Looking for upgrade advice
By
Green_Screen,
Posted on: 2011-12-22 13:55 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Quote:
You should be able to accomodate a GTX 560 Ti quite nicely.|
Originally Posted by Green_Screen
Currently running a self-built rig from 5/09, checking for advice.
Case: Antec P182 Power supply: Corsair 750w Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 RAM: 8G G.Skill DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Video card: EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Sound: onboard Thinking of upgrading the video card (would prefer something with HDMI-out for movies) but not sure what this rig can still accommodate. Main use is for COH and SWTOR Any help is appreciated. |
My current rig is a Q8300 with a 560 Ti and it screams!
My recommendation is also to go EVGA. The new release of nVidia products is just around the corner and, if you start feeling envy for next-gen products, the Step-Up program will get you up whatever comes next for a miniscule amount more.
Also, maybe look at an SSD. Won't really add to performance (per-se). But any portions of zone loading that are disk-I/O intensive will SCREAM with a nice SSD.
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
Currently running a self-built rig from 5/09, checking for advice.
Case: Antec P182
Power supply: Corsair 750w
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
RAM: 8G G.Skill DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500)
Video card: EVGA GeForce GTX 260
Sound: onboard
Thinking of upgrading the video card (would prefer something with HDMI-out for movies) but not sure what this rig can still accommodate.
Main use is for COH and SWTOR
Any help is appreciated.