Hi, TSF :wave:
Here's the gist of my problem: I'm using a Dell XPS 400 that I pumped a lot of money into back in the day (several years ago now), because I no longer own my macbook pro.
The MB Pro ran my type of games beautifully - particularly Dragon Age, which I ran at max settings. Now that Dragon Age 2 has come out, I'd like to upgrade my PC a bit... Here's some info on my current setup:
Current Graphics Card: ATI Radeon X600 Series.
Graphics Card Slot: PCI Express
System Ram: 4GB
Processor: Intel Pentium D CPU 2.80ghz 2.79ghz
(I know this isn't Core 2, but I believe it is Dual Core, is it not? I can set use the Set Affinity function in the Task Manager to designate a program to Processor 1 and/or 2)
Power Supply: 375w
I already plan on upgrading my graphics card to an ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 GB DDR5 2DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card , as well as buying a 550w PSU.
My question is: Will I need a new processor to prevent bottlenecking/poor performance on my computer? I don't know too much about processors, but I've researched a bit, and "bottlenecking" keeps coming up.
And if I DO need a better processor, should I just save a bit more to build my own machine at this point? Because in that case, I'm looking at a graphics card, PSU, and processor upgrade.. :4-dontkno
Thanks!
Here's the gist of my problem: I'm using a Dell XPS 400 that I pumped a lot of money into back in the day (several years ago now), because I no longer own my macbook pro.
The MB Pro ran my type of games beautifully - particularly Dragon Age, which I ran at max settings. Now that Dragon Age 2 has come out, I'd like to upgrade my PC a bit... Here's some info on my current setup:
Current Graphics Card: ATI Radeon X600 Series.
Graphics Card Slot: PCI Express
System Ram: 4GB
Processor: Intel Pentium D CPU 2.80ghz 2.79ghz
(I know this isn't Core 2, but I believe it is Dual Core, is it not? I can set use the Set Affinity function in the Task Manager to designate a program to Processor 1 and/or 2)
Power Supply: 375w
I already plan on upgrading my graphics card to an ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 GB DDR5 2DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card , as well as buying a 550w PSU.
My question is: Will I need a new processor to prevent bottlenecking/poor performance on my computer? I don't know too much about processors, but I've researched a bit, and "bottlenecking" keeps coming up.
And if I DO need a better processor, should I just save a bit more to build my own machine at this point? Because in that case, I'm looking at a graphics card, PSU, and processor upgrade.. :4-dontkno
Thanks!