Time to revive my topic again (and triple post!).
I got a new computer a few weeks ago, as I already announced on the forums. But now that I'm making some (okay) money I want to upgrade it a bit.
The memory has to be DDR2, so I may or may not upgrade it. I'm thinking I'll add a 4GB stick to replace two of my 1024MB sticks and make it have a total of 6GBs.
But the video card(s) I would like to upgrade more than anything else. I want this thing to run Battlefield 3 at max when it comes out. (I could probably run it at low to medium right now)
My CPU is fine with me, though, so I won't be upgrading it.
I found the best graphics card I could for under $200 and here it is: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161348&
It's near the top on videocardbenchmark.net and it's very cheap so I think it's the best choice for me. My PSU will support it and I have good cooling, etc.
Does anyone have anything to say about the 6850 or the HIS brand? I remember CreepinDeth recommended the 6870 over the GeForce 460 to Grindspine, but said it was better for overall performance and the 460 was better for tessellation (DX11). Is the case the same with the 6850?
My specs, after the upgrade(s) would be:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (Been tinkering around with overclocking this…but probably won't)
6GBs DDR2 RAM (400MHz or 800 FSB MHz)
ATI Radeon 6850 1GB GDDR5 256-bit
700GB HDD
etc
I think that's a rather good computer.
My current PC is good, but it struggles on DX10 and 11 games and that's apparently the new "rage". Bad Company 2 would look so great on DX11.