Do I need to upgrade my 965 BE CPU?

[soggy_oggy]

I am getting more FPS when I play Battlefield 3 with 1 video card enabled than when I have 2. I over clocked my CPU to 4.01 GHZ and I still get lower FPS with SLI enabled, I was hearing that Battlefield 3 was having some issues with nvidia drivers but I am unsure if that is what's causing it. I am debating upgrading to the new Bulldozer CPU in a few weeks since it seems that the 965 Black Edition is showing its age (never thought I'd say that so soon).

Here are my specs:
CPU: 965 Black Edition (3.4GHZ stock, overclocked to 4.01GHZ)
GPU: EVGA GTX 560 TI in SLI
Motherboard: Sabertooth 990FX
Ram: G2 Series 2x4gigs
Power Supply: 1000w Antec

 

[heavybarnett]

The 965 BE is a great chip at. At this point I would not upgrade the chip to an FX. I think your problem is something to do with the GPUs.

 

[HostileDonut]

I believe it is the GPU. That is the only thing you changed when it made a difference. The CPU wouldn't do that. Also, FX sucks. Even compared to P2. Grab a P2 X6 if you NEED a cheap upgrade, otherwise, look into Intel.

 

[esrever]

Its the horrible drivers for sli

The 965 will be good for a long time imo.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

the problem is your SLI is not working properly, it should be quite obvious since enabling it gives reduced performance. BF3 is more gpu intensive than cpu. AMD Bulldozer cpu's suck for gaming (and pretty much most applications) incase you didn't bother to read any reviews. the 965 is not showing its age, the phenom II's are better than the new fx cpu's. You need to play around with drivers, reinstall/uninstall, reinstall the game, update your motherboard bios etc, etc. Its a driver/bios/software issue. Go read up on SLI and make sure everything is set up properly.