Upgrade to better GPU or to SSD?

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Originally Posted by bw_wolverine

I'm seriously considering upgrading for this game. I'd like to know what people think would be a better upgrade for me:

CURRENT SPEC (nothing is overclocked):
Intel i7 940 2.93gHz
nVidia Geforce GTX 260
HDD 10,000rpm Raptor
4 GB Ram Corsair

Price is a factor, but only insomuch as the SSD upgrade would be cheaper to get a top line one vs a top line graphics card (I think). If the performance increase to cost ratio is further in the graphics card direction, that's the way I'd go.

Just curious what people think.

With that CPU I don't think the cost/benefit factor of getting a $200 - $250 video card would make more difference to the game than an SSD would. I'm betting - at least for now and till the patch - the hitching problem would be alleviated with an SSD since hitching in games is usually due to hard drive swapping.

Plus CloD is CPU dependent far more than GPU given that you already have a GTX260 although you will see some improvement going to a better card for that same price range. Just that it's not the bottleneck, and may only buy you some slightly higher detail settings.

My Crucial 128gb SATA3 SSD is in the mail, but I'm running a GTX460 so it's even less worth me upgrading the card atm.

You're best off getting that CPU up to around 4ghz which will give you the greatest benefit in the sim.