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23rd May 2007, 10:10 | #1 |
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7600GS for Athlon 2400 ?
Hiyas,
I'm currently running a Athlon 2400+ (@2.0ghz) with 1gb RAM and an AGP 9600Pro 128mb video card. If I swapped out the 9600 for an AGP 7600GS, would I notice any difference in games or would my CPU be a major bottleneck and therefore kill any chance at improvement ? I mainly play WoW, CoD 2, HL2/CSS........ Please don't advise me to upgrade my whole machine, I know I need to but money is tight with mortgage, kid arriving in 2 months and working for myself... but an upgrade will be done before Xmas Cheers guys |
23rd May 2007, 10:44 | #2 |
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yeah, get the 7600GS and then if you can.. try and find a 3200xp cpu.. they're about $100.. they'll squeeze some extra juice out of your rig
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23rd May 2007, 12:26 | #3 |
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You'd be wasting your money pretty much. Your current Video card is probably wasted on that CPU.
You'd need at least a 3400+ minimum to get desent pull out of a GS, and even then it would still be bottle necking a lil bit. |
23rd May 2007, 13:10 | #4 |
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That'll get bottlenecked all the way to dual core.
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23rd May 2007, 13:27 | #5 |
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A 7600GS isnt much faster than a 6600GT, I would think a Barton 3200+ would max it out pretty much. Google "doom 3 cpu battlegrounds" for an Anandtech CPU scaling article
You can pickup a used AGP 9800pro or 6600gt for under $100 which is a lot faster than a 9600pro Oh if you did have a bit more $ for upgrade: AM2 x2 3600+ $110 mobo $150 1gb ddr $80 7600GS $130 (easy to find used one tho for less) OC it and that thing is cheap and fast Last edited by farns : 23rd May 2007 at 13:31. |
23rd May 2007, 14:22 | #6 |
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Thanks guys, guess Ill have to flog off some gear and get new mobo/cpu
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23rd May 2007, 16:13 | #7 | |
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A 3200+ doesn't even max out a 6600GT. Check tomshardware for a comparison between a 2700+ and 3400+ and 600GT's. Doom3 = 1 game hardly a good benchmark. |
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23rd May 2007, 16:26 | #8 |
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Yer I had both cards too in PCI-E, 7600GS was only about 10-15% faster though that was a while ago so maybe drivers are better etc
Anyway if you want to play WOW and HL2 a 9800pro or 6600GT would be ok, 9800pro was nearly as fast as a 6600gt in HL2 from old benchies IIRC I guess the CPU might slow it a bit but a 9800pro will still do a lot better than a 9600pro Last edited by farns : 23rd May 2007 at 16:30. |
23rd May 2007, 16:46 | #9 |
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Yeh I have the AGP versions pretty much no difference to PCIe though.
I did find in wow there wasn't alot of differnce between my two machines mind you I only played wow for about 3 months :P. |
1st June 2007, 21:04 | #10 |
The Deliverator
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This should answer your question fully
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/...sis/page5.html I'm loathe to go ATI but the writing is on the wall with this type of system I'm afraid, no question about it.
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