Upgrading my GFX card to GTX 570 - worth me upgrading processor?

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#1 cbear68
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Hey guys,

I just bought a GTX570 to replace my 8800GTX. I currently have a Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor. Would it be wise if I was to upgrade that too? To an i5 760 for example, or will my current processor be capable of handling all the latest games at full?

Thanks in advance :)

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#2 C_Rule
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Hey guys,

I just bought a GTX570 to replace my 8800GTX. I currently have a Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor. Would it be wise if I was to upgrade that too? To an i5 760 for example, or will my current processor be capable of handling all the latest games at full?

Thanks in advance :)

cbear68
Your current CPU should be fine. Have you got it overclocked?
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#3 cbear68
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[QUOTE="cbear68"]

Hey guys,

I just bought a GTX570 to replace my 8800GTX. I currently have a Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor. Would it be wise if I was to upgrade that too? To an i5 760 for example, or will my current processor be capable of handling all the latest games at full?

Thanks in advance :)

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Your current CPU should be fine. Have you got it overclocked?

No, but then I haven't really needed to up until this point. My PC is slowly starting to fail at the latest games on max. If I was to overclock it, then that would definitely be ok?

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Im going on black ops with a 8800gts + q6700. Lol, if you feel your computer is slowing down than it may be other parts of the computer. If you have a 8800gtx than you must of had it for a while. I recommend cleaning out your harddrive, old drivers, overclock your cpu!! and install new drivers. Taking care of the computer with a simple maintanence can really help an older comp like mines.

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#5 C_Rule
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[QUOTE="C_Rule"][QUOTE="cbear68"]

Hey guys,

I just bought a GTX570 to replace my 8800GTX. I currently have a Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor. Would it be wise if I was to upgrade that too? To an i5 760 for example, or will my current processor be capable of handling all the latest games at full?

Thanks in advance :)

cbear68

Your current CPU should be fine. Have you got it overclocked?

No, but then I haven't really needed to up until this point. My PC is slowly starting to fail at the latest games on max. If I was to overclock it, then that would definitely be ok?

Buy an aftermarket cooler and take the Q6600 to like 3.4GHz+, it'd be just as good as a stock 760, if not better.
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#6 cbear68
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Im going on black ops with a 8800gts + q6700. Lol, if you feel your computer is slowing down than it may be other parts of the computer. If you have a 8800gtx than you must of had it for a while. I recommend cleaning out your harddrive, old drivers, overclock your cpu!! and install new drivers. Taking care of the computer with a simple maintanence can really help an older comp like mines.

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Well actually, I have my harddrives running in raid 0 and one of them failed the other day which forced me to do a clean install of windows anyway lol. Yeah got my comp in August 2007.

If I was to overclock my CPU, I'm gonna need thermal paste right?

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#7 cbear68
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[QUOTE="C_Rule"] Your current CPU should be fine. Have you got it overclocked?C_Rule

No, but then I haven't really needed to up until this point. My PC is slowly starting to fail at the latest games on max. If I was to overclock it, then that would definitely be ok?

Buy an aftermarket cooler and take the Q6600 to like 3.4GHz+, it'd be just as good as a stock 760, if not better.

Jesus. alright, cheers man