bottleneck?

[[trs]ALUMINUM]

Hey this is my setup

2gb gskill ddr2 800 ram
pentium d 915
8800gts 640mb

whats the bottleneck?

if its the cpu im changin it in a cpl days to either a e6850 or q6600

which one would you recommend

 

[kof2000]

6850 if you dont overclock
6600 if you overclock

it is the cpu even though you didnt say the speed of it.

 

[[trs]ALUMINUM]

thanks, your right with the which one i should get.

the 915 is a 2.8ghz just to let you know

 

[Geoff]

The processor is really holding you back. Most games are only single threaded, so in reality it's like your playing with a Pentium 4 2.8, which is a really poor performer in the gaming department.

A Core 2 Duo will make a significant improvement. And as Kof said, if you plan to overclock, save some money and buy a lower end C2D, and overclock it.

 

[[trs]ALUMINUM]

its just that the q6600 has 4 cores and the e6850 has only 2 and i wouldnt know which is faster at all

 

[Geoff]

its just that the q6600 has 4 cores and the e6850 has only 2 and i wouldnt know which is faster at all

If you're mainly a gamer, then right now the E6850 would be better, since most games only use one core, while only a select few utilize dual-cores. It will take quite some time for quad-cores to really show an improvement over dual-cores.