MuniDude

I agree. I wish there were more tests done with charts and numbers to show the difference DDR3 and a corei7 has over the older technology. I feel like the hardware makers may not want that info to come to light if it shows the change is minimal.

ltulod

don't you have to buy the i7 cpu also to upgrade? so mobo, ram and cpu right?

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MuniDude

yes thats correct. However I assume the processor, RAM and GPU make much more of a difference than the motherboard itself. Itulod could you possible boot up crysis with one GTX280 and then 2 cards and let me know what the FPS were? I'd be interested to see your improvement.

xwinx

to measure FPS, use FRAPS.

and don't upgrade your CPU or mobo.. they're fine- don't waste so much money when you won't get more fps.

If you have the money to spend get another GTX 280 and you will have a rig that whoops the gtx 295. generally >3Ghz = no bottleneck

I think this is one thing many fail to understand.. going i7 won't get you more FPS.

MuniDude

I was never thinking of upgrading, for some reason people thought thats why I was asking. I just built my rig last week. I wanted to make sure I wasn't wasting my money if I purchased another GTX280. 300 on newegg is a good deal. I remember I bought a 8600 gt for 500 bones in 2005. I still can't believe it.

FawxCawn

Processors really make the difference.