Upgrade 8800 GTS on LGA 775 Board

[olds]

I have an EVGA 640 MB GeForce 8800 GTS.
Thinking of upgrading and was wondering what's the fastest card I could run on an Asus P5B Deluxe (PCI Express x16) board? Or would I likely not see much of a difference?
CPU - dual core 2.4
RAM - 4 GB

 

[Tweak155]

You'll see a difference. One question is what game are you trying to improve?

Also, it's been a while since I've looked at revisions, but your x16 slot should at least be 2.0. You can still get a 3.0 card and use it in a 2.x slot without much (if any) bottleneck.

EDIT:

According to the other thread here, a single PCI 3.0 card will not be bottlenecked by 2.0 x16. Once you get into multiple GPU's then you MIGHT have to think about it.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Do a complete upgrade

 

[Tweak155]

Do a complete upgrade

Could be overkill depending on the goal. I imagine the question is asked due to not wanting to spend the money if not required, otherwise the OP would just upgrade.

 

[Termie]

If you cannot do a total system upgrade, set a limit of $100, because beyond that, you'll be CPU-bottlenecked. I'd aim for something like this HD6770: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150540

My mildly overclocked e8400 bottlenecks my GTX460 in all modern games. Your CPU (an e6600?) will be much worse.

 

[olds]

Rage slows down in intense fighting. Want to play Battlefield 3 Eventually.
My monitor is my TV and it's only 1920X1080.
Don't really want to build a new PC if an upgrade will work.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

For these games get a core i3 plus 460

 

[toyota]

Rage slows down in intense fighting. Want to play Battlefield 3 Eventually.
My monitor is my TV and it's only 1920X1080.
Don't really want to build a new PC if an upgrade will work.

you need a faster cpu too then.

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Exactly. A core i3 is the bare minimum and even that can't max out at 1080p, but mid-high should be fine when coupled with a fast gpu. With a 470 oc prolly med will be fine

 

[Tweak155]

Best solution - Buy a new card and if it doesn't fix your issue, upgrade the rest .

 

[toyota]

Best solution - Buy a new card and if it doesn't fix your issue, upgrade the rest .

we can already tell that just a gpu wont fix his issue.

 

[SickBeast]

A GTX 460 would probably be a nice card for the OP.

 

[Face2Face]

Why don't you overclock the CPU and grab a cheap GTX 460 or 6850. Should play BF3 @ 1080P Low/medium settings.

 

[Ieat]

A core 2 duo at 2.4 is too slow for modern games imo. If you don't want to do a complete upgrade I would get a used Q6600 for $70ish and overclock it to 3.2 or so. Sell your E6600(?) for $30 and its not a bad upgrade for $40.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Op,i would go for a cheap i3 2100/h61 mobo combo and match it up with a 6870/gtx560 and have a very cheap affordable system,a couple of the forum members are happy with this set up,me myself was included with the i3 2100,its a wonderful starting point for performance processor wise.


Even a i3 2100 would be worlds better just as a stand alone upgrade with a cheap motherboard which in many games would be a much better upgrade and your 8800 should hold out for a little bit if budget is a main concern,then you could get the gpu of your choice later.

Been there,done that trust me.

 

[Tweak155]

we can already tell that just a gpu wont fix his issue.

Perhaps. But either way my suggestion is fail safe.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Look on fs/ft people are dumping 5xx cards and 6xxx cards for 6xx and 7xxx

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Rage slows down in intense fighting. Want to play Battlefield 3 Eventually.
My monitor is my TV and it's only 1920X1080.
Don't really want to build a new PC if an upgrade will work.

Whoa, old folks play PC games?
Is this on the boat or on land?

 

[olds]

whoa, old folks play pc games?
Is this on the boat or on land?

fps, ftw!

 

[olds]

Thanks for the input so far. Probably gonna build or buy a PC since it seems that upgrading will be a short term band-aid.

Another question;
Seeing as how I will be gaming on a TV at 1920X1080, how much computer do I need to play games with full eye candy?
Do I need an i7 and GTX680?

Or would an i3-2120 3.3GHz and 1GB GT 545 work?

 

[aaksheytalwar]

If you can afford it get 3570k plus 680 however a 3570k plus 7850 would be okay for most games as well without aa and stuff of course. And I assume the 7850 will be heavily Oced like 30%+

 

[Termie]

Thanks for the input so far. Probably gonna build or buy a PC since it seems that upgrading will be a short term band-aid.

Another question;
Seeing as how I will be gaming on a TV at 1920X1080, how much computer do I need to play games with full eye candy?
Do I need an i7 and GTX680?

Or would an i3-2120 3.3GHz and 1GB GT 545 work?

A GT545 most certainly would not work. That barely qualifies as a gaming card, and is only available to OEMs. In fact, it's probably slower than your 8800GTS.

 

[olds]

A GT545 most certainly would not work. That barely qualifies as a gaming card, and is only available to OEMs. In fact, it's probably slower than your 8800GTS.

Doh! That card in an alienware X51 "Gaming PC".

 

[Termie]

Doh! That card in an alienware X51 "Gaming PC".

Exactly.

If you want to build your own, you'll get a better setup than that odd-ball contraption.

 

[skipsneeky2]

I3 2100 and a gtx460/6870 is all most gamers need,some games make better use of a quad core but this is really the bare minimum you should need for 1080p.

A buddy of mine a few months ago finally ditched his e6600 and his 4850 after what seemed like 6 years and one video card upgrade,his original being a 7900gto ,and he used it till basically he felt he needed a upgrade as he isn't one to waste money on computer parts,so you got a pretty good amount of time from it gaming wise as did he.

Good luck and let us know how what you decide to go with.:biggrin: