mobo

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Gulli   09-28-2009 at 10:01:27 PM

The 955 won't improve anything, unless you overclock it past 3.3ghz, the 965 will improve things very little, unless you overclock it, but I'm pretty sure a 3.3ghz PII X4 won't be a bottleneck for any game (the only game I can think of that may get close to saturating that CPU would be the RTS game Supreme Commander 2, but it won't be out until 2010), not even with a 5870.

I bet you can easily max out Arma 2 and OF 2 with your current CPU and a 5870.

------------------------------ CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @3.2Ghz, MOBO: Asus P6T SE, RAM: 3x 2gb OCZ Platinum OCZ3P1600LV6GK, GPU: Sapphire HD 5870, PSU: Corsair HX520W, HDD: Seagate ST31000528AS 1Tb 32mb, COOLER: Scythe Mugen (S775 version), CASE: Coolermaster CM690
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1ce   09-29-2009 at 12:33:39 AM

I agree with Gulli, either of those CPU upgrades will not be a very noticeable improvement over the 920.

Btw....apparently Supreme Commander 2 will have some CPU optimizations over the original and the expansion. Better pathfinding algorithm or something like that.

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CHRISTLUBAS   09-29-2009 at 03:33:31 AM

How about TWO 5870 not another CPU..........

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PsychoSaysDie   09-29-2009 at 04:06:31 AM

It's the SAME chip. Same stepping if i'm not mistaken either

------------------------------ Core I7 920 D0 @ 4.2Ghz
MSI X58 Pro-E
32GB SSD, WD Blacks In R0
Sapphire HD 5870's In XFire
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