do I need to upgrade?

[RedDevilGC]

I'm using a dell 2407 with a month old BFG 7600 GT OC 256, both bought from OCUK. I only recieved the dell today and already I want more from it (but it is great)I'm new to upgrading and my pc is 1 year old from a national electrical shop. When I fitted the 7600(upgraded from a 6200se) it was quite tight and at first I thought it was too big. I'm now looking at improving this graphics card and need answers to a few questions.


If I bought another one could I run them together to improve performance on 1 monitor? If so which card would run with it?


Is the 7600 a good enough card for a dell 2407? I use it mostly for games and on 1920 x 1200 res thru DVI. Do I really need to get a new one? One game I play feels slower.


How much bigger a card will an 8800 GTX be compared to a 7600? I might not have the space for 1 of these.



my current system specs are

board Board: Fujitsu Siemens P5GD1-FM Rev 1.xx
3.20 Pentium 4
1024 mem (2GB pack being delivered)
GeForce 7600 GT graphics card
Creative SB X-Fi sound card


any advice appreciated.

 

[RedDevilGC]

Thanks kinggost

Your cpu will bottleneck 8800 series cards A LOT.

how and why?

Basically you need a new PC and gfx card to take advantage of that 24inch lcd.

A new PC? If I have buy the best card then what else is wrong? Surely th monitor wasn't designed for use by super computers only.

 

[RedDevilGC]

a GTX with a pentium 4 is just stupid, complete waste of money, you wouldnt get the most out of it.

what card would you recommmend then?

 

[RedDevilGC]

EDIT - oh and overclock your P4! What's your PSU out of curiosity?

I don't know what my PSU is, is there a scan I can do that tells me? I would overclock it if I knew it was safe to do so.