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Whats my bottleneck?

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RollWave

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It has the first XP1900+ processor 1024mb of PC2100 ram and a GF3 Ti200. Whats the best card that would be useable in the sense that it wouldnt out-do my processor or ram. I'm thinking about upgrading my current system in a couple months and dropping the 9800 pro 256mb into this system. Is this card too much?
 
You're fine on RAM (despite its speed) when compairing to your other parts, but I would have to say that your GF3 is the bottle kneck. I knwo you have a cpu running at 1.6Ghz, but I have a buddy who just upgraded from a GF3 to a 9700PRO with a cpu about the same speed as yours and he was blown away at the increase in performance.
 
I've said it before and I will say it again, unless you plan on playing doom and farcry I don't see any reason to get the 256 mb version of the 9800 pro I would go with the 128 mb version.

I know this review is a little old and doesn't include new games like doom 3 and farcry but I wouldn't waste your money on that small of a performance gap.

http://graphics.tomshardware.c...04/radeon_9800-05.html

above is a 3dmark 2003 test from toms hardware.
 
Originally posted by: cbehnken
9800 Pro can be had for $175 or below. Probably best match for your CPU
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Where?? I have seen Powercolor Versions of 9800 PRO with 128-bit crappy memory interface. And the cheapest I have found is a true 9800 PRO card from MSI for US$190.
 
If you look at my stats U'd see that I already have a 256mb 9800 pro and was thinkig of upgrading that system and putting the 9800 pro into ths older system i'm talking about. Thanks for the input peeps.
 
A fast card can't hurt, it just won't reach its full potential on a slow CPU. A fast CPU and slow video card is somewhat worse. The one thing you can do is play at med resolutions with full eye candy. I would think a GF4, 9600 class card would fit in with that system, but since you'll have the spare 9800Pro in a few months I see nothing wrong with using that in the system.
 
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