[Solved] Nvidia 9800gt with a powerful quad core or ati 4890 with pentium D???

I was just wondering that is it necessary to have a powerful CPU with a midrange or low end graphics card or a high end graphics card with weak CPU as I mentioned in thread nvidia '9800gt with a powerful quad core or ati 4890 with pentium D???'

This depends on the game. Some games are more CPU limited, some want more video power. I would say, overall, a video card that is at least 25% faster than the other will be faster even with a slower CPU. A decent speed Pentim D with enough RAM with a high-end card should run pretty much any game.

This is supposted to be sarcasm or....??

The 9800GT paired with a powerfull quad will generally give you better fps.

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I would go for 9800gt + higher end cpu.... not necessarily quad core...
Why are people still going on about 4xxx series radeons??? they dont even sell them in my counry anymore....

I would go wit the 9800gt and the quad so that later you can upgrade the graphics card without having to upgrade the whole system. Going with a Pentium D would be a horrible idea.

The 9800GT paired with the PII X4 945 of course.

Yeah

you would be better off with something in the middle like a slightly slower/cheaper cpu, such as an athlonII and get a slightly better video card, like a 5750 or something.

There you go.

Hey guys,
your views are awesome.....but m still unable to figure out more punchy option coz I saw gta 4 running on pentium 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9qJ2mHznJo

lol, Ati really sucks. I got ati 4350 before and it burnt with sucking odour....It killed my whole hardware...that pentium D......I also heard many people complaining about ati 4XXX series cards for their poor performance and highly matched reliability of weak home made wooden video cards.

I have a 9800GT paired with a Phenom X4 955 BE @ stock, It work's with most game's however I'd recommend a bigger upgrade to something such as a 5770 or GTX 460 1GB

EDIT: at ATI RADEON, a 9800GT with a Quad core is NOT what I would call a powerful system

I can max out each and every game(25-30fps) except crysis(dx 10),metro 2033(dx11) and BFBC2(dx 11) ....dirt 2(dx11)

Although I'm pretty sure your either being a) sarcastic or b) a smartass, I will answer anyways.

It mean's that comment was directed at you (ATi RaDEoN)

oh, well, humans misunderstand

I overclocked damn 9800gt and now it is performing like a hot knife.....Crysis warhead (dx10)......very high settings(enthusiast) with 4X aa.....avrage fps 28-34....very much playable..........no heating issues yet.....played for 3 and half hours.

Mr ATI I am pretty sure your stirring the pot here and having a bit of fun ... but you might want to actually listen to what the users here have to tell you.

decode and crowe have both suggested you look for a faster graphics card for your 945 quad ... both of them know what they are talking about.

I can suggest a GTX460 or a radeon 5850 ... why get anything slower ... faster yes ... if you have the money to burn.

There are no inherent defects in ATI or NVidia graphics chips produced in the last few years ... with the bald exception of a heap of mobile NVidia G92 parts with an underfill problem on the base of the die... so bagging ATI is a bit stupid.

Your 9800GT is probably the most limiting factor in your current system provided you have 4Gb of RAM and a fairly new HDD.

Ask advice around that issue.