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Best card for E6600 Core2Duo

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panmarek

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I am looking for best card which wouldn't by bottlenecked by my Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4Ghz. I prefer Nvidia Geforce at the moment there is 7300gs. My mobo is ASRock Conroexfire-esata2. I have 4GB ram.
 
well anything will be an upgrade over that horrible gpu. you really need to list your res but TBH that cpu is going hurt you just in general for many modern games. you need to list your exact power supply too. also what is your operating system?
 
1st we would need to know what programs you would be using with it. If it is games, or photo editing, or video stuff.
2nd what monitor resolutions would you be running at.
But with that processor you would bottleneck the video card in things like games at higher resolutions.
 
Tigerskunk said:
1st we would need to know what programs you would be using with it. If it is games, or photo editing, or video stuff.
2nd what monitor resolutions would you be running at.
But with that processor you would bottleneck the video card in things like games at higher resolutions.
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higher resolutions would be more gpu not cpu bound. again though his cpu would be a bottleneck for many game just in general.
 
do you have a budget? geeks.com has geforce 9800gt for $57, though id rather have the ATI 4850 for $51... Also need to know your PSU
 
1024x768 at 17" crt i hate lcd... maybe 1280x1024 in the future. (also hate 16:9 aspect)

I will not play newest games, there is very many good older games that i didn't play yet. Maybe except Diablo 3 for which i wait more than half of my life ;) But i think that 1024x768 is pretty low today where everyone play FullHD and good graphic card should allow me too play even new titles in that low resolution right?

PSU is Modecom MC-400ATX 2.0 PFC 400W.
OS is XP, 7 probably soon.

The point is that i don't want hyper mega engine to put into the fiat 126p :)

I was thinking about 8800GT which i can get for ~50$.

Comparing 7300GS and 8800GT here http://www.benchmark.pl/komparator-gpu.html
35 GFlops vs 504 GFlops means that 8800GT is ~15 times better YAY! :D
 
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I had the same cpu OC'ed to 3.4ghz with a 8800gts. When it died I upgraded to a 6850.. It gave me more FPS but i could tell i was still bound by CPU. Somewhere in between would probably be the best price/performance ratio
 
If you're only looking at NV card, an E6600 should easily handle a 9800GT in 99% of games.
 
I still own an 8800GT and she has been flashed to SSC clocks and is a beast for what it is..

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Whatever you do, don't waste money on something too powerful. I just upgraded from a E6420 @ 3.2GHz and it couldn't even max out my GTS 250 in most games. That said, I think the 9800/8800 GT is a good choice, and you should be able to pick up a used one for very little.
 
I see GTX 260 go for around $60~70 in the FS section. Should be more than enough for a E6600. OC that CPU as running 1024x768 will use way more on CPU than GPU!!

You should have more power to crank up the AA to offset the cpu bottleneck.

Most GPU's anymore don't start taking advantage till 1280x1024+!!
 
How can i check if my cpu is bootleneck for gpu or vice versa? Is there a certain method? Any efficient benchmark program to compare cpu vs gpu? I want my cpu and gpu to be like Yin&yang :)
 
panmarek said:
How can i check if my cpu is bootleneck for gpu or vice versa? Is there a certain method? Any efficient benchmark program to compare cpu vs gpu? I want my cpu and gpu to be like Yin&yang :)
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Use MSI Afterburner/AIDA64 to see GPU and CPU utilization.
 
based on what you said about playing older games and your low resolution and weak powersupply I'd go with one of the following.

4670 or 5670 AMD
9600gt uses less power than 9800gt and at that resolution you'll likely not notice the difference in older games and games like Diablo3 which wont tax your system much.
 
panmarek said:
How can i check if my cpu is bootleneck for gpu or vice versa? Is there a certain method? Any efficient benchmark program to compare cpu vs gpu? I want my cpu and gpu to be like Yin&yang :)
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the simplest way is to just drop the res and see if the framerate goes up. if it stays basically the same then the cpu is limiting the gpu.
 
panmarek said:
How can i check if my cpu is bootleneck for gpu or vice versa? Is there a certain method? Any efficient benchmark program to compare cpu vs gpu? I want my cpu and gpu to be like Yin&yang :)
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Run GPU-Z while playing a game. If it shows less than 99% GPU load, then your CPU is your bottleneck.
 
I agree with most of the other posts. An 8800 GT / 9800 GT, or GTX 260 seems like a good fit.
 
Where are you located? I have an 8800 ultra with an accelero you could try.
 
get a 6850 they can be had for 100 bucks, I would never buy an 8800 series card, you run the risk it could die in a month or two.
 
uunut said:
Where are you located? I have an 8800 ultra with an accelero you could try.
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Thanks i will buy locally, i am in Poland. I have an eye on auction with Gainward 8800GT 512MB Golden Sample (factory overclocked), Accelero S1 and Scythe Slip Stream 120mm 1900rpm (i know that this is case fan not designed to run horizontally but guy was using it that way).

Can i run it passive, only on Accelero S1? Which accelero do you talking about?
 
No don't get anything less than 9800GT. I think GTX 260 will be a good fit for you. You can find them going for around $60 on the forum. I got one for $50 shipped myself, couldn't be happier with it.
 
XacTactX said:
No don't get anything less than 9800GT. I think GTX 260 will be a good fit for you. You can find them going for around $60 on the forum. I got one for $50 shipped myself, couldn't be happier with it.
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with an old dual core cpu and at just 1024x768, he will likely never see the difference with a card faster than an 8800gt/9800gt.
 
cannondale, you're 100% right, but also consider this: G92 cards have hit a price floor of around $30 shipped, that's the best I've seen them go for. If you have to spend around $30 (generally more), just spend around $50 and get a GTX 260 and get the extra 45% performance bump. I know he doesn't need it, and you're right, but if he upgrades monitors like he plans on doing, that $20 will be a big difference.

I forgot that OP lives in Poland, he doesn't have access to FS/T and the great low prices we have here. Yeah, he should get an 8800GT, it will be fine.
 
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Thanks guys you are very helpful. Above i was asking if Accelero S1 could handle that 8800GT?

What is FS/T?
 
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Table21 said:
I would never buy an 8800 series card, you run the risk it could die in a month or two.
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Any older card, or any card, for that matter, could "die in a month or two." There's nothing dangerous about an 8800-series over anything else.
 
Starrbuck said:
Any older card, or any card, for that matter, could "die in a month or two." There's nothing dangerous about an 8800-series over anything else.
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Na, 8800 gtx and the gts 320/640, ati 2900xt 4870/4870x2 and gtx 480 all seem to die a lot more than anything else.
 
To answer Panmarek, I have an 8800GT and an S1 that was running passively, but there was a case fan right next to it. Since I changed cases I put a Scythe gentle typhoon (D I think) on it, and lowered the voltage to about 5-6v. Runs fine, no issues at all, and this is at 1900x1200.
 
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