Plans to upgrade my computer

I plan on upgrading my computer in the coming months, I'm on a budget, around $700-$800.

I am currently running an ASUS P5NSLI, 3 gigs of 667mhz RAM, Intel C2D e6400, BFG 9800gt OC and Fatality Xtremegamer PCI soundcard. Lately my computer is chugging in games, I don't get over 40 fps in most if not all of my games. I was content with getting 30 fps but when I'm chugging in Company of Heroes well....I can't stand it anymore. Which is sad because I recently bought Aliens vs Predator and the only way to play it is at the crappiest resolution...and my monitor is a samsung 24", so the resolution that I enjoy to game at is 1900 x 1200.

Which platform is a better bang for buck? I use my desktop mostly for gaming...so, should I go with the AMD Thuban core or go for an i7? Or should I just try overclocking my CPU?

I hope this doesn't cause a flame war here, because I really am not interested in AMD or Intel loyalty, just the better bang for buck.

I hope this doesn't cause a flame war here, because I really am not interested in AMD or Intel loyalty, just the better bang for buck.

lol, good luck. :bricks1:

I have had both AMD, and Intel it my computers...and i much more prefer the AMD. Of course this is just my :2cents:

I'm currently running the AMD Turion Ultra dual core 2.4GHz 64 bit in my laptop and am happy with it.

my Desktop has an Intel Core 2 Duo i think its a 2.44GHz

Edit: btw which OS are you running?

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

What is it that you prefer in the AMD platform?

Its just a preference, i have always had better luck with intel products holding up longer than AMD processors. Thats just my exp though.

If you really up to games upgrade you video card, this will help you got a higher resolution which is good for gaming.