Hi all, I am trying to decide whether I need to get my wife a new GPU or whether it is the processor that needs changing, here is the situation:
System specs:
E8400 (Slight OC to 3.4ghz)
2gb 800mhz RAM
8800GTX
Monitor resolution 1920 x 1020
I cannot remember the other specs but these are the most relevant for this question I believe.
My wife plays Everquest 2, she suffers a fair bit of lag, will replacing the GPU with a GTX460 (768mb or 1gb) be a significant boost? Usually I would have no problem knowing what to upgrade to improve performance, however, I know Everquest 2 is CPU heavy, so even though the game is on high resolution, I am not sure how much the CPU may still be limiting her performance. It's the only game she plays so it would be a waste to upgrade a part that wont really help in this game
The 8800GTX was once a nice card, but now it is about 4 or 5 years old and is being used on a resolution much higher than I consider it good enough for, as I said, any other game and I would immediately replace it, but with EQ2 being CPU intensive I wonder if the money is better spent towards replacing the CPU/mobo/RAM
Talking of RAM, I am not concerned aobut being only at 2gb, my own new computer with Win 7 had to cope with 2gb for a while and it played EQ2 fine.
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.
System specs:
E8400 (Slight OC to 3.4ghz)
2gb 800mhz RAM
8800GTX
Monitor resolution 1920 x 1020
I cannot remember the other specs but these are the most relevant for this question I believe.
My wife plays Everquest 2, she suffers a fair bit of lag, will replacing the GPU with a GTX460 (768mb or 1gb) be a significant boost? Usually I would have no problem knowing what to upgrade to improve performance, however, I know Everquest 2 is CPU heavy, so even though the game is on high resolution, I am not sure how much the CPU may still be limiting her performance. It's the only game she plays so it would be a waste to upgrade a part that wont really help in this game
The 8800GTX was once a nice card, but now it is about 4 or 5 years old and is being used on a resolution much higher than I consider it good enough for, as I said, any other game and I would immediately replace it, but with EQ2 being CPU intensive I wonder if the money is better spent towards replacing the CPU/mobo/RAM
Talking of RAM, I am not concerned aobut being only at 2gb, my own new computer with Win 7 had to cope with 2gb for a while and it played EQ2 fine.
Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.