7800gt upgrade to 8800gts ?

lordkosc · 12-29-06, 01:55 AM

Will my rig support this kind of an upgrade? I am running my Opteron 170 at 2.5Ghz... I don't want to have my CPU be the limiter of the system .... But I also don't want to upgrade the entire system...

Suggestions.....thoughts.....

BigTree · 12-29-06, 02:07 AM

What kind of games do you play, at what setting and what resolutions?

I would assume you use that 2007 for gaming? IIRC the resolution on that is 1600x1200?

lordkosc · 12-29-06, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by BigTree

What kind of games do you play, at what setting and what resolutions?

I would assume you use that 2007 for gaming? IIRC the resolution on that is 1600x1200?

1680x1050

everything on high if possible... I am just worried if I get the 8800gts that my CPU will be the thing holding me back a lot... it is a 1 year old CPU...

torin3 · 12-29-06, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by lordkosc

1680x1050

everything on high if possible... I am just worried if I get the 8800gts that my CPU will be the thing holding me back a lot... it is a 1 year old CPU...

Actually, the thing with tthe GTS/GTX cards is that the higher resolutions and details you use, the less your CPU factors into the equation. I can attest that with my GTS card and the rig in my signature, I can play Oblivion on a 1280x1024 LCD monitor with maxium settings, and I only get the slightest bit of lag when it is raining in the game. Other than that, it is smooth as silk.

Yes, you will get a lower score on 3DMark06 that somebody with a decent Conroe, but your gameplay shouldn't suffer at all if you are playing at maximum settings.

nd4spdbh2 · 12-29-06, 11:37 AM

the greater the res and eyecandy, the less load on the cpu.... the works sorta gets offloaded to the card i guess you could say.

Memphis69 · 12-29-06, 11:59 AM

OK OK OK let me get this right... the lower res. 1072-768 or whatever.. is more work for your cpu? or is that just with the 88xx cards?

Burninate · 12-29-06, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Memphis69

OK OK OK let me get this right... the lower res. 1072-768 or whatever.. is more work for your cpu? or is that just with the 88xx cards?

No, that is always the case, not just with the 8xxx cards. I think the best bet would be to wait just a couple of months till ATI has their DX 10 card out and the Nividia cards take a substantial price slide. All the tests I've seen show the bottleneck shifting away from the CPU the higher the resolution. By 1600 x 1200 there is absolutely no difference in 3dmark scores the higher the CPU speed (going from 2.6 to 2.8 Ghz, I think it was in the test I saw). And they were using an 8800GTX.

torin3 · 12-29-06, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Memphis69

OK OK OK let me get this right... the lower res. 1072-768 or whatever.. is more work for your cpu? or is that just with the 88xx cards?

No, it is more like the work is for the CPU is fixed, and the video card has a large chunk of it's capacity sitting idle. Crank up the settings, and your CPU still has the same workload, but the video card has more to do. Yes, the CPU is maxed out, so to speak, but the workload on increasing the graphics settings isn't linear for the CPU.

Rattle · 12-29-06, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by lordkosc

Will my rig support this kind of an upgrade? I am running my Opteron 170 at 2.5Ghz... I don't want to have my CPU be the limiter of the system .... But I also don't want to upgrade the entire system...

Suggestions.....thoughts.....

if you play at 1680x1050 with eye candy it is a worthy upgrade for sure, your looking at incredible performance increase and IQ increase.

I would see if I could get that 170 up to 2.7 or more though.

lordkosc · 12-29-06, 06:45 PM

oooooooooook , well once the 8800gts card drop to around 300 , I am getting one!

Burninate · 12-30-06, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by lordkosc

oooooooooook , well once the 8800gts card drop to around 300 , I am getting one!

I'm waiting for this as well. I think we'll see some huge discounts before the end of January. At least I'm hoping we will.

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BigTree Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada	What kind of games do you play, at what setting and what resolutions? I would assume you use that 2007 for gaming? IIRC the resolution on that is 1600x1200?
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12-29-06, 11:59 AM	#6
Memphis69 Member Join Date: Aug 2004	OK OK OK let me get this right... the lower res. 1072-768 or whatever.. is more work for your cpu? or is that just with the 88xx cards?
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12-29-06, 06:45 PM	Thread Starter #10
lordkosc Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Northampton,Pa	oooooooooook , well once the 8800gts card drop to around 300 , I am getting one! __________________ CPU & CPU Fan --------- i7 2600k @ 4.5 Ghz \|\|\| CM Hyper 212+ MoBo & Memory -------- Asus p8p67 Pro and 16GB Corsair XMS DDR3 1600 SSD's ------------------ 2x Intel Maple Crest 330 SSD 180GB (OS/Programs and Games) Game Backup HDD ----- 1TB Samsung F3 7200RPM 32MB Misc Storage HDDs ----- 5x 2 T.B SAMSUNG F4 5400 RPM 32MB Video Card ------------- Gigabyte GTX 670 OC Monitors --------------- 1 Samsung 32" 1080p LCD TV \|\|\| 1 x Dell 2007FPW Rev A02 \|\|\| Case/PSU/OS ---------- Antec P280 \|\|\| Antec EarthWatts EA750 750W\|\|\| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 3dfx 1997-2002 ~~~ Nvidia 2002-present. AMD 1998-2008 ~~~ Intel 1993-1998 , 2008-present.
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