I ordered a Geforce 6800 XT and a new power supply to power it. I got the new video card to help my performance on a few games i play(counter-strike and guildwars) where my fps is always going up and down by 30-100. In my system I have a Intel p4 1.6 Ghz and was wondering if this was more of the problem then my FX 5500 that I have in it right now. I've heard from others that my video card might "bottleneck" and the upgrade would do nothing. (My RAM is 768) If someone could give me their opinion, that'd be great.
2007-03-28 16:07:55 · 2 answers · asked by Squawkers 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Almost all modern video cards need a decent CPU to go with it.
If the video card is too powerful and the CPU is too slow the video card is wasted because the CPU can't deliver info as fast as a video card can take it.
Not saying that the video card won't be an improvement but don't expect the video card's ultimate performance with that CPU.
regards,
Philip T
2007-03-28 16:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by Philip T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would say that, in order of most relevant, you should consider:
ram, cpu, then video card
the ram is only 256 above the recommended, and your cpu is .6 ghz above the recommended, and your new video card is the geforce 6 series, and it recommends the geforce4 Ti series
so try at least 1gb of ram
if that doesnt help much, and you have already changed your video card to the 6800, you may need a now cpu
tho that would be a last resort
2007-03-28 23:28:52 · answer #2 · answered by matenzi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋