6600gt paired with p4 2.8e ghz.

[dc5]

i might considering buying a 6600gt soon. i'm just curious if my cpu (2.8e ghz) will be any type of a bottleneck for the graphics card. thanks.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Depends on the game. Doom3 streses the CPU a lot, other games less so. Click the CPU/Chipsets tab for the Doom3 article (which uses a 6800Ultra, but the results show the max FPS varying by CPU).

 

[Mik3y]

should be fine.

 

[AristoV300]

Just Prescotts usually don't run well at 2.8 with their long pipelines. They overclock very well and that is were their performance show.

 

[imported_Computer MAn]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
should be fine.

 

[Markfw]

Just curious, If you are such a gamer, why do you have a P4 ?

 

[dc5]

Originally posted by: Markfw900
Just curious, If you are such a gamer, why do you have a P4 ?

i didn't research before building my computer, but i've learned from my mistakes now.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
should be fine.

 

[yadda]

C'mon Markfw900 is a P4 2.8 that *bad* for gaming??? You can be chasing your tail forever. Mine runs D3 pretty well at about 48fps. (Granted I had to do a little bt of tuning) Y😀

That is what I have and at the time it seemed like a good choice.

Y

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: yadda
C'mon Markfw900 is a P4 2.8 that *bad* for gaming??? You can be chasing your tail forever. Mine runs D3 pretty well at about 48fps. (Granted I had to do a little bt of tuning) Y😀

That is what I have and at the time it seemed like a good choice.

Y

I'm not saying its bad. But where games are any of a priority (video card was the hint) the Athlon64 is cheaper, runs faster, and COOLER than a 2.8e OC'ed or not. I don't think anybody who reads benchmarks and articles today can argue that....