When should i upgrade my rig??

i was thinking that i should upgrade it when the new consoles hit the markets but some ppl suggested that i should go for an upgrade now

cuz my machine just wont survive tha accelerating improvement in graphics

what do you think?

Ehh i run a E8400@3.6ghz 6gigs and a 9800GT and i can still play most games med-high with 30-40fps, My video card just died so im upgrading it now to a GTX 460. And with that my Fps will probably increase by 15-20. Enless your getting ready for cysis 2, there really isnt a game that you couldn't run with that computer.

your pc is doing alright, if you really wanna upgrade, i suggest you to wait till summer till then IvyBridge will be out ;)

OC that CPU, your missing out.

Ehh i run a E8400@3.6ghz 6gigs and a 9800GT and i can still play most games med-high with 30-40fps, My video card just died so im upgrading it now to a GTX 460. And with that my Fps will probably increase by 15-20. Enless your getting ready for cysis 2, there really isnt a game that you couldn't run with that computer.

Nolan16

it is coming for consoles to soo i guess the visuals wont be that superior...there is metro,stalker for example...

OC that CPU, your missing out.

GTR12

Wait for IvyBridge and get one of those CPU's and grab a GTX560 too. Those would be a very solid upgradegmaster456

but what about my pc will it hold on till ivybridge is released in 2012???

i was thinking that i should upgrade it when the new consoles hit the markets but some ppl suggested that i should go for an upgrade now

cuz my machine just wont survive tha accelerating improvement in graphics

what do you think?

NOMAD_78

i would personally wait till socket 2011 comes out, it should be released by fall or chirstmas this year.

I'm waiting until games are actually being built for this hardware. I mean in the past games where changing graphically so much that a new computer upgrade was required every 2-3 years. Now the technology that we have out completely blows away the required specs for these games it's not even necessary to upgrade. This is the longest graphically stalemate we've had in technology.

[QUOTE="gmaster456"]Wait for IvyBridge and get one of those CPU's and grab a GTX560 too. Those would be a very solid upgradeNOMAD_78

but what about my pc will it hold on till ivybridge is released in 2012???

[QUOTE="GTR12"]

OC that CPU, your missing out.

NOMAD_78

It won't damage it, unless your gonna use it for like another 10yrs, then you might lose 1yr or so by OC'ing.