Bottleneck Problem?

panthro · 13 Feb 2007 at 16:54

Ive currently got my X2 3800+ (939) running at 2.4Ghz and 2 x 512Mb sticks of RAM.

Im planning on buying a pair of 1GB matched sticks of RAM (2GB Geil DDR 3200) and a BFG 8880 GTS 320MB GFX Card.

Will my CPU bottleneck the system? I plan on pushing it a bit more once I get the new RAM. What do you reckon? I dont really want to buy a new CPU too to get the best out of the new GFX card and RAM.

tomanders91 · 13 Feb 2007 at 16:56

you should be fine, yes there might be a little, but as someone told me, you will still be able to max out games with loads of AA/AF at 60+fps.

steve258 · 13 Feb 2007 at 17:09

No need for a new CPU mate. It would be better if you can push it to 2.6 / 2.7Ghz +

panthro · 13 Feb 2007 at 20:53

steve258 said:
No need for a new CPU mate. It would be better if you can push it to 2.6 / 2.7Ghz +

I think it should be alright, just need the decent RAM and maybe a better cooler as I have an Akasa cooler on there at the moment and its not too bad, but could be a lot better.