I currently have a PC that I am wondering whether or not I should upgrade my Graphics Card. The hardware specs of the PC are:
Intel Core 2 Quad q9550 OC'd to 3.4 GHZ - Cooled with H50 liquid cooler.
Gigabyte EP45-UD3L Motherboard
8gb DDR2 ADATA 800Mhz DDR2 400 SDRAM
2 x Intel SSD-V 40GB HD in RAID 0 - Windows 7 Boot Volume
2 x Western Digital 500GB SATA hard drives for storage
Nvidia 9800GT 512DDR3 GPU
Corsair 620HX modular PSU
I was looking at a 6950(and possibly flashing it to a 6870 bios). I was wondering if the performance increase would be noticeable? Would I need to reinstall windows 7?
I don't usually game much, but I do use virtualization pretty extensively.
I don't necessarily need a high end card, but I would like a more up to date piece of hardware. I also would like to move away from Nvidia hardware as my motherboard is CrossFire capable.
Intel Core 2 Quad q9550 OC'd to 3.4 GHZ - Cooled with H50 liquid cooler.
Gigabyte EP45-UD3L Motherboard
8gb DDR2 ADATA 800Mhz DDR2 400 SDRAM
2 x Intel SSD-V 40GB HD in RAID 0 - Windows 7 Boot Volume
2 x Western Digital 500GB SATA hard drives for storage
Nvidia 9800GT 512DDR3 GPU
Corsair 620HX modular PSU
I was looking at a 6950(and possibly flashing it to a 6870 bios). I was wondering if the performance increase would be noticeable? Would I need to reinstall windows 7?
I don't usually game much, but I do use virtualization pretty extensively.
I don't necessarily need a high end card, but I would like a more up to date piece of hardware. I also would like to move away from Nvidia hardware as my motherboard is CrossFire capable.