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    Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Hi guys. I've currently go an Nvidia 7300GS, and am thinking about upgrading. I'm going to wait until the first week of July probably (until after the 4850/70 etc are released). I'm thinking about getting an 8800GT because, as far as I remember reading, it's the card most suited to monitiors that are 19" or less, and have a resolution of 1440x900. I'm just wondering if there is any other card that may give me better performance on an 19" monitor ?

    Also, if I want to play current games, will I have to upgrade my CPU (E6300 Core2duo 1.86GHz) ?

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    8800GT is more than good enough. You don't need to upgrade anything else.

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    8800GT is more than good enough. You don't need to upgrade anything else.
    So, for example, the E6300 would be ok to handle Crysis ?

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    What do you mean by 'handle'? You'll be able to enjoy playing it, yes.

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    It all depends on how "nice" you want the game to look. I've cranked up Oblivion with lots of nice touches and there is a difference but nothing that makes me want to play the game more. In fact I tend to prefer it with less "nice" stuff turned on when actually playing the game.

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Lol, what I'm trying to find out is if I'm going to have any framerate issues due to the E6300, or if it'll cause some kind of bottlenecking ?

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Quote Originally Posted by sleepyhead View Post
    It all depends on how "nice" you want the game to look. I've cranked up Oblivion with lots of nice touches and there is a difference but nothing that makes me want to play the game more. In fact I tend to prefer it with less "nice" stuff turned on when actually playing the game.
    Let's just say, I tried playing Lost the other day, and I had to turn all the settings down to low, and it looked crap, but that was the only way it would run without causing problems...

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Quote Originally Posted by sithlord3k View Post
    Lol, what I'm trying to find out is if I'm going to have any framerate issues due to the E6300, or if it'll cause some kind of bottlenecking ?
    No to the first question. Yes to the second depending on situation. But which is more important - question 1 or 2?

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Yes to the second depending on situation.
    I.e. cpu intensive games like RTSs ?

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Quote Originally Posted by sithlord3k View Post
    I.e. cpu intensive games like RTSs ?
    There will always be a bottleneck somewhere The point is to raise the bottleneck in any given application so that the perfomance is acceptable.

    To get your cpu to be the bottleneck you can reduce the load on your gpu, ie run games at a really low resolution. This will now cause the cpu to be the bottleneck, however going by the framerate measure you will not have an issue.

    The 6300 is more than powerful enough for acceptable framerates in modern games, ie it will not hold back the 8800gt from giving you acceptable performance in modern games either.

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    There will always be a bottleneck somewhere The point is to raise the bottleneck in any given application so that the perfomance is acceptable.

    To get your cpu to be the bottleneck you can reduce the load on your gpu, ie run games at a really low resolution. This will now cause the cpu to be the bottleneck, however going by the framerate measure you will not have an issue.

    The 6300 is more than powerful enough for acceptable framerates in modern games, ie it will not hold back the 8800gt from giving you acceptable performance in modern games either.
    cool !

    BTW, am I also right in thinking that it is best to wait for a few more weeks until the ATI cards come out, and then there should be a price drop, that should hopefully put the 8800GT below £100 ?

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Yes that might be good. Personally I'm not sure how much further it will fall - nvidia will pull production at some point rather than let it sell unprofitably, but at the moment they are using it as a weapon against ati's performance mainstream.

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Well they have to clear existing stock, so the prices might fall for the stuff that's not selling... the old 8800GTS's are sometimes very cheap and will do the job well too at your resolution... I would look out for one of them too if you want to save a few quid...

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Quote Originally Posted by SiM View Post
    Well they have to clear existing stock, so the prices might fall for the stuff that's not selling... the old 8800GTS's are sometimes very cheap and will do the job well too at your resolution... I would look out for one of them too if you want to save a few quid...
    Well you can easily get an 8800GT for about £130, would it be worth spending about £50 extra for an 8800GTS ?

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    You can also get a 9800 GTX for £180, is that worth considering?

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    Re: Is an 8800GT good enough ?

    Quote Originally Posted by sithlord3k View Post
    Well you can easily get an 8800GT for about £130, would it be worth spending about £50 extra for an 8800GTS ?
    I am talking about the old 320mb GTS which was about £70 on OcUK not too long ago iirc

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