Possibly, but understand your cpu is gonna be the bottleneck here, what are you using right now for your video card ? You might be better served upgrading your cpu and not your gpu.
I am currently using a 8500GT 256MB. I just want to play smoothly at 1280x1024, but if a processor upgrade is the way to go with this, I have a 775 Socket.
I would really suggest you get a proccessor upgrade first. Your using a cpu almost as old as my p4, I think you would be better served going this route. then think about upgrading your gpu after that.
Is a C2D that would be worth getting available for around $100? I know I could search, but should I consider ordering and waiting for the processor upgrade? I am not sure if this good of a deal will come around anytime soon.
This card should be about same give or take. Usually the 8800gs does have a slight edge though but nothing that's going to make a big difference other than Crysis. 8800gs performs 25% faster than that card in Crysis however.
Pentium D is okay since it's a dual core. It should bottleneck but you can still get away with it. If you can overclock your CPU would be even better with that card.
Message edited by marvelous211 on 05-17-2008 at 12:49:43 AM
Is an E2180 worth getting by itself? I am on a budget, only 15, no job, and I lose my only source of income in like a week. Is it time to plead to mom and dad? xD
there's pentium 4 which is single core then there's pentium D which are dual cores. If it's pentium D it is dual core.
Your motherboard has to be compatible in order for you to upgrade your processor to the new core 2 duo. 2160 are crap if it's not overclocked. If your mobo is compatible with older core 2 duo you might want to upgrade your processor to the older E6600 or something.
Message edited by marvelous211 on 05-17-2008 at 12:58:47 AM
You would be better served upgrading your cpu, and then upgrade the gpu later, your pentium d is going to be a huge bottleneck. Overclocked or not, its old, and it isnt going to keep up, bottom line.
Ok, should I just look for the cheapest E2180 I can find and get the 8800GTS? I am using a prebuilt 2005 Dell XPS 400. Sorry for asking so many questions, I am just not too upgrade-savvy, and was excited when I saw this deal.
You would be better served upgrading your cpu, and then upgrade the gpu later, your pentium d is going to be a huge bottleneck. Overclocked or not, its old, and it isnt going to keep up, bottom line.
It's old but it's not that old. If it's a single core it will hinder his performance where it would be better for him to get a new system but since it's dual core it can easily play newer games just lower frame rates.
A pentium D @ 2.8 ghz would be something like AMD 1.6ghz dual core.
