What is the best cpu and gpu combination?

My new computer has the i5 2300 CPU and my graphic card is nVidia's GTS 450 RAM is 4gb Would it be able to run games on max settings? games such as Deus Ex, MW3, maybe Skyrim, BF3.. I really hope it would...

AMD Phenom II X4 975 and AMD redeon 6870 or intel i5 2500k and nVidia gtx 560Ti i think my second choice is batter but i dont want to spend much money but the the performance different is much more than i will go for second choice

Im thinking of upgrading my gpu sometime soon, and just wanted to check how the combination would work out since im not the smartest when it comes to this. Motherboard:[CrossFireX] GigaByte GA-970A-D3 AMD 970 Socket AM3+ ATX Mainboard w/ On/Off Charge...

I heard that a quadcore and a 9800 can run gta 4 almost high.. (youtube) i also heard that a dual core and 4870 can run GTA 4 on high (youtube) I am so confused on what to buy that is cheap and affordable. I have a PCI x16 slot but i can run 2.0 slots...

Which would perform better with thr combination of cpu and gpu. i7 without discrete gpu or i5 with nvidia

i just red an article on Maximumpc.com (http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/state_gpu_computing_cpu_dead_yet?page=0,0) that stated that gpu's will soon be used for almost everything that the cpu does. Now i know that during a game the cpu processes...

I'm trying to buy a PC mainly for gaming on a limited budget (~$850). I recently found 2 decent PCs for their price, but if I were to choose one of them, I would be very much stuck. Both are from a company called Frontier, and I plan to play Battlefield...

Hi, I got a gaming rig that works fine without any problem. Case: CM 690 II Advanced Videocard: Asus GTX 590 Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V PRO Processor: i7 2600K (stock 3.4 ghz) CPU Cooler: Scythe Mugen 2 rev.B HDD: Samsung SpinPoint F3 Desktop Class (...

A GPU contains multiple (~8-16) compute units.  A compute unit contains many (~32) processing elements, each with its own registers.  Each element is, roughly, a thread, but all elements within the same unit must execute the same code (SIMD). It follows...