Right now i am currently running a AMD quad core system. AMD Phenom II X4 940 Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Processor GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3HP MSI 8800GT 512mb Thinking about a i5 2500k for $179 or a 2600k for $279 maybe if i can afford it. Microcenter has both on sale right now here in town. Also would love to upgrade to 16gb…
Thanks EarthQuake that is a big difference. If i can afford it now i will get the i7 2600k and if not maybe it will go down in price in 6 months or so. I have 4gb right now and is too little for udk and zbrush these days i think. Just want 16gb ram soon. I am torn going with ati or waiting out nvidia 600 cards and hoping…
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html Your cpu: 3681 2500k: 7437 2600K: 10071 I would say yeah, that would be worth it. Probably go for the 2600K though to get the most out of it. I think an I7 would be 3-5 years before you need to upgrade it. I would stick with your current video card too, for dev an 8800 is just…