I have an C2D E7300, looking to buy a GTX 275...

Will my processor bottleneck the video card? I currently play at 1680x1050 due to my LCD monitor being a year-old 22" LCD. I was thinking of gaming at 1920x1080 with a new monitor but I thought of getting a new vid card first since I only run a 9800 GT at the moment.

The 9800 GT, as we all probably know, is basically a redbadged 8800 GT w/c is kinda old already. I mean the tech behind it is old and I have more than enough cash to get a GTX 275. I just don't want to jump the gun and buy the video card if my processor is just going to bottleneck it. I could overclock my E7300 but I stay away from OC'ing stuff.

Probably a minor bottleneck?

I dunno how to determine those off-hand without benchies. :(

"The 9800GT is old tech now"

You do know the GTX275 is basically the exact same card, just beefed up a bit more!

"The 9800GT is old tech now"

You do know the GTX275 is basically the exact same card, just beefed up a bit more!

Daytona_178

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

"The 9800GT is old tech now"

You do know the GTX275 is basically the exact same card, just beefed up a bit more!

Deadly_Fatalis

I don't think there'll be any bottleneck, if there were it would only be very small.

[QUOTE="Deadly_Fatalis"][QUOTE="Daytona_178"]

"The 9800GT is old tech now"

You do know the GTX275 is basically the exact same card, just beefed up a bit more!

Daytona_178

Are we talking about core architecture? I'm pretty sure the G92 core architecture is pretty old by now since the GTX 275 uses the GT200 core architecture. Unless we're talking about CUDA which is pretty much present on all recent Nvidia cards w/c includes my 9800 GT.

Anyway, does it really matter? None of this talk about architecture is answering my question. I was asking in the first place since the prices of these cards seems to go down every month. I'm contemplating an upgrade in December and by that time I can only imagine how much lower the price might be.