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Forgive me, but didn't the tests indicate that the cpu IS a bottleneck for that card?
I mean, put another way, between a core2 duo and an 8800gtx, the c2d is the weakest link in the chain. If the cpu wasn't a bottleneck, you would expect that at some point, overclocking the cpu wouldn't change the 3dmark results - but the machine used in the test couldn't clock the c2d high enough to find that point. Every increase in cpu horsepower netted an increase in 3dmark scores.
And of course I realize that a c2d, even stock, plus an 8800gtx is an almost ludicrously powerful combo, but my interpretation of the testing is that the 8800gtx is racing way ahead of the cpu, with 'more to give'.
It will be interesting to see these same tests repeated with a DX10 3dmark package. I wonder if the results will be the same, with the same scale.
I mean, put another way, between a core2 duo and an 8800gtx, the c2d is the weakest link in the chain. If the cpu wasn't a bottleneck, you would expect that at some point, overclocking the cpu wouldn't change the 3dmark results - but the machine used in the test couldn't clock the c2d high enough to find that point. Every increase in cpu horsepower netted an increase in 3dmark scores.
And of course I realize that a c2d, even stock, plus an 8800gtx is an almost ludicrously powerful combo, but my interpretation of the testing is that the 8800gtx is racing way ahead of the cpu, with 'more to give'.
It will be interesting to see these same tests repeated with a DX10 3dmark package. I wonder if the results will be the same, with the same scale.