Hello everyone,
I am looking into upgrading my computer and am debating on which component to upgrade first (or at all). Here is my current rig:
Phenom II X3 720 @ 3.45
Radeon 4890 @ 900/1000 w/ Catalyst 11.2
8GB DDR3-1333 @ 1355
Win7 x64 Premium
I play Dawn of War 2 @ High settings, Dragon Age 2 @ high, played Crysis 2 at "Gamer" settings, and Bad Company at High settings and get about 60fps in each game. However I am interested in upgrading my gfx card and was wondering if my 720 would bottleneck say, a 5870 or 6950?
I ran the DoW2 benchmark and using Afterburner and Task Manager, I noticed that my GPU usage was at 99% while my X3 720 has its 3 cores at about 50% while when I run Furmark 1.9, I get a score of 1740 points (28 FPS, 60000 ms) on the default settings for the benchmark test @ 99% GPU usage and only one core at 100% and the other @ almost no usage. So my question is would it be better for me to upgrade my CPU and GPU, or will my current CPU hold up with a higher level GPU?
Any input, suggestions, recommendations, or comments would be greatly appreciated!!
I am looking into upgrading my computer and am debating on which component to upgrade first (or at all). Here is my current rig:
Phenom II X3 720 @ 3.45
Radeon 4890 @ 900/1000 w/ Catalyst 11.2
8GB DDR3-1333 @ 1355
Win7 x64 Premium
I play Dawn of War 2 @ High settings, Dragon Age 2 @ high, played Crysis 2 at "Gamer" settings, and Bad Company at High settings and get about 60fps in each game. However I am interested in upgrading my gfx card and was wondering if my 720 would bottleneck say, a 5870 or 6950?
I ran the DoW2 benchmark and using Afterburner and Task Manager, I noticed that my GPU usage was at 99% while my X3 720 has its 3 cores at about 50% while when I run Furmark 1.9, I get a score of 1740 points (28 FPS, 60000 ms) on the default settings for the benchmark test @ 99% GPU usage and only one core at 100% and the other @ almost no usage. So my question is would it be better for me to upgrade my CPU and GPU, or will my current CPU hold up with a higher level GPU?
Any input, suggestions, recommendations, or comments would be greatly appreciated!!