a little bottleneck test?

[erf]

i'm patiently waiting for my new 9800 gt oc to arrive from the egg and as i wait i'm dying to know what kind of performance increase $94 is going to get me.

i know that my old x2 4200 is going to be a bottleneck of sorts along with my 2g of ram.

here is my question:

if i ran crysis at 800x600 with every grfx option turned all the way down will the fps that i'm getting in this instance give an idea of what my cpu is capable of ???

 

[necrophile]

Yes, should do as long as the details you turn down are gpu dependant.

If you read cpu reviews that is how they test them.

 

[erf]

well i set the physics to "high" and turned everything else to low. what other settings would affect the cpu?

 

[vengence]

Look, just wait till you get your new card. Then turn settings up to the highest you can get them.

Then bump your resolution down a notch at a time. When the FPS stops rising, that is when your CPU bottle neck takes over.

 

[Totalchaos]

Why do you fear that you won't be able to play the game,

I played through Crysis with my X2-4200, 2GB ram, 8800GT on high with 1680x1050 resolution
Getting a very nice game-experience
I feel that everything above 30fps is a bonus, but not essential for good game play

just my 0.02$