Upgrade or totally new?

[Obaid]

I was considering at buying another GTX 480 for my PC because it start to lag in most games these days, but I have to upgrade my Motherboard because it do not support SLI.

So do I buy another GTX 480 and a new Motherboard or a totally new pc?

My specs are:

Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Motherboard: Intel DH67CL

Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 CPU @ 3.40GHz

CPU Cooler: Stock Fan

RAM: 4.00 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz

GPU: ZOTAC GeForce GTX 480

Screen: SAMSUNG SM2333T 23'' 1920 x 1080

Power Supply: CORSAIR TX950

Drives: x2 WD Green 2TB Raid-0

Case: AOpen G518

Mouse: Logitech G9x Laser Mouse

Keyboard: Logitech G11

Headset: Razer Megalodon 7.1 Surround

[xeks]

What are you playing that's making you lag? New games or are your old ones starting to lag you?

[Helltech]

I'd sell the 480 and get a 670/7950/7970

[Obaid]

What are you playing that's making you lag? New games or are your old ones starting to lag you?

New games like Far Cry 3, Crysis 3 and Battlefield 3. I play at 1080p and I would like atlest 40 fps min at max settings.

[xeks]

I'd sell the 480 and get a 670/7950/7970

I agree though I'm still rocking my 470. Haha. I should check my FPS in BF3 one of these days but when I play I get 0 lag and it's super smooth on Ultra settings.

For FC3 and Crysis 3, you'll definitely need a better card. CPU seems fine. Intel boards are known to just work but if you eventually are going to upgrade your rig and keep 1155, then a new mobo wouldn't hurt but until you slap in a more powerful GPU you can't really tell what's holding you back besides that at the moment.

[Obaid]

I'd sell the 480 and get a 670/7950/7970

I agree though I'm still rocking my 470. Haha. I should check my FPS in BF3 one of these days but when I play I get 0 lag and it's super smooth on Ultra settings.

For FC3 and Crysis 3, you'll definitely need a better card. CPU seems fine. Intel boards are known to just work but if you eventually are going to upgrade your rig and keep 1155, then a new mobo wouldn't hurt but until you slap in a more powerful GPU you can't really tell what's holding you back besides that at the moment.

Well, I think that I'll wait for Nvidia's 700 series Graphic Cards since my budget is over 4000 usd and I'll upgrade at once.

Thanks for your help mate!

[mvitkun]

I'm rockin a gtx 480 with a accelero twin turbo heatsink.

100% silent,can get up to around 860mhz core stably.maybe higher havn't tried.

I tried benching crysis 3 on all modes at max settings FXAA x16,avg'd 36.5 fps and max 45.8fps.this was at 800mhz core 1850mhz mem.

It can still max out most games at decent fps,and if you decide not to max out AA,which at decent resolutions is unnecessary,then you can get more than playable fps.

I'd say wait a while,try overclocking it a bit.I'm thinking I'll wait for GTX 800 series so that when I upgrade I see a huge difference.

[WaspishVyper]

If your budget is that high I'd wait for new graphics cards from both AMD and nVidia to find out which has better Price/Performance, and also wait for haswell then build an amazing gaming pc with a custom loop that will run everything you throw at it with max setting at >60fps