- Oct 14, 2009
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Alright, quick question.
So far I have knowledge of the release of the ATI 5 Series GPUs not too long ago. I thought that if in the future I do plan to upgrade my GPU, would my system be able to keep up the operation within the card range?
Currently the main components of my PC are listed below:
So far my main concern is with the CPU.
Will it be able to keep up with the operation of the GPU even in its overclocked state?
Even with this configuration, what card within the 5 series could be recommended?
Can a single 5870 (or unlikely higher model) be fully compatible with my system?
If I do need to upgrade the CPU, then the only choices of CPUs available to me which are fully compatible with my motherboard are these:
Reason I asked this is because I've noticed and felt that anything over the performance of a GTX295 will "bottleneck" my system. I am also not very knowledge on ATIs side of GPU marketing.
Edit:
Also I do not plan buy a new GPU anytime soon.
Instead I made this thread so I can have prior knowledge that if in the far future I do decided to upgrade my PC, I will have a better understanding of what options are available to me.
Thanks for the current responses.
So far I have knowledge of the release of the ATI 5 Series GPUs not too long ago. I thought that if in the future I do plan to upgrade my GPU, would my system be able to keep up the operation within the card range?
Currently the main components of my PC are listed below:
More information regarding the Motherboard: http://techgage.com/article/evga_nforce_680i_sli/Main:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo e6850 3.00GHZ @ 3.60GHZ
GPU: BFG 9800GTX+ 512MB Superclocked in 2-way SLI
GPU2: BFG 9800GTX+ 512MB Superclocked in 2-way SLI
RAM: 4GB DDR2 (2x2048MB) OCZ 800MHZ
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint 1TB 7200RPM
Mobo: Nvidia Nforce 680i SLI
PSU: Corsair HX 1000W
So far my main concern is with the CPU.
Will it be able to keep up with the operation of the GPU even in its overclocked state?
Even with this configuration, what card within the 5 series could be recommended?
Can a single 5870 (or unlikely higher model) be fully compatible with my system?
If I do need to upgrade the CPU, then the only choices of CPUs available to me which are fully compatible with my motherboard are these:
Even with a CPU upgrade, could it still be recommended for fully a compatible use?Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 8mb L2 1066Mhz 65mn
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz 8mb L2 1066Mhz 65mn
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 3.0GHz 8mb L2 1333Mhz 65mn
Reason I asked this is because I've noticed and felt that anything over the performance of a GTX295 will "bottleneck" my system. I am also not very knowledge on ATIs side of GPU marketing.
Edit:
Also I do not plan buy a new GPU anytime soon.
Instead I made this thread so I can have prior knowledge that if in the far future I do decided to upgrade my PC, I will have a better understanding of what options are available to me.
Thanks for the current responses.