CPU or GPU upgrade?

oye · 06-16-2007, 06:02 PM

which will give me better performance with fraps? i have enough to buy a new motherboard and an athlon X2 3800+ processor OR a 7600GT. right now i have a athlon 64 3200+ and a radeon 9800PRO with 1.5 gigs of RAM.

thanks

stormrager · 06-17-2007, 07:00 AM

It all depends Both would be your best but you said you can't do that. I'd go with the dual-core first then when you can, buy a better video card.

Thiras · 06-19-2007, 03:24 PM

The CPU

Crank down your gfx settings until you get 30+ fps then the cpu is what matters for your recording performance

06-16-2007, 06:02 PM	#1
oye Initiate Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1	CPU or GPU upgrade? which will give me better performance with fraps? i have enough to buy a new motherboard and an athlon X2 3800+ processor OR a 7600GT. right now i have a athlon 64 3200+ and a radeon 9800PRO with 1.5 gigs of RAM. thanks

06-17-2007, 07:00 AM	#2
stormrager Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 156	It all depends Both would be your best but you said you can't do that. I'd go with the dual-core first then when you can, buy a better video card.

06-19-2007, 03:24 PM	#3
Thiras Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 528	The CPU Crank down your gfx settings until you get 30+ fps then the cpu is what matters for your recording performance