P4 3.2 with an 8800gts 640mb at 1680x1050

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#1 Pyro_Shrapnel
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Right now my 7600gt is struggling at 1680x1050, if I upgrade my card to a 8800gts 640mb will it improve my framerates dramatically? How much will my old CPU bottleneck it? Is it possible to leave cpu intensive graphic features toned down?
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#2 firefly026
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That video card would have no problem running any game at that resolution, my only concern is the bottleneck, I'm not sure how badly your performance would be affected, shouldn't be too bad.
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#3 Sandro909
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I have a P4 3.0 and a 7600GT and I'm running 1680x1050 with no problems. Are your drivers up to date?
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#4 drunken_end
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I have a P4 3.0 and a 7600GT and I'm running 1680x1050 with no problems. Are your drivers up to date?Sandro909

May I ask what games do you play?

Oh, and yes, you will see a huge performance boost with an 8800 and 1680x1050.

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#5 ZBoater
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Does the bottleneck matter? I mean, its not like his PC will go any faster with anything LESS than a 8800gts. If it bottlenecks, so what? At least you know your graphics card is not holding you back.
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#6 adam0926
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why not upgrade your CPU to a Core 2 Duo first
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I mainly play source games with the hope of playing crysis. Adam I have to work and go to school...money is tight.
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I have a P4 3.0 and a 7600GT and I'm running 1680x1050 with no problems. Are your drivers up to date?Sandro909

Try Supreme Commander at MAX settings, you would be lagging heavily.

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#9 Sandro909
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[QUOTE="Sandro909"]I have a P4 3.0 and a 7600GT and I'm running 1680x1050 with no problems. Are your drivers up to date?drunken_end

May I ask what games do you play?

Oh, and yes, you will see a huge performance boost with an 8800 and 1680x1050.

Half-Life 2, Doom 3, a bit of GRAW 2, FEAR, Quake 4, DoD Source, CS Source, C&C3 Tiberium Wars, Civ 4, and good ol StarCraft. :P

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#10 Munkyman587
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I had a 3.4 P4 and got an 8800gts 640MB card myself. The difference was amazing from my atix600xt. I gave that card to a friend (aren't I evil? = P )