Lopside Setup But Still...

[cjb110]

My 8800GTX died before crimbo And as I had no Win7 compat cards I needed a replacement.

I went for the Geforce GTX 560 (non-ti), as that seemed the best in my below £150 budget.

Now I know with my Core 2 E6700 I've got quite a lopsided system, and I am going to start to save for a new mobo/cpu, probly i5.

In the meantime what I was just wondering, is what, if any, settings in games could I wack up, because they are mainly GPU based? i.e. for example if AA was all GPU then I could turn that up a bit as I'd have the spare overhead.

 

[tobsmonster2]

Surely the best thing would be to start up a game and check for your self?
I see what you're asking, but that extra headroom won't count for anything with your CPU holding it back.

 

[ThePengu1n]

Sadly it varies from game to game, e.g. BF3 is very gpu bound but a source game like TF2/L4D is cpu bound. Your best bet is just whack all the settings to max in whatever game you're playing, then turn them down step by step till it's playable.