Hey guys, I was thinking about buying a ATI 5850 for my computer to try to extend the life of it for maybe another 2 years. I've had it about 2 years now and I wanted to up the graphics in games like Crysis and try games like Arma 2. Here is my current system;
Intel Q9450@stock
4GB DDR2 800 mhz
Asus Maximus Forumla
Cosair 620 watt PSU
Antec 1200 gaming case
8800 GTS 512
Monitor resolution is 1680 X 1050 and 1920 X 1020 for my TV which I may also use for games.
Do you guys think that my CPU @ only 2.67 GHZ would bottleneck the 5850 too much? I've wanted to overclock before but my CPU hits over 60C at 100% load, in the summer this would be even worse as my rooms quite cool now. I don't want to "upgrade" my CPU as this socket is dead now. I don't want to spend money on an I5/7 system as that would be far too much. Do you guys think that the upgrades worth it?
Intel Q9450@stock
4GB DDR2 800 mhz
Asus Maximus Forumla
Cosair 620 watt PSU
Antec 1200 gaming case
8800 GTS 512
Monitor resolution is 1680 X 1050 and 1920 X 1020 for my TV which I may also use for games.
Do you guys think that my CPU @ only 2.67 GHZ would bottleneck the 5850 too much? I've wanted to overclock before but my CPU hits over 60C at 100% load, in the summer this would be even worse as my rooms quite cool now. I don't want to "upgrade" my CPU as this socket is dead now. I don't want to spend money on an I5/7 system as that would be far too much. Do you guys think that the upgrades worth it?