Video card upgrade question

[VigilanteCS]

Hi,
I'm thinking of saving every dime I can for the next month to get a new graphics card. I'm thinking of getting this

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=14-150-068&depa=1

Anyway, my hangup is that my K8N Neo Platinum (Athlon 64 mobo, used a 3000+ 754 in it) recently fried and I had to RMA it to MSI, so I'm back using a friends Soyo KT400 agp8x pc3200 motherboard with my athlon xp2600+ until i get a new K8N Neo sent to me.

Will an athlon xp 2600+ be a big bottleneck for that 6800? Thanks for any responses.

EDIT: I also recently got a thermaltake 420 watt silent power psu

 

[nick1985]

what does it matter if it is or not? you are getting your motherboard back soon.


btw, yes, it is a bottleneck

 

[VigilanteCS]

I'm shipping my motherboard out tomorrow, who knows how long it will take. How bad of a bottleneck?

 

[imported_jzimo]

so I'm back using a friends Soyo KT400 agp8x pc3200 motherboard with my athlon xp2600+ until i get a new K8N Neo sent to me.

Your in the same boat as me. My MSI motherboard was dead on arrival so I'm back using my xp2600+.
Edit: By the way I have a 6800gt and from performance comparisons with my friend's computer the cpu is a bottleneck.

 

[VigilanteCS]

yeah, it sucks. I just hope that it is my motherboard that is bad. I thought it was my psu, got a new one, didnt do anything. So it's either my processor or motherboard, and most likely my motherboard. i've got no friends iwth an A64 system i could test my proc in so...the motherboard is definately easier to get replace than my processor.

 

[icejunkie]

Do I hear GT? Umm, guess not...

 

[VigilanteCS]

I would get a GT if I had the patience to wait longer and save up....I'm only 17 and make 7.50 an hour =(. Anyway, I'm on my dads pc now, which has got a 6800 gt. Perhaps a swap is in order when I buy a 6800?

 

[icejunkie]

Originally posted by: VigilanteCS
I would get a GT if I had the patience to wait longer and save up....I'm only 17 and make 7.50 an hour =(. Anyway, I'm on my dads pc now, which has got a 6800 gt. Perhaps a swap is in order when I buy a 6800?

Is your dad a gamer? If not, just swap it out and get him a FX5200 or a MX440 or something

 

[VigilanteCS]

Originally posted by: icejunkie
I would get a GT if I had the patience to wait longer and save up....I'm only 17 and make 7.50 an hour =(. Anyway, I'm on my dads pc now, which has got a 6800 gt. Perhaps a swap is in order when I buy a 6800?

Is your dad a gamer? If not, just swap it out and get him a FX5200 or a MX440 or something [/quote]

No he's not, but I wanted a PC that I can play games on when we're at his house, which a 6800 vanilla should be good for after I swap =).

 

[icejunkie]

Originally posted by: VigilanteCS

Originally posted by: icejunkie
I would get a GT if I had the patience to wait longer and save up....I'm only 17 and make 7.50 an hour =(. Anyway, I'm on my dads pc now, which has got a 6800 gt. Perhaps a swap is in order when I buy a 6800?

Is your dad a gamer? If not, just swap it out and get him a FX5200 or a MX440 or something

No he's not, but I wanted a PC that I can play games on when we're at his house, which a 6800 vanilla should be good for after I swap =).[/quote]

Ahh, I see.. in that case put the 6800GT in the one you spend the most gaming with... DUH!

 

[VigilanteCS]

good idea, but I'd feel bad taking it out of my dads pc that he spent $1,800 on with no monitor. Anyway, I'll probably do it anyway, lol.