processor or card

parman7172 · 09-02-2007, 05:33 PM

What is more important in a gaming system, the processor or the video card? Thanks for the comments and help.

spanky · 09-02-2007, 06:16 PM

Well you want a good balance but ultimately the card.

CG man · 09-02-2007, 09:26 PM

Everything needs to be good the graphics card doesn't run any game code or run any character AI or 3D sound In the case of the game BioShock having no dedicated sound card will slow performance down and the game runs alot of the graphics on the second CPU.

All comes down to a good ballance no point in adding a 8800 1GB card if to a rig with a pentium 3 processor and no point adding a top of the line quad processor to a rig with a 5 yr old card.

Bare in mind 2 GB ram will give max performance in todays games any more than that gives no performance gains. If one component cant keep up they all slow down.

Bradan · 09-02-2007, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by theresthatguy

Well you want a good balance but ultimately the card.

dont run out of ram tho. using pagefile will kill ur gaming performance

spanky · 09-02-2007, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bradan

dont run out of ram tho. using pagefile will kill ur gaming performance

True dat though that wasn't part of his quesstion.

CG man · 09-03-2007, 02:34 PM

He asked about CPU vrs GPU but RAM is just as important the amount and just as important the speed of the ram. You could have the best computer in the world 5k worth if it only had 256MB of ram todays games would run at a laggy 5fps even on core 2 duo 5Ghz and 8800 GPU.

The only way to judge what upgrade is needed next is to find the component slowing down the others.

[-0MEGA-] · 09-03-2007, 03:18 PM

Both are important. For instance, you shouldnt buy a Celeron and an 8800, or a QX6800 and a 7300GS. I would recommend a Core 2 Duo and either a 7950GT or 8800GTS/X depending on your budget.

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CG man Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Uk Age: 33 Posts: 212	Everything needs to be good the graphics card doesn't run any game code or run any character AI or 3D sound In the case of the game BioShock having no dedicated sound card will slow performance down and the game runs alot of the graphics on the second CPU. All comes down to a good ballance no point in adding a 8800 1GB card if to a rig with a pentium 3 processor and no point adding a top of the line quad processor to a rig with a 5 yr old card. Bare in mind 2 GB ram will give max performance in todays games any more than that gives no performance gains. If one component cant keep up they all slow down. __________________ Uk illustrator 3D Logo Graphic Designer http://www.cgeffect.com Last edited by CG man; 09-03-2007 at 02:30 PM.

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CG man Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Uk Age: 33 Posts: 212	He asked about CPU vrs GPU but RAM is just as important the amount and just as important the speed of the ram. You could have the best computer in the world 5k worth if it only had 256MB of ram todays games would run at a laggy 5fps even on core 2 duo 5Ghz and 8800 GPU. The only way to judge what upgrade is needed next is to find the component slowing down the others. __________________ Uk illustrator 3D Logo Graphic Designer http://www.cgeffect.com Last edited by CG man; 09-03-2007 at 02:37 PM.

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[-0MEGA-] VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,447	Both are important. For instance, you shouldnt buy a Celeron and an 8800, or a QX6800 and a 7300GS. I would recommend a Core 2 Duo and either a 7950GT or 8800GTS/X depending on your budget. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.1GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 (800/1900) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 960 (6-6-6-18) 750GB SATAII w/32MB Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 22605

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