How are you upgrading?

[CptainCrunch]

Re: How are you upgrading?

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

Crunch

[Yoster]

Re: How are you upgrading?

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

[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.

[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

[MrKLM]

Re: How are you upgrading?

The intel i series are out with 2 generations now the ones listed at xxx (triple digts) are generation one and the ones listed as xxxx or xxxxk are second generation. I have an i5 2500K.

[The_Eliminator]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Im a little out of touch with all of the latest tech as my last upgrade was 2 years ago back when the 4870 was THE card to get

Glad to hear that the i7 is still the processor of choice

[muffinmn100]

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.

[CptainCrunch]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Are the core i7's good for gaming? As i have been looking to grab one of them when i do my upgrade. Or are these considered "old tech" now?

Old tech? What else is there? I just went on new egg and i7 is as high as you can go on the Intel side.

I have an i7 and its great :awes 8 cores at 3.0jigawatts each.

Crunch

[The_Eliminator]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Are the core i7's good for gaming? As i have been looking to grab one of them when i do my upgrade. Or are these considered "old tech" now?

[Vreki]

Re: How are you upgrading?

I am not planning to upgrade.
My GFX card and memory are fine, the only oldtech is the CPU, a Phenom II X4 955
And while it is outclassed by modern CPUs. it isn't really taxed by the current games. I guess that's one benefit of having everything designed around the CPU power of consoles.

[Rambo]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Not upgrading until i see the port we are going to get.

high powered computer to run all those scripting and quick time events haha

[Kylee!]

Re: How are you upgrading?

I'm not going to build one until Summer is about ending or around November of next year a la BF3.

[MrKLM]

Re: How are you upgrading?

new computer that I ordered at the start of march came at the end of march. So no need to upgrade it. I will be moving however in like September and dunno if machine will be coming with so may need to get a different one.

[Yoster]

Re: How are you upgrading?

Well ill look into a c2 extreme if I can find a good price. I may also OC. Are there any nicely priced 775 socket cpus that would tend to a 550ti better? I already have the card and can use it or sell it later.

[iQue]

Re: How are you upgrading?

I might upgrade my 5770 if necessary but currently I can play everything I want very comfortably. I won't be buying it anytime soon anyway, new sound card + speakers set me back a bit.