Bottlenecking a Q9550

[Admiral Nelson]

Hi folks,
A little while ago I upgraded my motherboard and processor to a Q9550 and ASUS P5Q, with 8GB of ram. At the time I did not update my video card, which is an 8800 Ultra. Since these days it seems many high end cards can be had for <$300, I wonder if it is worth replacing the card. I have a 24" 1920x1200 screen, and so I'd like to run things in that rez. I play mostly things like fallout or oblivion, plus sometimes other FPS like Crysis. Any thoughts on whether I would get any benefit out of a current gen card like a GTX 275-285, or the new radeons? I'm not sure looking through the mass of benchmarks whether the Ultra is now outpaced by the 9550 or no.

Thanks for your thoughts!

 

[risqu3]

only worth it if you are grabbing either a gtx260 or above, or an ati 4870 and above. Personally wait until ati and nvidia release their DX11 cards for a better bargain, most games out right now will have trouble maxing out your 8800 ultra.