System bottleneck?

[daphatgrant]

I currently have an E8400 on an Abit IP35-Pro w/ 4gb's Corsair 6400 and a 8800gts. If I move to a 280 GTX is my system going to bottleneck the card?

 

[HardwareGuru]

Nah, what size LCD monitor do you have by the way? Also, what PSU do you have?

 

[daphatgrant]

Nah, what size LCD monitor do you have by the way? Also, what PSU do you have?

Old Nec 19" CRT that is soon going to be upped to a 24" LCD, PSU is a Corsair 620.

 

[HardwareGuru]

Damn, you need the GTX 280. Plus your PSU is kick ass. Hehe You're good. No bottleneck on the cpu even at stock as at that 1920 x 1200 res the GPU comes more into play.

 

[GonzoP]

Agreed at 1920x1200 an you'll be hitting the ceiling with your GTX280 which is to say the E8400 even at stock is enough to avoid it being the source of the bottleneck