What's bottlenecking my system???

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chrisman17

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I recently bought a 24" LG LCD to game on and I love it!!! However, my FPS went from around 60 to 30 using 1600 x 1000, so needless to say I can't even come close to playing with all the eye candy on at 1920... Do you guys think it's my Video Card holding me back or do I need to consider doing a total system upgrade for my COD4 addiction?? I would hate to go to a dual V/C setup.... ugh! Thanks for your help!

Here is my current system

E6600 running at 3.0 GHz
Asus P5D Deluxe
2 x 1GB Patriot DDR2 800
320 x 2 Seagate Bar RAID 0
700 Watt Thermaltake Toughpower
8800 GTS 320MB
 
The 8800 GTS 320MB has fewer stream processors and ROPs than current and higher end cards, plus 320MB of video memory isn't really enough for most titles at 1920x1200.

Need a new card to game on a 24".

A used 8800 GTX/Ultra, a new 8800 GTS 512MB (G92), or a Radeon HD 3870GX2. Those are your realistic options for a single card setup, though SLI or CrossfireX is ideal.
 
chrisman17 said:
I recently bought a 24" LG LCD to game on and I love it!!! However, my FPS went from around 60 to 30 using 1600 x 1000, so needless to say I can't even come close to playing with all the eye candy on at 1920... Do you guys think it's my Video Card holding me back or do I need to consider doing a total system upgrade for my COD4 addiction?? I would hate to go to a dual V/C setup.... ugh! Thanks for your help!

Here is my current system

E6600 running at 3.0 GHz
Asus P5D Deluxe
2 x 1GB Patriot DDR2 800
320 x 2 Seagate Bar RAID 0
700 Watt Thermaltake Toughpower
8800 GTS 320MB
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I'm surprised at that FPS dropped at 1600 x 1000. I'm assuming you played at that resoluton with your former monitor. Is it possible that down scaling on your new monitor (from its native 1920 to 1600) causes a fps drop? I didn't think it would.
Anyway, I agree with the advice already given; A new card, the 8800gts 512 not only gives you the required memory boost, but has higher clock speeds. Half decent upgrade for under $350?
 
Thanks for the advice guys, I just ordered the EVGA GTS 8800 G92 that newegg is running a promo on... Hopefully this gets me to my desired FPS... If not there's always a new mobo and some SLi action...
 
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