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thumbs   11-06-2007 at 12:01:20 AM

I have a P4 3.8 with 3 gig of ram. I would like to know what is the most Graphics card I should by with this cpu.

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dragonsprayer   11-06-2007 at 12:04:03 AM
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any card


the 8800gt or 8800gts 640

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Maziar   11-06-2007 at 08:44:12 AM
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price range ?
to dragonspra yer , wouldnt his CPU bottleneck a 88xx?

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thumbs   11-06-2007 at 12:24:38 PM
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Price range not super important. Thats why I was asking because I know your cpu will bottleneck so to the the best card on the market may not be a good fit. I was looking at the 8800 gt I have a 7900 gt Ko now.

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Maziar   11-06-2007 at 01:05:22 PM
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If u can, change your CPU and get a Core2Duo and then get a 8800GT

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crusoe74   11-07-2007 at 10:45:10 PM
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You aren't going to get the most out of a GF8800GT with your set up, your CPU will probably bottleneck so any Core 2 Duo is the way to go.

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KyleSTL   11-07-2007 at 11:20:01 PM
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You aren't going to get the most out of a GF8800GT with your set up



But using an 8800GT will get the absolute most out of his current system though. And he can later drop that into another system and stretch the legs of the card. However, I do agree he needs a CPU upgrade. A C2D would be nice (if it supports it), or even a Pentium D would give it a little life (being dual core and all, however it's probably not worth it).

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thumbs   11-07-2007 at 11:33:03 PM
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Thanks for the input guys. I decided to drop the 8800 into the current system with a motherboard and cpu upgrade in the very near future.

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KyleSTL   11-07-2007 at 11:37:42 PM
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*thumbs up* (pun intended) Sounds like a great plan.

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