8800GT and my setup...
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BUT i'm wondering if my current system will be bottlenecking at all? Check my sig for my system. I also have a 600W Seasonic PSU, I persume this will be fine? 
XxIlluminatorxX
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yes it is, you will see lag, I asked the forums the same question today because I installed my newly bought 8800GT yesterday and it was lagging occasionally when it is able to play crysis on very high detail levels on benchmarks
XxIlluminatorxX
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look here im disapointed too, now I cant get my new monitor, now I need to get a nice case with lots of cooling so I can overclock my cpu very high until I can get a nice big upgrade
XxIlluminatorxX
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what I know is that it takes a highly overclocked e6850 to not bottleneck an 8800 Ultra, so just go by that, the bottleneck might be small but everything bottlenecks unless you have the "newest stuff"
NeuromancerWGDD'U
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Your RAM might also be a bit of a bottleneck. If you want to compliment that 8800GT, I'd look at getting at least moderate latency DDR2 800 RAM (in dual-channel for best performance), and a Core 2 series proc. Not necessary to upgrade, but if you're looking for something to match and maximize your performance gain, I'd recommend RAM over processor, but both are going to bottleneck. Those three (RAM, GPU, CPU) tend to go together when you're talking about performance gain; if you want to get the most out of one of them, you want an equivilent generation of the other two.
NeuromancerWGDD'U
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Okay, sorry; I explained that poorly. The video card will still perform the same, however the video games that will take advantage of the 8800GT (I assume that the GT is a large upgrade for you) will require more CPU and RAM speed, and in those games they are the bottleneck. Your CPU and RAM will still perform the same; the 8800 wouldn't slow them down or anything.
NeuromancerWGDD'U
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Exactly. Taking an old machine and putting a top-of-the-line video card on it will give you the ability to display really shiny graphics, but graphics aren't all that's going on in the game. The video card may be up to the task, but the RAM and the CPU might not. No matter how amazing your video card, you're not going to be able to play Crysis on highest settings if you're using a 3000+ AMD processor. ;p
NeuromancerWGDD'U
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As far as I can tell, yes (by the way, I was reading the wrong sig for the CPU; yours should be fine). It might not be the fastest, but it should be able to handle it just fine. If you do see some performance issues, I'd look at the RAM first, but I don't think you will.
NeuromancerWGDD'U
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Yeah, at that point you'd only have problems playing Crysis on highest.
Mmmm....If I weren't moving in may, I'd actually be getting a QX9650, eight gigs of RAM, and an 8800GTS (superclocked, of course). *sigh* If I didn't like sleeping indoors so much, I'd have the funds to finally build an awesome computer... ;p
Mmmm....If I weren't moving in may, I'd actually be getting a QX9650, eight gigs of RAM, and an 8800GTS (superclocked, of course). *sigh* If I didn't like sleeping indoors so much, I'd have the funds to finally build an awesome computer... ;p