• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Do I need a new graphics card?

G

gamerx11

Limp Gawd
Joined
Nov 7, 2008
Messages
251
If I am hitting 100% CPU usage running games on my computer with a e8400 oc'd @4ghz and a 9800 gtx+, where is the bottleneck?
 
Well if you're hitting 100% CPU usage, that would indicate a problem with the CPU :p ;)

I would look to upgrading the CPU, and upgrade the graphics card depending on what you do and what resolution you're at.
 
wow, thank you for that benchmark comparison. i was looking for something like that. seems like the best improvement for my money's worth would be to get a better cpu.
 
gamerx11 said:
wow, thank you for that benchmark comparison. i was looking for something like that. seems like the best improvement for my money's worth would be to get a better cpu.
Click to expand...
a better cpu isnt going to do much while you have a 9800gtx. in most games there would likely be no fps improvement at all over your E8500 at 4.0. now if you had a faster gpu then yeah a faster cpu would help but as it is now you are about as balanced as possible for 1440x900.
 
Spend the money on a new monitor. Even 1680x1050 would flex that 9800gtx a bit.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top