is intel ahead of the video gpu makers?

[gururu]

are videocards the current gaming bottleneck in computer systems? These 800MHz getups seem speedy and it seems that some of the more recent games(UT2K3) are very sensitive to the power of available cards.

is this by design to sell more cards? or are there technological limits?

 

[Citadel535]

I still think the hard drive will continue to be the biggest bottleneck in system performance. However as games become more memory intensive and cpu dependent a faster connection between the vid card, cpu, and memory is needed. Hence AGP 8x.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

the hard drive might be slower overall, but if you have enough ram, its not really a factor when it comes to gaming.

 

[Glitchny]

Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze
the hard drive might be slower overall, but if you have enough ram, its not really a factor when it comes to gaming.

 

[Lonyo]

Depends on the game. Some games are mainly CPU limited (Comanche 4) some games are more GPU limited (especially with high resolutions and AA/AF).

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Don't you mean "is AMD ahead of the video gpu makers"?

It's really the game developers fault, if it's anyones. Like Lonyo mentioned, each game puts different stresses on your system.

- M4H

 

[JonnyBlaze]

as of right now, games are my bottleneck. i cant wait for doom3 to come out.

i been searching for the alpha all morning!

 

[brunswickite]

Originally posted by: JonnyBlaze
as of right now, games are my bottleneck. i cant wait for doom3 to come out.

i been searching for the alpha all morning!

had the alpha, i have a powerufl rig and was getting~ 30-40 frames on a

2.53, 512 pc2700, geforce 4 ti4200- 128mb

 

[JonnyBlaze]

it should play real nice on my system then.

right now im clocked at 3.5ghz