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Will 8800 GTS make a difference?

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Hi there. I currently own a system with an AMD64 3800+, 1Gb DDR2RAM and RAdeon X1900GT. I am considering changing the graphic card to an 8800GTS. Is there gonna be a considerable improovement? Or is the difference between the two cards small (or the CPU is botle-necking) and thee will be none?
Many thanks
 
It'll certainly make a difference. The 8800gt is more than twice as powerful at the X1900gt. That said, both your CPU and you lack of ram will stunt the cards performance. Overclocking the 3800+ will mitigate that somewhat, but you need some more ram otherwise you'll end up getting stuttering in a lot of newer titles.
 
i also have a X1900 GT but its in for RMA and i am also considering a 8800 GTS........personally im ganna get my X1900 GT back or what ever card i get as a replacement then let my friend buy it, then get a 8800 GTS.

I also have a very similary setup to u but i have a COre 2 duo e6600
 
not much point in getting the 8800gts
youll need 2gb of ram first to even allow settings to be on high
 
another 1gb of ram will certainly help, but to say there's not much point in getting a 8800GTS is wrong IMO.

Maybe if he's gaming at 1024x768 or something
 
Ok, thanks. So i am now considering buying another Gb of Ram and re-evaluate the situation (aka need gor graphic card upgrade) later. I currently have 2* 512Mb DDR2 RAM. The box that came with also writes Corsair Value select 240 Pin (i don't know if these are usefull caracteristics).My mobo is an Abit KN9 Ultra. The question is what ram do i buy? One or two modules? Corsair or something else? One Gb extra is enough?
Many thanks
 
:) An 8800GTS would be a great upgrade for you imo

More memory would even out your performance, but the GTS would have a much bigger impact.

Best of luck!
 
I doubt you will see satisfactory performance increase, your processor is a bottleneck, in fact it's probably bottlenecking that X1900 too.
 
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