Worth the uprage Athlon x3 425 2.7 GHz to Phenom II X4 955 black ed.

[WoofinCat]

Greetings knowledgable ones.

I wondered what level of performance increase i could expect moving from Athlon x3 425 2.7 GHz to Phenom II X4 955 black edition.

On win 7 32 bit. 4gb ram.

My GPU is Nvidia GTX 275, which although is a bit old is still pretty fast.

Games I will be playing include Shogun 2, Rage, Skyrim, x3 rebirth, witcher 2.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[simon12]

In games that are limited by your CPU you should get 15-25% increase in FPS if you overclock it another 10%ish. This will vary alot from game to game.

 

[acasel]

it will make a few increase in fps.. but if i were you overclock first your current cpu..

mine is athlon ii x3 440 and is in its 3.75ghz.. on par with the phenom II in some cases..

 

[f-gomes]

Naaaah, don't bother, the increase in perfomance is negligible in most daily taks. Only in very, I mean VERY cpu intensive apps will you feel the difference.