Upgrading 920 ----- 955/965

[haxs101]

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

 

[Gulli]

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.

 

[1ce]

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.

 

[CHRISTLUBAS]

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