New Generation Video-Cards Old Gen CPU/Mobo

[siberain]

While im saving to upgrade my rig to a socket 939 right now i currently own:

AthlonXP 1600+
Asus A7M266
512 Kingston pc2100

Just bought a BFG 6800 GT OC,

Will I have playable FPS for upcoming games such as D3 and HL2?

playable in respects to atleast 30 fps+ ?

 

[Matthias99]

There have been numerous articles and benchmarks done with newer GPUs on older CPUs. Search the forum (or the web) and you should be able to find them (look for "CPU Scaling").

In short, your CPU will definitely be a bottleneck for a 6800GT -- heck, an Athlon64 3200+ is still a bottleneck in some games (such as UT2K4) -- but it will be pretty damn fast. Could you get an unlocked AXP 2500+ to put in that board?

 

[FullRoast]

The chart at Asus says the fastest cpu supported is an Athlon XP 2100+.

 

[Johnbear007]

I think it will run just fine.

Look at it this way. In a year when you get an A64, you will have a great vid card still.