- Mar 31, 2010
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Well, here's my situation: I own a Clevo D901C with an Intel E6750 CPU and a single 8800GTX video card. My system has 1 gb of RAM and i just purchased Battlefield Bad Company 2...
Of course, right there you know this is not going to work well but, i was hopeful since I could play Crysis at pretty good settings, which i dont remeber but trust me, I played to whole game without a hitch. But it turns out this one is too demanding. I can barely play at 1024x768 with Medium quality settings.
So now, I'm thinking, since i dont really need my laptop to 'be' a laptop (anybody who knows this laptop knows it's a pain to carry around.
)... I decided to return to a desktop.
I first determined I would build around my laptop's CPU; Get a LGA 775 motherboard, 4gb of 1066 DDR2 memory, a Radeon HD 5770 (I also saw a 4890 for just a bit more) and a 700W or so of power.... (for a later addition of another GPU)
But then i started reading about CPU bottlenecks and all the pipelines that might not be efficient enough for my old E6750...
And now i started reading about the LGA1156 and LGA1366 with a new processor, or even an AM3 motherboard with the CPU to match... I love read about all this marvelous technology but this is getting more and more expensive
What should I do? Will I really regret sticking with my old CPU? Should I go for a new motherboard and CPU? Is it worth getting the LGA1366 to get 2 16x PCIe slots or would two running at 8x be enough? Would AMD provide a better experience? So many questions...
Now keep in mind that i will be playing on a 24" LCD and I would love to run everything and anything at it's native resollution of 1920x1200.
I also want to keep costs at a minimum. For the E6750 upgrade, I was able to find everything I need for roughly $500 CAD but, i know i'll to go deeper in my pocket if I go the other way. And... I just need a PSU, CPU (and cooler), RAM, and motherboard. Everything else I have.
Thanks!
Of course, right there you know this is not going to work well but, i was hopeful since I could play Crysis at pretty good settings, which i dont remeber but trust me, I played to whole game without a hitch. But it turns out this one is too demanding. I can barely play at 1024x768 with Medium quality settings.
So now, I'm thinking, since i dont really need my laptop to 'be' a laptop (anybody who knows this laptop knows it's a pain to carry around.
)... I decided to return to a desktop.I first determined I would build around my laptop's CPU; Get a LGA 775 motherboard, 4gb of 1066 DDR2 memory, a Radeon HD 5770 (I also saw a 4890 for just a bit more) and a 700W or so of power.... (for a later addition of another GPU)
But then i started reading about CPU bottlenecks and all the pipelines that might not be efficient enough for my old E6750...
And now i started reading about the LGA1156 and LGA1366 with a new processor, or even an AM3 motherboard with the CPU to match... I love read about all this marvelous technology but this is getting more and more expensive
What should I do? Will I really regret sticking with my old CPU? Should I go for a new motherboard and CPU? Is it worth getting the LGA1366 to get 2 16x PCIe slots or would two running at 8x be enough? Would AMD provide a better experience?
So many questions...Now keep in mind that i will be playing on a 24" LCD and I would love to run everything and anything at it's native resollution of 1920x1200.
I also want to keep costs at a minimum. For the E6750 upgrade, I was able to find everything I need for roughly $500 CAD but, i know i'll to go deeper in my pocket if I go the other way. And... I just need a PSU, CPU (and cooler), RAM, and motherboard. Everything else I have.
Thanks!
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