Confused about a TG review...

[Jie]

Greetings all,

I'm sorry to ask this, but a recent article from TG about the latest Vid Cards needing the fastest CPUs has me a bit confused. I'm thinking of purchasing a prebuilt system with a E6700 insteade of a 6800. WIll really see that much difference between the two graphic wise? I was planning on OC'ing the E6700 to atleast close to X6800 speeds.
This will be running with a 8800 GTX.

Thanks!

 

[ajfink]

Greetings all,

I'm sorry to ask this, but a recent article from TG about the latest Vid Cards needing the fastest CPUs has me a bit confused. I'm thinking of purchasing a prebuilt system with a E6700 insteade of a 6800. WIll really see that much difference between the two graphic wise? I was planning on OC'ing the E6700 to atleast close to X6800 speeds.
This will be running with a 8800 GTX.

Thanks!

Faster CPUs will be better, of course, but if you plan on overclocking anyway don't worry about it. The E6700 is a very good CPU.

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

Don't worry about it. a 6700 with an 8800 will amount to a KICK ASS system. At higher resolution the stress will be on your video card. At lower resolution you will be limited by your CPU. No matter what you buy you will be limited by something. Just buy the best of what you can afford and adjust the settings to fit your rig.

You'll be sitting pretty with any of todays games probably maxed out on all settings. Have fun and good luck.

 

[Jie]

Thanks for the replies. I felt silly asking, but I've been out of the loop for a bit now lol. I knew the new Core 2 Duo were great, but just wasn't sure if purchasing a 8800GTX required a 6800...silly now that I think about it.

 

[pmr]

it doesn't require a $1000 cpu. If you are into OC an E6300@3Ghz outperforms the X6800. Don´t waste money there. When a cpu limits fps, is at lower resolutions. And who buys a 8800gtx doesn't game at 1024...
And if u want to save more money and keep the 4Mb of cache, go E6600.

 

[ajfink]

it doesn't require a $1000 cpu. If you are into OC an E6300@3Ghz outperforms the X6800. Don´t waste money there. When a cpu limits fps, is at lower resolutions. And who buys a 8800gtx doesn't game at 1024...

QFT. Saying that any CPU will bottleneck an 8800 is a foolish argument because no one who buys an 8800 will be playing at such low resolutions.

 

[pmr]

it doesn't require a $1000 cpu. If you are into OC an E6300@3Ghz outperforms the X6800. Don´t waste money there. When a cpu limits fps, is at lower resolutions. And who buys a 8800gtx doesn't game at 1024...

QFT. Saying that any CPU will bottleneck an 8800 is a foolish argument because no one who buys an 8800 will be playing at such low resolutions.

Which "QFT" :?

 

[ajfink]

it doesn't require a $1000 cpu. If you are into OC an E6300@3Ghz outperforms the X6800. Don´t waste money there. When a cpu limits fps, is at lower resolutions. And who buys a 8800gtx doesn't game at 1024...

QFT. Saying that any CPU will bottleneck an 8800 is a foolish argument because no one who buys an 8800 will be playing at such low resolutions.

Which "QFT" :?

Quoted for truth,

 

[pmr]

 

[Apple_Fritters]

That review had more to do with the introduction of Tom's new graphics card benchtest platform.

The old FX60 platform was getting dated, and couldn't keep up with the new 8800's.

 

[Talon]

What resolution do you game at?

If you plan on using a e6700 and 8800 gpu to game at 1024x768 or LESS then its not only a waste but "possibly" will give you a CPU bottleneck although your performance will likely still be phenomenal.

Now if you plan to game at 1280x1024 or above the CPU bottleneck they touched on in that article is pretty much nil if you turn on some good old eye candy such as 8xAA and 16xAF and such.

In essence, if you have that CPU and GPU you need really not worry about any CPU bottleneck until games are coded more for multi-core which likely won't be common for another couple years. If it even hurts you then.

Enjoy a very nice rig and take that article with a grain of salt as it doesn't really apply to you.

 

[TechnologyCoordinator]

What resolution do you game at?

If you plan on using a e6700 and 8800 gpu to game at 1024x768 or LESS then its not only a waste but "possibly" will give you a CPU bottleneck although your performance will likely still be phenomenal.

Now if you plan to game at 1280x1024 or above the CPU bottleneck they touched on in that article is pretty much nil if you turn on some good old eye candy such as 8xAA and 16xAF and such.

In essence, if you have that CPU and GPU you need really not worry about any CPU bottleneck until games are coded more for multi-core which likely won't be common for another couple years. If it even hurts you then.

Enjoy a very nice rig and take that article with a grain of salt as it doesn't really apply to you.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but a FPS rate higher than your monitor's refresh rate is a waste.

So if you're getting an FPS of 500 and your monitor's refresh rate is 72 hertz you only see a maximum of 72 frames per second anyway.

 

[ajfink]

What resolution do you game at?

If you plan on using a e6700 and 8800 gpu to game at 1024x768 or LESS then its not only a waste but "possibly" will give you a CPU bottleneck although your performance will likely still be phenomenal.

Now if you plan to game at 1280x1024 or above the CPU bottleneck they touched on in that article is pretty much nil if you turn on some good old eye candy such as 8xAA and 16xAF and such.

In essence, if you have that CPU and GPU you need really not worry about any CPU bottleneck until games are coded more for multi-core which likely won't be common for another couple years. If it even hurts you then.

Enjoy a very nice rig and take that article with a grain of salt as it doesn't really apply to you.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but a FPS rate higher than your monitor's refresh rate is a waste.

So if you're getting an FPS of 500 and your monitor's refresh rate is 72 hertz you only see a maximum of 72 frames per second anyway.

Indeed. LCD response time also is a factor. Turn on all the eye candy you can, man. An E6700 and an 8800 can handle it.

If I put together a new computer with a 8800 (maybe plural in SLI) the first thing I would do is install Doom 3 and crank the settings to max... :trophy:

 

[1Tanker]

it doesn't require a $1000 cpu. If you are into OC an E6300@3Ghz outperforms the X6800. Don´t waste money there. When a cpu limits fps, is at lower resolutions. And who buys a 8800gtx doesn't game at 1024...

QFT. Saying that any CPU will bottleneck an 8800 is a foolish argument because no one who buys an 8800 will be playing at such low resolutions.

Which "QFT" :?

Quoted for truth, Quite *%*^% True....also.

 

[ajfink]

it doesn't require a $1000 cpu. If you are into OC an E6300@3Ghz outperforms the X6800. Don´t waste money there. When a cpu limits fps, is at lower resolutions. And who buys a 8800gtx doesn't game at 1024...

QFT. Saying that any CPU will bottleneck an 8800 is a foolish argument because no one who buys an 8800 will be playing at such low resolutions.

Which "QFT" :?

Quoted for truth, Quite *%*^% True....also.

Indeed it is, 8)