hi, i want to get a new cpu, im using an athlon 64 x2 5200+ 2.7ghz, im thinking of upgrading my cpu to either an AMD Athlon II X4 640 or an Phenom II X4 925 2.80 GHz Processor the difference is about $50 since the 640 is $100, as i was looking at the charts i noticed they are very similar in speed in all the charts ecept for gaming where fps in l4d was 23fps higher on the phenom, is this type of increase going to happen in general for gaming?
on another note im currently using an ati 4670 so i know that its definatley not a strong card and i am looking to upgrade to a 5770 or 5830 (or the 6series equivalent when it comes out) will my cpu bottle neck a new graphics card (meaning should i upgrade)? and by upgrading (the cpu, assume i have a 5770) would i see a massive performance boost, i play games like Arma 2 (which is very cpu intesive, but i hear not optimized for quad core) battlefield bad company 2, sometimes crysis. im not a hard core gamer i dont need 100+ fps in my games but i prefer to play a max settings in all my games on 1400 X900 resolution and prefer to have a minimum fps (lowest fps) of 30fps
on another note im currently using an ati 4670 so i know that its definatley not a strong card and i am looking to upgrade to a 5770 or 5830 (or the 6series equivalent when it comes out) will my cpu bottle neck a new graphics card (meaning should i upgrade)? and by upgrading (the cpu, assume i have a 5770) would i see a massive performance boost, i play games like Arma 2 (which is very cpu intesive, but i hear not optimized for quad core) battlefield bad company 2, sometimes crysis. im not a hard core gamer i dont need 100+ fps in my games but i prefer to play a max settings in all my games on 1400 X900 resolution and prefer to have a minimum fps (lowest fps) of 30fps