Bottleneck question

[Eckos]

I have a AMD Athlon X2 3800+ at 2.0GHz stocked. And it seems to bottleneck my 8800 GS. And I was going to do a temp upgrade to a 5200+ just until I could get a Q9450 + mobo + psu. And I was wondering if it would bottleneck the 8800GS and soon to be a 9800GX2.

 

[dagger]

It will definately bottleneck 9800gx2 a lot. Not so sure about 8800gs. It shouldn't bottleneck 8800gs by a large degree. You should probably not bother with the temp upgrade. Get the gx2 along with q9450 and motherboard.

 

[wip99gt]

If you need a bit more power you can easily oc that 3800 to 2.5ghz.

 

[Eckos]

naw, my motherboard currently in the case doesn't support overclocking

 

[wip99gt]

that sucks. I'd probably use the money for the 9800gx2 and get a new cpu, mobo, and psu. Then save for a new gpu.