The specific card I want is the BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express), I was wondering what the minimum CPU is ill need to prevent bottlenecking, and what is the process in finding this out so I can do it on my own in the future?
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Minimum CPU for an 8800GTS
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Ignore my sig, its the now piece of crap sitting behind me not working, so im getting a new rig, ive ordered an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.20GHz (Socket AM2), but read that its a bottleneck for the 8800, so im thinking ive made a poor choice in CPU, so was wondering what the minimal CPU will be, and hopefully can change my order before OcUK ship it. I also ordered the Asus CROSSHAIR, which im certain will be fine with both CPU and GFX card without any problems.
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What kind of CPU temps should I expect at idle then before overclocking, because I want to use the stock fan on the CPU, for the low noise, I have a ThermalTake Venus 12 CPU fan on the rig in my sig, I dont know if it will be compatible with my new CPU, other then that its REALLY noisey, but it did keep my CPU at 34'ish when idle.