AMD CPU's

[TonyD]

Hi karvis

If I was to replace my current graphics card, I would look at a HD7870 – it has slightly better in-game performance than my current one (from most reviews I’ve read), and uses a whopping 100W less power doing it. Don’t know what your price may be though. They have only just become available locally, priced at 350/250 Euros for the 7870/7850, which is a bit expensive, with the 7850 looking the most attractive .

As robtek said, a 6950 should be in your price range if they are still available, and is a fair bit ahead of a 6850. The new 7850 should provide very similar performance to one of these.

My previous 965 X4 gave good performance in CloD, particularly when I raised the ‘FSB’ to 225MHz (cpu at 3825MHz). This gave more performance than raising the multiplier on it’s own. I have no experience with the X6, but know that they are very ‘over-clockable’, so you should be able to do something similar (the one you refer to does not have an unlocked multiplier, IIRC).

[karvis]

Thanks TonyD for your comment. As I said I'm not an expert when estimating AMD's X4 or X6 performance when playing CoD but I think I'll still go for the 1055T. I'm going to use my PC also to other purposes where that 6-cores might be useful.

These new Radeons, HD7870 for example, are little bit over my planned budget for now but maybe later. Btw, this just like buying a new car: when you got to local car dealer and see the new models with a lot of nice features, you begin to rise your budget a bit by bit and soon you find yourself buying a car far more expensive as the original plan was (made with wife...).

Thanks to everybody of your valuable comments!

[vranac]

You can look for 960T. If you plan upgrade only for gaming that one
will be better for you.
It is the same chip like 10xx series, but with 1 or 2 malfunctional cores.
Lot of them can be unlocked into full 6 core chip, but I'm note shure
that your mobo can do that.
960T is easier to OC because it has unlocked multi, and runs cooler.

If you are not planning a lot of 3D rendering that is a better choice
and a cheaper IMO.