8800GTX Questions

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Weaksauce
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Right now my specs are:

EVGA 680i
E6300 @ 3ghz
Corsair XMS2 ram, stock at 667mhz, doing 860 at 5-5-5-15
Stock EVGA 7600gt
Antec Smartpower 2 550w psu
Cooler Master Aquagate cooling the CPU


So I have now started to play a lot of PC games and the 7600gt just isn't cutting it. In a month or two I will have enough money to get the 8800gtx. I just had a few questions beforehand.

  1. Are my other components going to be a big bottleneck to the 8800?
  2. Will I need a new PSU? If so, which one?
  3. Will I notice a huge difference? - I only ask this because I am concerned that my other components will bottleneck it.
  4. Is Vista support ok now?
  5. Should I go ahead and get the GTX in a month, or wait?
  6. I am only running at 1680x1050. Will a 8800gts 640mb be ok? Or is it better to sped the money and get the GTX?
  7. Should I get the super clocked version or not? I can OC it by myself.

Thanks,
Nick
 
Ive got a gtx at that reso and unless i force 16xaa and 16xaf most games dont even come close to stressing it, my mate has a gts at the same reso and he runs games just fine.
 
1) my cpu, ram etc is of similar spec and it doesnt appear to bottleneck my 8800gtx, i suppose it depends what games you run.
2) Your PSU should be fine :)
3) Should be a MASSIVE difference. MY system got 11000 3d marks :)
4) No idea, stick with XP
5) upto you :)
6) 8800gts would be ok, but if your like me and want the best, get the gtx :)
7) If u can OC ureself... No.
 
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