Need some advice on a 4850

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jdm731

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I currently have an AMD X2 4800(socket 939) with a 7800 GTX and I'm wanting to upgrade my video card to an ATI 4850. Will my cpu be a bottleneck for this new card?

Also with the new price drop at Tigerdirect would I be better off getting the 9800 GTX thats $149 now or going ahead and paying a little more for the 4850?
 
yes the x2 will greatly bottleneck the 4850 , well really anything you put in it will be bottled necked

pay the little more for the 4850 an enjoy , you'll enjoy it even more if ya upgrade to a core 2 duo combo ;)
 
HD4850, and you won't be bottlenecked as much as some people make it out to be, the 4800 X2 is still a nice chip, and people overreact on this bottleneck nonsense.

Did you know you can pocket $200 for your chip? Being socket 939 and all on eBay?
 
939 dual cores are very rare now and people are paying far more then they are worth for them in order to upgrade. they will literally sell for 150+ on flea bay. go look at some of the other auctions.
 
Yeah there is one now ebay selling for $163 + shipping with over 6 hours left.
 
Yeah there were several (new retail) opteron 165's that sold in the 125$ range recently on ebay. Just do a search and check out the completed listings..
 
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