DarkenReaper57
2[H]4U
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Hello everyone,
I've been out of the loop for a while as far as hardware goes. I have a IP35 Pro with an overclocked (water-cooled) Q6600 to 3.4 GHz and a 8800GT and 8 GB of DDR2 memory. With Battlefield 3 on the horizon, I'd like to upgrade enough to play at decent settings.
I think the Q6600 can get me by just fine, but am not certain about the 8800GT. The motherboard only supports PCI-E 1.0 (16x), so would this be a serious issue if I wanted to upgrade to a better GPU? Is my motherboard even capable of using the newer cards?
Any advice is welcome!
I've been out of the loop for a while as far as hardware goes. I have a IP35 Pro with an overclocked (water-cooled) Q6600 to 3.4 GHz and a 8800GT and 8 GB of DDR2 memory. With Battlefield 3 on the horizon, I'd like to upgrade enough to play at decent settings.
I think the Q6600 can get me by just fine, but am not certain about the 8800GT. The motherboard only supports PCI-E 1.0 (16x), so would this be a serious issue if I wanted to upgrade to a better GPU? Is my motherboard even capable of using the newer cards?
Any advice is welcome!