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Okay guys, I used to have a
amd x2 4400@ 2.5ghz
2gb pc3200 ram
500 watt psu
7800gt
sb x-fi card
asus a8s-x mobo (shitty mobo)
and some other peripherals
winxp sp3
wd raptor 74gb as primary
I was looking to upgrade that old 7800gt to a radeon 4850. I got the 4850 for about 150 from newegg, but then RMA'ed it because I was having serious problems. I recently managed to score a 260 gtx after these huge price drops and a "special" price mistake at bestbuy for $210 as my second replacement card. I put in the card and it appears to be working fine. So far I've only tested CS:S and there is a slight improvement over the 7800gt, but not much. Am I missing something here? I'm about to test newer games in a few hours (COD4, Mass Effect, Crysis etc.), but I'm wondering what's up with the "low?" performance gains.
Could someone tell me if I'm experiencing serious bottlenecks, not enough power etc.?
I worry that if it is a serious bottleneck, I can't OC my proc much because of that lame ass mobo. This is all socket 939 btw, so this is one of the best cpu's out for socket 939. I have a nice zalman cnps 9700 cooler installed for it, but still can't do much because if I try to set my fsb any higher than about 230 in the bios, such as 245, it will revert back to about 229 or 230 when I check in cpu-z. Temps aren't the problem, the mobo is. Also, maybe this is just all an illusion and CS:S is just an old game. I guess the card is performing fine, since I have yet to try "modern" games. After all I haven't seen any fps drop below 60 on 1600x1200, max settings, 16xAA etc.
Could any of the elders here please advice me?
amd x2 4400@ 2.5ghz
2gb pc3200 ram
500 watt psu
7800gt
sb x-fi card
asus a8s-x mobo (shitty mobo)
and some other peripherals
winxp sp3
wd raptor 74gb as primary
I was looking to upgrade that old 7800gt to a radeon 4850. I got the 4850 for about 150 from newegg, but then RMA'ed it because I was having serious problems. I recently managed to score a 260 gtx after these huge price drops and a "special" price mistake at bestbuy for $210 as my second replacement card. I put in the card and it appears to be working fine. So far I've only tested CS:S and there is a slight improvement over the 7800gt, but not much. Am I missing something here? I'm about to test newer games in a few hours (COD4, Mass Effect, Crysis etc.), but I'm wondering what's up with the "low?" performance gains.
Could someone tell me if I'm experiencing serious bottlenecks, not enough power etc.?
I worry that if it is a serious bottleneck, I can't OC my proc much because of that lame ass mobo. This is all socket 939 btw, so this is one of the best cpu's out for socket 939. I have a nice zalman cnps 9700 cooler installed for it, but still can't do much because if I try to set my fsb any higher than about 230 in the bios, such as 245, it will revert back to about 229 or 230 when I check in cpu-z. Temps aren't the problem, the mobo is. Also, maybe this is just all an illusion and CS:S is just an old game. I guess the card is performing fine, since I have yet to try "modern" games. After all I haven't seen any fps drop below 60 on 1600x1200, max settings, 16xAA etc.
Could any of the elders here please advice me?