Thread: To upgrade or not to upgrade? - Hardware Discussions - FiringSquad Forums

Yeah, thats what I was thinking. But my concern is, AMD is pushing out PII's pretty quickly, and I'm still using DDR2. So the longer I wait, the less I will be able to get for my system. Whereas, I feel theres a little more room for expansion, and the i7 system will stay "top of the line" a bit longer. But like I said, I'll take all the responses into consideration. Weston

not, your system will run everything fine as is, its not worth the extra $$$.

That's not much of an upgrade, performance-wise... certainly unnecessary, but it's your choice.

Captain Weston wrote: Yeah, thats what I was thinking. But my concern is, AMD is pushing out PII's pretty quickly, and I'm still using DDR2. So the longer I wait, the less I will be able to get for my system. Whereas, I feel theres a little more room for expansion, and the i7 system will stay "top of the line" a bit longer. But like I said, I'll take all the responses into consideration. Weston   you've...

let me know when you are getting rid of that x4 i might pick it up!

Here's how I typically determine when to upgrade:  When I'm unable to run games (or other needed programs) at acceptable settings.  Of course, what you consider "acceptable" is open to interpretation.   Looking at your system, I can't see an upgrade (to anything currently on the market) gaining enough performance to be worth the effort.  Your biggest performance gain (and it would be substantial) would be...