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Originally Posted by Burninator
This seems like an appropriate thread to ask. It is worth while to upgrade my PC or just start from scratch?
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Asus P5K Deluxe
GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB
8GB DDR2 RAM
Corsair 620W
Is it worth it to get something like a GTX 600ti or will the processor / RAM be the bottle neck? Motherboard doesn't support DDR3, so I am guessing the only thing I could reuse would be my power supply.
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You don't need to start from scratch.
That's actually a very decent computer. The Q6600 at stock speeds is too slow but overclocked, is comparable to a modern 4 core CPU. With a Asus P5K Deluxe, 3.0GHz is almost 100% guaranteed (IIRC, possibly even at stock voltage) with 3.2-3.4GHz also in the realm of possibility. My old Q6600 was at 3.6GHz.
At those speeds, it stops being a GPU bottleneck and you can upgrade to a modern mid-range video card.