8800GT CPU requirement?

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Llathos

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I'm thinking about phasing my upgrades of my old machine.

How bottlenecked do you guys think an 8800GT would be by this system?

Athlon 64 3500+
1 GB DDR 500
DFI Lanparty nForce4

Has anyone seen one of those CPU vs GPU graphs for the 8800 GT showing the bottleneck points? I haven't been able to find one...
 
yeah it definitely will be bottlenecked, you could probably find a really cheap used s939 dual core like a 4400 and get another gig of ram - sucks DDR1 is so hard to find and expensive when you do find it >.>
 
As soon as I get my parts for my Quad build
I can sell you my G.Skill PC 4000 2x1Gb from my current 939 build...
I also have Si-120 HS + 120mm panaflo if you want to overclock...
P.M me if interested.
 
good question.

I aslo have an Athlon 64 3500+ s939 on a Gigabyte K8NXP
1G RAM

I plan to buy an added 1G of kingston RAM but i really don' feel like buying a new CPU and MB right now considering i'm also getting a new Screen.

i'm guessing with the added 1g of RAM it should be OK no?
or at least not that much bottlenecked?
 
The most important question is what resolution do you game at? And what level of Antialiasing do you require?
 
well right now i game at 1280*1024
but i guess with my 20" NEC i'll go to 1600*xxxx (can't remember) so that it's native rez

as far as AA goes i don't really care. if i can push it i do. if i can't then i leave it low.
 
I have an opteron 148 running at 2910mhz. I wonder if i would see much of a performance difference with at dual or quad core intel cpu?
 
To answer your question, I'd be trying to game at 1600x1200. At that resolution, 2x is good for me.

Do you think a 8800GT drop-in would be CPU or memory-speed bottlenecked?
 
Llathos said:
To answer your question, I'd be trying to game at 1600x1200. At that resolution, 2x is good for me.

Do you think a 8800GT drop-in would be CPU or memory-speed bottlenecked?
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More CPU than memory bottleneck I would think. Memory is mostly load times and then after the games loaded you process the game from memory to mainboard to CPU and graphics card, I think thats how it works. So the CPU and GPU would make alot more difference than your memory, unless you have only 512 MB or something like that.

If I were you I'de wait until after you have the 8800GT to see how it does with your current processor and RAM. Most likely it will do better than you expect because the GPU is so good, but I'm curious to how well it might do on Crysis and COD4, Oblivion, Supreme Commander and Company Of Heroes, and Starcraft 2 when thats out. If you have about $140 to spend I'de suggest the AMD 5600+ X2, that is a very good processor for a gamer on the latest games, and it's cheap plus free shipping on newegg.

If you were going to upgrade your CPU even if your 3500+ can play your games, I'de still suggest the X2 5600+ or the X2 5000+ black edition, for overall good performance and price.

Another thing, if you have a 8800GT and a 5600+ or 5000+ BE and you decide to upgrade your mainboard to an AM2 DDR2 solution, then you only need to buy DDR2 RAM, you can move your hard drive, 8800GT and CPU to your new rig and your all set up with atleast a gig of RAM, but I suggest picking up 2gig pack of RAM at newegg for around $70 to $100.

With the minimum of

8800GT
1 gig RAM
your HDD
x2 5000+BE

You should be able to play Crysis and make it look pretty good, mostly in part because of your 8800GT and processor. I hope I didn't ramble too long and bore everyone who read this. :rolleyes:
 
Try Picking up an X2 939 that should be just fine, if you want you can upgrade and pick up an AM2 setup on the cheap

I've got an AM2 5200 X2 Windsor OC'd to 3.0ghz
2 GB DDR800 GSKill that is over 1000mhz (great ram)
and an Asus M2N32SLi deluxe

all of which can be had for around 350 ish bucks (less if you don't need an SLi'd board like the M2N32)


I've got 2 8800GT's on the set up above, but I play at 1920x1200 so gaming becomes far more GPU dependent, at 1600xXXXX the cpu still bottlenecks some, but not as much as say 1280x1024. but at the least go ahead and pick up a Dual core 939 on the cheap and you'll be happy =D
 
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