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Will this video card or the cpu be the bottleneck?

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9800gtx+   05-18-2009 at 03:50:57 AM

I am thinking about building a computer using this video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130339 and cpu http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103471

what is the bottleneck and what is the definition of bottleneck and what can I do so there is no bottleneck? thanks im a noob


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edeawillrule   05-18-2009 at 03:52:42 AM
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Please repost the link to the cpu since the one you listed has been deactivated.

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edeawillrule   05-18-2009 at 03:54:49 AM
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Bottleneck is the term used when one component holds the rest of your computer back and prevents it from performing at its full potential. Such as when a person tries to use a high end graphics card with a weak cpu.

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9800gtx+   05-18-2009 at 03:56:12 AM
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edeawillrule wrote :

Bottleneck is the term used when one component holds the rest of your computer back and prevents it from performing at its full potential. Such as when a person tries to use a high end graphics card with a weak cpu.



fixed the link for cpu but basically its a amd phenom 2 x4 3.0 ghz quad core

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edeawillrule   05-18-2009 at 04:05:16 AM
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That cpu won't hold back anything so no need to worry about that lol.
Instead of the 9800 GTX+ get the GTS 250 it is the revised version of the same card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130468

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9800gtx+   05-18-2009 at 04:10:06 AM
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edeawillrule wrote :

That cpu won't hold back anything so no need to worry about that lol.
Instead of the 9800 GTX+ get the GTS 250 it is the revised version of the same card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130468



yea i saw that a few days ago and completely forgot about that lol. thanks! oh yea how far up the video card line before my cpu starts becoming the bottleneck?

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edeawillrule   05-18-2009 at 04:16:29 AM
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You could run a GTX 285 and not worry about your cpu holding it back so you'll be fine for a few years.

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