ArchAngel777
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The OP is basing his conclusion on one test... Besides, I doubt the test was even accurately done.
I had a 7800GTX with my X2-3800+ and I see massive increase moving to a 8800GTS-640 @ 1280 X 768. Even without AA or A/F to tax the GPU, I seen a massive increase accross the board. At least twice the performance. I benchmarked several games and determined that while the X2-3800+ cannot make full use of the 8800GTS-640, it could easily benefit by such an upgrade.
It flat out makes far more sense to upgrade the GPU in a situation where you have a 939 X2-3800+ W/DDR1 than it would to upgrade the platform to an AM2 or C2D. Only a fool would upgrade a X2-3800+ before the 7900GS, only a fool.
I had a 7800GTX with my X2-3800+ and I see massive increase moving to a 8800GTS-640 @ 1280 X 768. Even without AA or A/F to tax the GPU, I seen a massive increase accross the board. At least twice the performance. I benchmarked several games and determined that while the X2-3800+ cannot make full use of the 8800GTS-640, it could easily benefit by such an upgrade.
It flat out makes far more sense to upgrade the GPU in a situation where you have a 939 X2-3800+ W/DDR1 than it would to upgrade the platform to an AM2 or C2D. Only a fool would upgrade a X2-3800+ before the 7900GS, only a fool.