Given a budget of $1500-1800, how would you go about upgrading this system?
i7 920 @ 4ghz
2x6990s - crossfire
ASUS P6X58D PREMIUM 1366 R
8gb ddr3
2560x1440 LCD
I am guessing by now this CPU is a major bottleneck in this system. I am not sure it can drive the 6990s at 2560x1440, so I am looking to upgrade. Upgrading the motherboard, processor, and memory wouldn't nearly get me to the $1500 dollar mark, but I am open to possibly upgrading the video cards since they are about what, 4 years old?
Any thoughts, recommendations, etc?
I was thinking of going with i7 4770 Haswell (3.4ghz) with 16gb of ram. Do you think the video cards need updating as well?
Thank you for the help!
i7 920 @ 4ghz
2x6990s - crossfire
ASUS P6X58D PREMIUM 1366 R
8gb ddr3
2560x1440 LCD
I am guessing by now this CPU is a major bottleneck in this system. I am not sure it can drive the 6990s at 2560x1440, so I am looking to upgrade. Upgrading the motherboard, processor, and memory wouldn't nearly get me to the $1500 dollar mark, but I am open to possibly upgrading the video cards since they are about what, 4 years old?
Any thoughts, recommendations, etc?
I was thinking of going with i7 4770 Haswell (3.4ghz) with 16gb of ram. Do you think the video cards need updating as well?
Thank you for the help!