How are you upgrading?

[CptainCrunch]

Re: How are you upgrading?

8 Cores is a little overkill. Or are you running virtual cores? Anyway, I plan on building a brand new computer 8gb ram, i7, 6950 biosed to 6970.

You say its overkill and yet you plan on getting one??? You know what else is overkill, my 12 Gigs of RAM :wee: That is until I turn on my esxi lab, then its barely enough

The i7 is a quad core with hyperthreading, so I suppose four of the them are virtual, if that is what you mean.

Crunch

[muffinmn100]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Yea, if they are virtual then it's not overkill. If you got 8 real cores then thats different.

[Yoster]

Re: How are you upgrading?

what about that six core i7? That thing I hear is a beast

[CptainCrunch]

Re: How are you upgrading?

It better be! 12 total cores all together and the cost matches its beastliness.

Crunch

[The_Eliminator]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Hmm maybe i shall get one of those to future proof

[Stev0esque]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Im planning for an i7 (or an i5, depending on how my budget looks) and perhaps 6 gigs of DDR3 ram. Havent decided on the graphics card yet though. Im only using an ATI 5570 which is by all means entry level despite saying "1 GB" on the box.

[muffinmn100]

Re: How are you upgrading?

I don't think most games utilize more than 4 cores if 2.

[The_Eliminator]

Re: How are you upgrading?

What cards are considered best on the market now then? What generation are we in for both ATi and nVidia?

I still have a 4870 and that by all means stands up to the pressure with all the games i have at the moment. Cant imagine needing anything much more powerful.

[Stev0esque]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Don't the late model intel cards use virtual cores? Also, I just wanna better computer to increase my Epeen. And I find the concept of upgrading and putting together a PC fun. Because I am just that cool/

[Crandaddy]

Re: How are you upgrading?

I wish I knew what the “Minimum” requirements for BF3 are going to be. (If it has been released already, I missed it.) I was in desperate need of on upgrade, so I did it last month. I have a great fear that I upgraded too early. I bet I will wish I had not once the “recommended” requirements for BF3 are released.

Op system = Win 7 – 64bit
Processer = Intel i7 – 920
Ram = went from 6 GB to 9 GB (Triple DDR3)
Sound = Creative X-Fi
Case = had a very small cramped case to a Antec Three Hundred (with 5 fans)
Power = went from a 500 watt generic to a Thermaltake 850 watt
HD = New WD - 2 TB 7200 rpm with 32MB Cache
Video = went from a ATI Radeon HD 4600 to a Gigabyte Nvida Geforce “Super Overclock” GTX560 Ti (Fermi) 1GB

:sniper2:

[Crzy_Puffin]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Going to get new ram and sound card, everything else should be fine :)

[muffinmn100]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Crandaddy you'll be fine, probably 60fps on at least medium settings probably high. I bet you the minimu req is probably going to be Intel quad core series or high end core 2 duo and 200 gtx and 4000 series.

[GeneralPatton]

Re: How are you upgrading?

The PC I built for BC2 will be more than enough to handle BF3 :)

[iQue]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Just got a new CPU cooler (Corsair A70) and I'm honestly wondering why I didn't buy it earlier! Overclocked my i5 750 to 3.8 GHz (stock is 2.67) and it's still only about 65 degrees C under full load, going to try out playing with it when it has finished stress testing.

[Rambo]

Re: How are you upgrading?

I think Vreki hit the nail on the head on his post:salute: