Is this a significant jump?

Ok firstly, don't tell me to upgrade because this my own personal PC for college and work, will get an i7 system later.

Here's the thing. I have an e8400 and I don't plan to overclock it. I have a GT440, and while some games run fine on high, Battlefield 3's framerate is still erratic on high. I'm planning to get a cheap Asus 6850 to replace it, and here's the question. Should I? Is it significant enough to at least get stable (I mean 40 to 60 fps) framerates on high on Bf3? (not Ultra) Online matches too, if you have an input on that.

a 6850 should see 40ish on high with no AA, also it depends on the amount of players on screen There's alot of variables with BF3, one minute there's nothing, next minute you're looking at 20 guys running across the screen Saying that, a 6870 can be picked up for a little more, and they are greatWWIAB

I'll second this, the 6870 is the better card and it will run all games on high, hell, even more than that! And the price is not too high compared to the 6850!

That cpu you have is still pretty good, however battlefield 3 is one of those game that can make use of four cores (but most games don't). Still the videocard is holding you back the most, so the first thing you need to upgrade is that videocard. You will achieve high settings with a hd 6850 allthough i would really recommend the hd 6870, it's not that much more expensive than the hd 6850 and it's significantly faster.evildead6789

what he said.

I have a gtx460 1gb (equal to the 6850) I recommend either very highly, it plays bf3 on all high @1080p no sweat.achilles614

Okay, but will there be a lot of bottleneck with the 6870? The e8400 isn't exactly top of the line, I have a mere 4GB of RAM by the way.shalashaska88

The E8400 is about the best processor in the 8xxx series (overclocks very nicely and easily, should you want to go down that path). A 6850 would be nice, but a 6870 would even be much more nice for just a little more money.

Okay. Thanks dudes. Now that 6870 is sounding sexier than ever to me. :)shalashaska88

[QUOTE="achilles614"]I have a gtx460 1gb (equal to the 6850) I recommend either very highly, it plays bf3 on all high @1080p no sweat.shalashaska88