Would this be a good upgrade

[skitz9417]

hi im wondering would a hd 7950 3gb and my res 1600x900

i3 2120 4gb ddr3 ram
hd 69501gb
corsair cx 600 psu

http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8730

 

[Sumukh_Bhagat]

Its good. But a little overkill for that resolution.

Maybe you should get GTX 660 Ti and a i5.

 

[Guest]

I agree with Sumukh_Bhagat

 

[skitz9417]

do u think the hd 7950 will bottleneck the i3 2120 plus i got told that this cpu will be ok for the next two years so i just want gpu upgrade

 

[Sunius]

No it will not. It will be a great upgrade.

@Sumukh: GTX 660 ti and HD 7950 are going toe to toe.

 

[skitz9417]

also i heard that the hd 8000 and the gtx 700 is coming out next april-june so should i wat or get the hd 7950 now

 

[Sumukh_Bhagat]

Sorry with GTX 660 Ti, I meant GTX 660 (Non Ti).

i3 is good. But you know, Less Cores = Slow Multiplayer.
But then its not that slow, Just a little.

But getting 7950 is good, You'll get high FPS. Well, very high in that Resolution.

 

[Sumukh_Bhagat]

Maybe you should wait. Because your GPU is good. It will run any game now.

Maybe get a Next-Gen, or get GPU when price drops.

 

[skitz9417]

ok thanks

 

[swifty_morgan]

what about a real quad core processor ?

 

[skitz9417]

like a i5

 

[skitz9417]

i will keep the i3 2120 and wait for hd 8000 series or nvidia 700 comes out next year april or june

and i found hd 7950 for 285 aud dollars http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=8730 so i dont know if the prices will go down by much

 

[mohit9206]

the prices for 7000 series will go down even more come early next year.
so you might want to wait it out until next year before upgrading anything.
personally i think the i3 + 6950 is a serious gaming machine for 1600*900 res.
i know you are experiencing low fps in gta 4 and thinking your gpu is not good enough.
but the truth is gta 4 is a crap pc port that runs horribly across all hardware

 

[skitz9417]

yea i will wait for hd 8000 series or nvidia 700 to come and go from there if i want to upgrade i think that will be the best idea what do you think @mohit9206