Intel Pentium D 805 CPU. What video card?

[DevilsAdvocate]

Would a 7800GT be too much for this setup? Am I better off with that or a X1800XT 512MB card?

 

[Maximilian]

7800GT too much? an X1800XT is better than a 7800GT. Whats your budget? and how much gaming do you do?

 

[Luckyboy1]

That link takes me nowhere, so I gues. I'm where I usually stay! I would have to know the system to advise youand the power supply brand AND just as important, the model power supply as well.

 

[dguy6789]

While that cpu would bottleneck the 7800GT a moderate bit, it is still nothing that high res with antialiasing won't fix.

If you are a heavy gamer, then go with the 7800GT, it is quite the fast gpu.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

I have 3 7800GT's and a single X1800XT 512MB. I am hoping that this rig will tide me over until the new Intel Conroe Core comes out.

I have a 500W Antec PSU, so that is not a problem. SATA2 hdds... etc. THe rest of the system is taking care of.

I am just looking for a fix that will allow me to play at high res.

 

[Luckyboy1]

The problem with me giving a clear answer about CPU performance in this case is the whole dual thingy. Some have told me that model is not a true dual, so I'm not sure to what extent my concern applies and that is this...

Will it be running any applications on both sides of the chip at once or is it truly dual core? If it is truly dual core, than no single program or process will run faster than 2.6 GHz or whatever at 533 MHz front side buss. This will be a bottleneck problem IF that is the case. Anyone able to clear up all this mud in my pea sized brain on this issue?

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Those are truly dual core chips. They are clocked at 2.66Ghz, and, as I understand it, there will be a dual core patch for most games that should alleviate the bottleneck. Quake 4 already has such a patch. COD2 supports Dual Core natively, as I understand it.

Anyone else know anything?

 

[tuteja1986]

x1800xt 512MB better option i say

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
Those are truly dual core chips. They are clocked at 2.66Ghz, and, as I understand it, there will be a dual core patch for most games that should alleviate the bottleneck. Quake 4 already has such a patch. COD2 supports Dual Core natively, as I understand it.

Anyone else know anything?

Yes. The Pentium D chips are all "true" dual core. All of this fake dual core information people spread out is incorrect.

Your cpu will only be a limit when the game is running at settings that are too easy on the video card. This usually happens at very high framerates, so the entire cpu bottleneck argument is usually unfounded.

Many games are getting patched to allow support for dual core processors. UT2007 is also natively multi threaded. I say that your choice of cpu is quite good for the time being.

The faster the video card, the better it will run games at high res. The 7800GT is quite a fast card by todays standards, it should suit you nicely for most games at high res.

 

[imported_killuminati]

Sapphire ( OEM ) x1800xt 256MB for $299 at newegg.com
and HIS one is for $349 .

Peace & ciao !!!

 

[Topweasel]

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
Those are truly dual core chips. They are clocked at 2.66Ghz, and, as I understand it, there will be a dual core patch for most games that should alleviate the bottleneck. Quake 4 already has such a patch. COD2 supports Dual Core natively, as I understand it.

Anyone else know anything?

Yeah the only way it can be considered a fake dual core, is if you take into consideration that the its really two P4s (seperate dies) that weren't disconnected at the fab. The performance though should be exactly the same if not better then two seperate procs.

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: Topweasel

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
Those are truly dual core chips. They are clocked at 2.66Ghz, and, as I understand it, there will be a dual core patch for most games that should alleviate the bottleneck. Quake 4 already has such a patch. COD2 supports Dual Core natively, as I understand it.

Anyone else know anything?

Yeah the only way it can be considered a fake dual core, is if you take into consideration that the its really two P4s (seperate dies) that weren't disconnected at the fab. The performance though should be exactly the same if not better then two seperate procs.

If you want to get technical, a Pentium D runs exactly the same as dual Xeons. The Pentium D cores cannot communicate directly with each other die to die. Like the Xeons, the Pentium D has to send data to the northbridge over the fsb, then the northbridge sends the data back over the fsb to the second core if it needs to communicate core to core.

Thus, a Pentium D has the same overhead as a dual processor setup, not less. Athlon 64 X2s however, can communicate with each other without leaving the cpu.