athlon 64 3500 a bottleneck for 8800gts ??

[illnastyimpreza]

I found a great deal on a computer localy...
I would just pick up a 8800GTS and call it a day... whata u guys think? run AoC on almost max settings on a 22'' monitor ??

I know the 3500 is old...but would it be a bottleneck when overclocked ??

SYSTEM!! ASSUS mother board
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ 2.2 GHz
Hyperthread (Duel Core)

Total Physical Memory 3.5 Gigs of memory


Video card NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS [Display adapter]

Sound Sound Blaster Audigy 2

coems with 2 hard disk drives

Maxtor 6V300F0 [Hard drive] (300.09 GB) -- drive 1
WDC WD2000JS-00MHB0 [Hard drive] (200.05 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMANL1023163, rev 02.01C03, SMART Status: Healthy

Microsoft SideWinder Precision 2 Joystick
Microsoft SideWinder Precision 2 HID Drivers

Name Memorex 52 MAXX 3252AJ1 , 52 32 52 speed cd writer

Name TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M DVD writer

also comes with external DVD burner and
logiech 5 speaker suround sound system, with subwoofer. also comes with gaming wheel, for driving simulation games.


This computer is great for gaming, editing graphics, such as video photo,music.
Great for Gaming, I play Heavy Graphic demanding games with this computer and
it's as smooth as silk.

EPSON Stylus Photo R200 Series on USB001
...


also wondering what type of memory it is using... prolly DDR ?

 

[Sora]

to the topic....YES! quite a large one too most likely.

 

[Prototype]

What ASUS motherboard you have?

 

[illnastyimpreza]

not sure... I just sent him an email. he only wants 200 for the whole thing... but if it won't run a 8800GTS I'm prolly not gonna bother...

 

[veg1992]

Of course it will, but theoretically bottlenecks don't make too huge of an effect in performance

(Dr.) Bottlenecks: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Just Buy the GPU - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

but you can always upgrade it if its a Socket 939 or AM2

 

[Sora]

Of course it will, but theoretically bottlenecks don't make too huge of an effect in performance

(Dr.) Bottlenecks: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Just Buy the GPU - Overclock.net - Overclocking.net

but you can always upgrade it if its a Socket 939 or AM2

Theoretically however with a CPU such as an old athlon 64 with a smokin G92 8800gts there is quite a huge difference.

 

[veg1992]

Well ya... but I guess that applies mostly with Dual-Cores

 

[illnastyimpreza]

But would It bottleneck it so much that I would notice a huge reduction in performance ??

for $200 +160 for a 8800GTS I can have a good system to play Aoc on... whata u guys think ?

or would even the 8800gts be overkill for such an old system?

I'm assuming I can overclock the CPU to around 3.0 GHZ...and its a dual core

I'm still waiting to hear back from him about the mobo...

 

[veg1992]

Its overkill for a single core processor, just upgrade the CPU... find out if its 939 or AM2 and buy a new one..

 

[ricanflow]

For $200 you can build a better system with a dual core.