AMD 64 3000(939) and a 7800GT

[killershroom1985]

Will my cpu(that cannot be overclocked on this MSI rs480 motherboardend up being a bottleneck for this video card?

I ordered an EVGA 7800GT OC.

System has 1GB(512x2) pc 3200 Corsair VS

 

[mwmorph]

somewhat. turn it up to say 16x12 4xaa16xaf, and the difference will be minimal, but at 12x10 noaa/af, there will be a bottleneck.

 

[johnnqq]

yes and no. yes, 2gb of ram will be needed for some games, no for many others. yes your cpu will bottlneck the 7800gt, no if you overclock.

 

[Lonyo]

Your CPU will only bottleneck your graphics card if:
You use low resolutions and/or graphics settings
You play lots of CPU limited games (at aforementioned low resolutions/detail settings)

If you increase AA/AF/res/detail settings, it's doubtful that in modern games you will be CPU limited, and in older games both will be plenty fast.

 

[Slitherythesnake]

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/quake_4_cpu_performance/page9.asp
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/fear_cpu_performance/page5.asp

It seems like at lower resolutions, your proc. could become a bit of a bottleneck. At higher resolutions (16X12 and up), it won't be a bottleneck.

 

[killershroom1985]

ok, that;s confusing....just make the eye candy higher....to take the load off the cpu ...

 

[Budarow]

Originally posted by: killershroom1985
ok, that;s confusing....just make the eye candy higher....to take the load off the cpu ...

Never really thought about it, but you seem to be correct. At least from this layman's point-of-view.

 

[SPARTAN VI]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
somewhat. turn it up to say 16x12 4xaa16xaf, and the difference will be minimal, but at 12x10 noaa/af, there will be a bottleneck.

Not quite, you got it backwards. The videocard will actually act as the bottleneck at higher settings. At lower resolution/settings the CPU will bottleneck.