Upgrade advice?
 

Hey all, I've been out of the hardware loop for a bit, so I know nothing about the recent new and awesome hardware. Built my current rig in summer of 08 and was thinking that maybe a video card upgrade would be in order.

Q6600
8800GT
4GB DDR2 RAM

^Current specs

Suggestions? Would it be worth it? I was thinking under $175 for pricing, new or used.

I can run most new games maxed out (apart from full AA and AF), but still get some occasional slowdown at times. I was thinking that even a year old card could get that little extra performance boost.

http://www.ncix.com/
http://www.memoryexpress.com/

the CPU and Video card your looking at have been replaced. so its hard to find those

If you let us know what you will need your computer mostly and your budget, most of us can suggest options. otherwise have a look at the 2 websites.

Err no, you misread, those are my current specs... Just looking for something that'd be a decent upgrade from the 8800GT, but wouldn't be bottlenecked by the Q6600. Its OC'd at around 3.0 ghz right now.


Friend suggested I pick up a 6850, said its probably the best performance/price card out right now, with the 460 coming in close?

I think the 6850 and the 460 are way too close to call, I think it will end up being the user's preference on company (AMD vs nVidia) ... the price is also a good consideration as they both are almost identical benchmark wise that I'd just go for the one that costs less ...