7800GT or the GTX

[Waphlez]

Should I get a 7800GT or a 7800GTX because I think a 3700+ might bottleneck a 7800GTX.

Also I hear you can unlock the 4 extra pipelines on the GT.

 

[Trifid]

They don't bottleneck each other as such, like having ram at a lower speed to the cpu bus speed.

Looking at the specs you can afford in your sig, I would get the X1800?

Anyway, I have a 7800gt oc paired up with a AMD 64 3000. And you can always overclock it to a nice high speed.

 

[Waphlez]

I keep hearing that a GTX would be held up from the CPU that isn't really fast.

7800GTX VS 7800GT with a 3700+ CPU; If there isn't as much of an improvment I think I'll just get a GT that comes with COD2 and save 100 bucks.

 

[PZEROFGH]

no the only bottleneck would be anything lower then a 3000+ there you start to lose around 10-20fps compared to an FX

get a 7800GT if your on a budget, get the GTX if you can afford it

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

Get the GT and overclock it like it's a GTX. Your processor is strong. Heck, my PC could handle the 7800GTX, especially if I kicked it up to 3500+ speeds.

Ryan

 

[Waphlez]

I'll have to think about which one I should get.

 

[GuitarFreak1857]

The GT handles games just fine, my friend gets 180FPS in source, thinkg about that.... he has a 3700+ also

 

[HAVOC]

The problem arises when you have a high-end GFX card and a mid to lower end CPU if you are trying to run games at their highest settings and the monitors highest resolution. Anything over 1280X1024 will be tough for a mid to lowend CPU to give the GFX card what it needs.

 

[Riceball]

Yeah i'd go with the 7800 GT, then read up on unlocking those extra pipelines to make it like a GTX.

 

[PP Mguire]

Your CPU has more than enough power to handle that GTX. You dont have to have an FX-57 to run it.