Hello, it's been about a year and a half since I built my computer and I feel that it is time for a slight upgrade and that I haven't been keeping myself up to speed with all the new hardware. I'm planning on replacing my trusty old 8800GT with a Geforce GTX 260 since I can't find another 8800 to SLI with. Now I wonder, will my "Asus M2N32 WS Professional" be compatible with such a card or is it out of the question? Any and all help is appreciated.
4870 1GB is better and cheaper.
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And yes, that mobo will work. What is your CPU?
[QUOTE=n00bmuffin;16752510]4870 1GB is better and cheaper.
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And yes, that mobo will work. What is your CPU?[/QUOTE]
It is an AMD Athlon X2 6000+, I'm guessing it's getting old too but new processors are so damned expensive. :/
Actually, they're pretty cheap now. You can get a Phenom II X4 920 (and maybe an AM3 processor, but I can't find the BIOS update) for ~$160.
But, it's not that necessary and you'll be fine with a 4870: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150394[/url]
you are fine you don' really need a new cpu but it won't huirt
[url]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=28&p2=83[/url]
I talked to this tech-support guy I know and he said that buying a new CPU would be a waste of money since it's basically my video card that's bottlenecking "my" performance.
I've decided on a Sapphire Radeon HD4870 1 gig since it was cheaper than a GTX260 and almost showed equal performance.
Once you hook up your new GPU it won't be bottlenecking your CPU will be. If it does bottleneck idk.
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