Largest Performance Gain

[Oreo]

Can someone help me decide which i will receive the largest perfromance gain from for next gen gameing titles such at UT2007, Crysis, Age of Conan.

Going from my current E6300 @ 1.86Ghz to a Core 2 Duo E6700

Or

going from a Pre Overclocked radeon X1950Pro to a 8800GTS 320mb or equivalent ATI Card

Incase it makes a difference i have 2GB PC5300 RAM.


Please remember that i CAN NOT overclock my CPU as my mothboard wont allow me to.

 

[veg1992]

8800 gts upgrade is ur best bet, and u could consider using clockgen for software oc'ing

 

[Oreo]

Thanks

Ive tried many software applications and directly through the bios, nothing works.

 

[veg1992]

try clockgen or cpufsb those are good oc'ing programs from what i hear.. its what my pal used to oc that dell he got on ebay for like 50$(ebay is ur friend )

 

[Oreo]

Tried them, it wont let me.

Thanks Anyway

 

[Apokalipse]

Tried them, it wont let me.

Thanks Anyway

new motherboard.

 

[Nagasama]

new motherboard.

^^word.^^ cheaper than e6700 or an 8800. but if i had to choose, i say 8800.
(get a new motherboard).

 

[kobe24]

if u o/c the cpu to like 3 then get the 8800gts 640mb

 

[Apokalipse]

^^word.^^ cheaper than e6700 or an 8800. but if i had to choose, i say 8800.
(get a new motherboard).

Maybe a new motherboard to go along with an 8800 GTS, if he can get the money.

It'll be worth being able to overclock the E6300

 

[baron5]

yeah if u could o/c ur cpu and get a mb and 8800 ud be set. but still i would go for a new mobo so u can o/c. coz that is still a good card.