Wait until the next generation of cards.shakmaster13

Looking to upgrade my 8800GT I don't want one that will bottleneck the rest of my system too much. Budget is $300. Just want to be able to play the latest games with good framerates.

Specs:

E5200 Wolfdale 2.5 ghz dualcore, in the process of OCing it to around 3.0 - 3.5ghz, possibly higher (we'll see)

4gb ram

1080p resolution

What kind of motherboard do you have?Snotweasel530

I wrote down notes from the some guides, and it says to make the System Memory Multiplier equal to or less than the rated speed of your RAM. My ram is 1066, so I try to set it to a number closest to that?

So if I have my CPU at 2.5ghz now, which is 200 FSB, I would set the SSM to 4.00A so (200FSB X 4.00 = 800) and 800 is the closest I can get to 1066?

I have a Gigabyte mobo and E5200 cpu if that helps.

I have version F5 of my mobo bios. Can I update it directly to F12, or do I have to download and chronologically update them all from F6 and upward?

I have a E5200 2.5ghz, and it is usually at 1.7ghz. This is because of the intel feature to save power right? I even loaded up L4D and checked back with CPU-Z and it was still at 1.7ghz. Is this good or bad, do most people turn off the power saving stuff in the bios or something?