upgrading advice needed

[chaotic_russ]

You have a nice system. 3.0GHz dual core is plenty for gaming so change the GPU if you want all the eye candy

so this is ok for my system (crysis ingame benchmark results below @1680x1050 high dx9) ?

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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 77.06s, Average FPS: 25.95
Min FPS: 14.46 at frame 139, Max FPS: 31.54 at frame 1773
Average Tri/Sec: -24551886, Tri/Frame: -946005
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.97
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 69.93s, Average FPS: 28.60
Min FPS: 14.46 at frame 139, Max FPS: 33.52 at frame 1008
Average Tri/Sec: -26709040, Tri/Frame: -933934
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.98
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 69.84s, Average FPS: 28.64
Min FPS: 14.46 at frame 139, Max FPS: 33.67 at frame 985
Average Tri/Sec: -26757126, Tri/Frame: -934316
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.98
!TimeDemo Run 3 Finished.
Play Time: 69.89s, Average FPS: 28.62
Min FPS: 14.46 at frame 139, Max FPS: 33.67 at frame 985
Average Tri/Sec: -26756968, Tri/Frame: -934992
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.98
TimeDemo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)
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and all i need to change is the psu ?

[staffsMike]

It's too late to read all that lol

Crysis should run medium settings at 1680 x 1050 with the latest drivers for your card. I would get the PSU and leave it at that for now. If it's crysis you want to run with all the eye candy.. don't bother lol

[chaotic_russ]

i know crysis is a pain on even the best setups , but my systems seems to hate aa no matter the game . i will just change the psu and maybe get a 4850 and use the 3870 as a backup card , it should make it last till quad core is used fully

[Zhaoman]

Yeah it's best to get a solid PSU first before you add more power consuming components. You could get a good PSU now and save up for a bit until prices drop some more in the coming months.