What should I get?

[eclipse245]

Hey guys,

I'm on a $300 budget.

I'm waiting for ArmA 2 to come out, and I currently play Flight Simulator X.

Now, I am planning to upgrade.

I currently own the AMD Athlon X2 6400+ at 3.2GHz. And the eVGA 8800GT 512MB.

I need to know whether or not, I should just upgrade the CPU to this: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103471

OR

Get a new Graphics card?

Which will give me better performance?


Thanks!

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

Honestly you should be getting good performance already, the 6400+ is a decent CPU, and the 8800 is a great graphics card too.
I will tell you to look up your graphics settings, turn off anti aliasing (aa) and or turn down resolution.

 

[eclipse245]

Looks so bad with low res though.

 

[red1776]

Flight simX is a very Cpu heavy program, i have no idea why its written that way, but it is. so a better cpu will probably help with that game.

 

[LinkedKube]

Flight sim optimizes all cores, very cpu heavy. Havnt played it so I'll keep my suggestions to myself for now...although I'm leaning towards a cpu.

 

[eclipse245]

Yeh, and on the ArmA 2 forums, they reccommend a Quad, and I want to play that game with High Graphics baby. So...I guess the CPU is good choice?

Do you guys know of ANY place where I can get it a few bucks cheaper, or should I stick with the 940 or just go with the 920?

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

The 920 can be had for $170 or so here.

Also, unless FSX and ArmA 2 will be the only games you will play, getting a more powerful video card is the way to go.

 

[eclipse245]

Well the 8800, is said to work great with ArmA 2, so I think, I might just get a new CPU.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but my mobo is AM2, and the Phenom is AM2+, however I read somewhere that my mobo is compatible with both, this is the mobo I have:

Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe

Can somebody double check that for me? ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

I do not think your motherboard is compatible with the newer CPU's, sadly.

 

[eclipse245]

Looks like it will mate

http://forums.slizone.com/index.php?showtopic=21543

also just do a Google Search, Asus stated that it does work.

All I need now, is a link for BIOS update

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

Oh sorry, I couldn't even find it on ASUS's website, and the board is pretty old, so I assumed it wouldn't work out, especially with AM2 and AM2+ socket differences.

 

[eclipse245]

Well the differences aren't big really.

 

[red1776]

i think this is what your looking for eclipse, double check my work before you go flashing


http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=0jMy2X8lKstYRvev