Alright, I'm getting the 'buying new things' itch again.. So is it worth it if...

[Smokey21]

I completely disagree with the last two replies... £70 for a much better gaming experience... its a no brainer tbh

How is it a much better gaming experience?

[Madafwo]

But seriously, is 2.4Ghz a little low-ish? I mean.. I feel we're kinda pampered by Opterons with all those 2.8-3.0Ghz limits. 2.4Ghz feels mighty responsive.. and I had a 3500+ (which got fried.. dun ask) up to 2.7Ghz before and it doesnt feel taht much different..

2.4Ghz is not to be sniffed at, I had my 3700+ running at that for ages, it was only out of sheer boredom that I tried to push to 2.6 and got it, I really don't see any difference.

I just sold my 7800GTX and went for a 7900GT, purely for the reason it was new a shiny, it wont give me any higher FPS in reality, but its new, and shiny and thats what counts to me. With the X1900 you will get higher frame rates, it just depends what new and shinyness you want.

[ExceededGoku]

higher fps= better gaming experience (no jerkiness)

[ExceededGoku]

^^^ lol!! I can just imagine you now sitting at your big high spec PC with a pair of boxers for the rest of summer!!

infact thats about right

[kreeeee]

2.4Ghz is not to be sniffed at, I had my 3700+ running at that for ages, it was only out of sheer boredom that I tried to push to 2.6 and got it, I really don't see any difference.

My ancient 3500+ Newcastle is sitting happily at 2.65Ghz

[NightshadowUK]

Depending on what you're doing (but in this case, gaming), anything over 2.4GHz is just spank fodder.

[sawyen]

Well I used to need it for my work.. but I now have a dedicated server to do it for me (X2).. So this is basically a simple gaming, surfing and word processing system..

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

I'd say go with the upgrade, It'll deffo improve the performance in the shader intensive games