I know you like to argue even if its no more than semantics. regardless of what ever your reasoning is, the resolution is still part of the equation and its helpful to know it along with all his other specs. and its funny how you try to poke at me in other threads for presuming things yet you seem to do it when its advantageous to you.
but yeah I agree with you that his cpu is going to be a large limitation with any decent card.
Does every single caveat need to be spelled out every single time anyone makes a post? You can throw out the things on the very extreme ends of the spectrum; those are safe presumptions. Even then, in this case the extreme low end res isn't a big deal either. I said it was the least important variable. Whatever I said you were doing in another thread was a completely different context. So it's funny how you try to compare things under different circumstances.
Of the current video cards which will assuredly be available, right now he OP shouldn't be considering anything higher than a 5750, GTS 450, or 5770 - whichever he can find for less. But the next drop off from these cards are the HD 5670, GT 240, and GTS 430. And that's a pretty big drop off in performance because these cards can struggle in quite a few games even at low res, and it's not a huge drop in price. It won't hurt for him to be slightly overmatched. Unless of course he can't afford it, which is another scenario where resolution doesn't really matter.
-Budget and current video card are the most important variables
-Willingness to upgrade his processor is the next important variable.
-Power supply is the next.
-Oddities: Low profile case?
Resolution won't matter when
1) He's running a res on low end of spectrum, budget doesn't allow CPU ugprade, very slow current GPU, adequate power supply - I still recommend going with an HD 5750 over a 5670/GT240 if it's safely within his budget. If he has to stretch his budget, then it's not worth it, and this scenario would again not be determined by resolution.
2) He's running any res, budget allows CPU upgrade, adequate power supply - By the time he spends his budget on the CPU he'll poor the rest of it into the video card, at which case the new card will have enough CPU power to run fine at any resolution.
Now aside from resolution, we're on a similar page. It would be nice to have more information, and we should have been explicit about the detailed information we want. Several times someone will say "list all your specs" and then some detail is left out. But hey, at least you got what resolution he's running - the least important one.
This is the most ridiculous statement I ever heard.
WHen it come to cpu /gpu bottlenecks, toyota is the #1 authority on our forums in this matter.
Taking statements out of context is the most ridiculous thing in the world. You quote mine way too often. It makes you look like you have agenda, and it's plain as day. Stop it. And stop hiding behind your passive aggressiveness. You're not fooling anyone, and definitely not me.
toyota is a user here just like everyone else. There is no #1 authority on the matter; besides which we both agree the OP is going to be bottlenecked. So stop parading that statement as fact.
