4850 crossfire... what cpu for games?

[Callofbooty]

Hey there.

Tomorrow im getting a 2nd 4850 card from a guy at work. So, I will have two 4850 cards installed in crossfire mode. Yippee. Im using Vista HP 32, and a Pentium(R) Dual-core CPU E5200 2.5 Ghz. And my monitor Rez is 1680x1050 22 in. My question is, I really want to get Modern Warfare 2 for the PC and not the Xbox, but should I upgrade my CPU? Should I wait, and instead try to overclock it? Basically, will spending the money on a new CPU be worth it? Can my PSU handle 2 GPU's?


Biostar TP45 HP
4Gb OCZ DDR2 800
Corsair 650W PSU


Everything is air cooled. 1 side fan, 1 front fan, 1 rear exhaust fan, 2 extra exhaust fans, and an aftermarket cpu cooler

 

[Harper]

CPU upgrade really comes down to what your motherboard can handle.

What motherboard are you running?
What BIOS version?

Check the motherboard manufacturer for CPU compatibility. You might need to update your BIOS in the process.

I say make the most what you can from your existing set up. If you can get a late Core2Duo or Core2Quad, then you should be laughing.

 

[Callofbooty]

Im running a Biostar TP45 HP Motherboard. These are the supported CPU's.....

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor QX9770 SLAWM 3.20 GHz 1600MHz 136W
Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor QX6850 SLAFN 3 GHz 1333Mhz 130W
Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor QX6800 SL9UK 2.93 GHz 1066Mhz 130W
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor X6800 X6800 2.40 GHz 1066Mhz 75W
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 SLAWQ 2.83 GHz 1333Mhz 95W
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9300 SLAWE 2.50 GHz 1333Mhz 95W
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8300 QHJC 2.50 GHz 1333Mhz 95W
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6600 SL9UM 2.40 GHz 1066Mhz 105W
Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q6400 SL9UN 2.13 GHz 1066Mhz 105W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E8500 SLAPK 3.16GHz 1333Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E8400 SLAPL 3 GHz 1333Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E8200 SLAPP 2.66 GHz 1333Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E7500 SLB9Z 2.93 GHz 1066Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E7300 SLAPB 2.66 GHz 1066MHz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6850 SLA9U 3 GHz 1333Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6750 SLA9V 2.66 GHz 1333Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6700 SL9S7 2.66 GHz 1066Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6700 SL9ZF 2.66 GHz 1066Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6600 SL9S8 2.40 GHz 1066Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6600 SL9ZL 2.40 GHz 1066Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 SL9S9 2.13 GHz 1066Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6400 SL9T9 2.13 GHz 1066Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6320 SLA4U 1.86 GHz 1066Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6300 SL9TA 1.86 GHz 1066Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6300 SL9SA 1.86 GHz 1066Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4700 E4700 2.60 GHz 800Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4500 SLA95 2.20 GHz 800Mhz 65W
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4400 SLA3F 2 GHz 800Mhz 65W

I'm not sure what you mean by I should be laughing. Is that cuz I'm going to be really happy?

 

[aliasaid]

Minimum System Requirements:
Hard Drive Space: 16GB free hard drive space
Operating System: XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor: AMD 64 3200+ or Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz or better
RAM: 512MB RAM (XP) / 1GB RAM (Vista)
Video Card: Shader 3.0 or better 256MB Nvidia GeForce 6600GT / ATI Radeon 1600XT or better

Your setup is more than ample for that game. But you could still overclock your CPU anyways just to know that you're getting the most out of your components.

If you want to upgrade for the sake of upgrading, you can pop in a core 2 quad. How much ram do you have?

 

[veg1992]

I'd say a Q9550 if you need a quad direly, or if you just want plain high clock speed an e8400.

But IMO, you really shouldn't be paying that much for either of those CPU's especially with an i5 extremely close to that price, I'd stick with the e5200 and overclock the heck out of it.

 

[Callofbooty]

Thanks for responding guys. I have 4 Gb of DDR2 800

 

[aliasaid]

Sounds like you're good to go for that game. Just OC your cpu a bit, and you have yourself a great gaming rig.

 

[wafflehammer]

you realy need to update to a 64bit OS. You're running 32 bit with 4gb of RAM and 2 video cards. Which means 2gb of the RAM is just wasting space and not even being used :|

but yea, personally I would just OC some stuff and call it a day..even stock you could run the game fine

 

[Druid]

32 bit detects 3.25 gigs.

 

[philbar71]

32 bit detects 3.25 gigs.

but you have to factor the video card ram in. if they are two 512mb cards then that equals 1GB of ram

and Dual 4850's are overkill for that res and MW2.