CPU Limited?

[vorm]

I am checking out the new gen of gfx cards to upgrade my old 8800GT and was wondering whether or not my CPU will limit the effectiveness of the card in any way?

Running an E8400 at the stock 3.00 at the moment due to it being in a Dell 530 but have just rec'd an Antec 300 case and looking for a s775 mobo to move all the innards over to. Will then be looking at oc'ing the cpu.

Any advice / reassurances will be appreciated.

Cheers

 

[jms198]

Article of the week!

 

[icehot666]

Article of the week!

Shame they didn't put a core 2 quad in there too!! I want to see how my 4GHz q9650 competes in these scenarios too...

 

[Cesar67]

i5 included in there would have been appropriate too.

 

[vorm]

Cheers for that.
Will take a look.

 

[jms198]

Reading into the conclusion I think its safe to assume both the i5 and q9650 are both GPU limited for a single card. I wouldn't want to generalise on numbers!