i.e. is £150 or so for a CPU upgrade justify the performance boost of the game? IMO you don't need to upgrade yet. I still got a XP1600 and a GF2 GTS. I waiting a bit to upgrade my GPU. Just upgrade when you have performance problem, not just to feel good....

What upgrades for the best performance boost in games?. Hello everyone! I've had my system for little more than a year now, and it's been working great so far. I am not terribly good with computers so I was hoping to get some help here. My question is what...

HD4850 you will see a huge performance boost in games over the 7900gtx. Ya, orangegator. I read it thats why i responded that either the CPU upgrade OR the graphics card would fix my blu-ray problem. So it would still be up in the air about which would be the...

Even that would be a significant upgrade. Even an x800xl wouldn't be much of an upgrade. I'd bet the performance numbers would be within ~20% of each other due to cpu bottle necking. You'd get better performance by getting a A64+Mobo for the $100. Depends...

my processor. My other question is more along the lines of upgrading. Would I see any substantial performance boost in games by upgrading to a quad core processor of the same speed? I have been eying a AMD Phenom 9950 Agena at 2.6GHz (http://www.newegg.com/...

neck is your video card. I have a PNY 6800 AGP video card it I don't have any problem running current games. GL I totally agree. I second that. If you are looking to boost your game performance you want a new video card. this is what I think i'd...

designed to take advantage of it and games designed to use it, and even nvidia's own crap (professional render engines for maya) designed to use SLI still only manage a small performance boost over a single card the only way to get rid of the performance overhead...

huge advantage: upgradeability. Don't underestimate that, many 4 way servers are purchased with just 2 cpu's, only to be able to add 2 more later on. Consider 4 way "ready" systems easily cost 3x as much as comparable 2 way only systems, so upgradeability is...

core i7 920. games i play are crysis arma 2 wic witcher counter strike source supreme commander thanks in advance rob Well Q6700@ 3.6 is pretty fast,upgrading to i7 920 won't give u much of a performance boost in games because you already have a fast...

perform better than the Northwood P4??. I'm forgot to mention the most important aspect, I plan on using this computer for just basic computing such as browsing the internet, some video games (Counter-Strike, Diablo 2, Halo, etc...), and maybe even some...