I have been beating myself to death deciding whether or not to go to I7. I just recently bought a Q9550 from an E8500 to get better performance out of newer games like BC2, I am satisfied with it's performance however I feel I may be more satisfied knowing I have something not a generation too old.
I have a few extra dollars and I am determined to spend it on something with my computer (I need something to do.. OCD). Anyway my question to you guys is how long do you think that the socket 775 chips are going to stay relatively competitive and do you think it is worth another upgrade from a Q9550 to a 920?
I have looked at some benches and it does not seem worth it based on the performance, however this upgrade would leave me with an "open" upgrade path of only having to buy X58 processors instead of being in the situation I am now for at least a couple years.
Thoughts... suggestions?
EDIT: I do plan on getting a GPU upgrade regardless of this upgrade but that is another speedbump because I can never run Xfire with this board and with Fermi I cannot trust that they will be reasonably priced when they come out. With the X58 I can get a 5870 and not have to worry in the future about Xfire.
I have a few extra dollars and I am determined to spend it on something with my computer (I need something to do.. OCD). Anyway my question to you guys is how long do you think that the socket 775 chips are going to stay relatively competitive and do you think it is worth another upgrade from a Q9550 to a 920?
I have looked at some benches and it does not seem worth it based on the performance, however this upgrade would leave me with an "open" upgrade path of only having to buy X58 processors instead of being in the situation I am now for at least a couple years.
Thoughts... suggestions?
EDIT: I do plan on getting a GPU upgrade regardless of this upgrade but that is another speedbump because I can never run Xfire with this board and with Fermi I cannot trust that they will be reasonably priced when they come out. With the X58 I can get a 5870 and not have to worry in the future about Xfire.