Is this combination worth overclocking

[cynosure]

But I am buying the latest gfx card, doesnt it matter even a little bit????
So should I get XFX 7950GT 512MB??? Will it be a future proof card???
It has no hardware support for DX10, so is this gonna screw up the performance???

*www.tech2.com/india/reviews/graphics/zebronics-8800gts-320mb/4652/0

^^These guys say that the 320MB version gives the same performance (at lower resolution) as the 640MB version.

Also the E4300 has 800MHz FSB, isnt it gonna be a bit slow???

But u'll loose virtualization technoilogy by going to E4300 but who needs that for a home PC.

Whats dat???

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54302&page=2

^^ In this thread aravind tells that the 5600+ gives a performance equal to or better than most of the C2D procs. What do you guys suggest???
Is an AMD based comp. gud for Gaming?

 

[darklord]

^^ C2D is fast,overclocks well too.But switching to C2D proves expensive.Problem being unavailability of decent boards at a reasonable price.

AMD X2 is fast enough,it might be slow compared to C2D but overall it is pretty fast enough.Latest Brisbane core X2 overclock nicely.Boards are also cheap and plenty of variety.Most importantly X2 is dirt cheap.

Your call what to buy.Dont buy that 7950GT now,its last generation card,not worth it.

 

[cynosure]

But I need to play latest games, guys here are saying that the 8800GTS 320MB wont be able to handle the upcoming games due to its limited memory!! And the 640MB one is out of my budget. What should I do???
And what about the price cuts on AMD procs.?? When will it be applicable in INdia.

 

[darklord]

But I need to play latest games, guys here are saying that the 8800GTS 320MB wont be able to handle the upcoming games due to its limited memory!! And the 640MB one is out of my budget. What should I do???
And what about the price cuts on AMD procs.?? When will it be applicable in INdia.

Price cuts are already applicable in India.You think 7950GT is goin to sail you through latest games ? Dude wake up !
8800 320MB is a fast card,as long as you dont need idiotic resolutions,buffer isnt gonna cause any problems.
Its when at high resolutions and high quality that the buffer is filled to brim,not otherwise.Which monitor BTW ?

 

[cynosure]

BenQ 17'' FP71E+

 

[darklord]

See...you have a 17"
Its known that ppl with Monitors upto 19" arent gonna see the 320MB card bottleneck ever.Cos you cant go beyond a certain resolution.

 

[deathvirus_me]

Well , if the game uses >320 MB VRam then it'll be a bottleneck .. games like GRAW , Company of Heroes and Stalker use over 512 MB Vram even at 1280*1024 ...

 

[Ch@0s]

^^LOL there's always system memory... the 8800GTS 320MB is a really good card... It'll absolutely murder all DX9 cards with 512MB memory other than the x1900 series.

 

[cynosure]

And guys the AMD system is cheap and gud.
If I get AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ with a decent mobo and 8800GTS 320, 2GB 667MHz ram, will it give a nice performance for years to come?????
The AMD is cheaper in everyway and I am getting 2.8Ghz for bout 9K, way less than the C2D of the same speed.

*www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html
^^This link (I got it from this forum only;from the price stickies;posted by blacklight) shows that the 6000+ and 5600+ give gud performance, equal to and sometimes better than that of E6600 and E6700. Whatsay???

The decent mobo I am talking bout is Asus M2N-E.

I read the reviews from newegg.com; the reviews are mixed!!!
So what do you guys think about the board??

 

[Goten]

Get a LCD.

Wat are u saving money for.

Its like buying a Xbox360 with no HDTV.

Peace~~~!

 

[cynosure]

@Goten:: I never talked bout LCDs or CRTs!!! I am going to buy a 17" LCD anyways.

 

[deathvirus_me]

^^LOL there's always system memory... the 8800GTS 320MB is a really good card... It'll absolutely murder all DX9 cards with 512MB memory other than the x1900 series.

Look here :

*www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/420/11/

You either hate or love this game, me personally I can't get enough of it. I have played it to the end and then started all over again. Now this game is as far as I'm concerned a typical next-gen game, it relies heavily on large and high-quality textures and the fact that we have only 320 MB is hurting performance heavily.

This is a massive drawback that you need to consider. I honest to God wish that the cards tested today would have had 512MB at default. Compare the results with the 640 MB version of the GTS. That's how important having enough memory is with titles like these.

The 7950GT running at stock beats the 8800GTS 320 MB oc'ed at 1600*1200

The 320MB model itself compared to 640 Mb then. See on one side we have the sheer power of 96 shader cores in the graphics processor to show off some really impressive stuff; yet on the other side as soon as you hit a high resolution you'll hit a wall as the amount of memory is holding you back. It's like buying an Aston Martin to drive around tight city streets. You can't use all it's power in higher resolutions.

And go through the forums ... u'll have loads of people using a 320M 8800GTS complaining about stutters during gaming , specially in games likes Stalker , and try running Oblivion with QTP3 with just 320 MB ,.,,

 

[cynosure]

^^^Holy ****.
What the hell should I do now?????

If I run all my games at a resolution of 1280x1024/1280x960 then will I get a decent performance??

This is a real pain in the ass... You spend a whole lot of money on the latest gfx card and all you get is **** in return.

Tell me guys, this forum has really blew the hell outta me!!!
I cant buy the latest DX10 supported card with 512MB ram!!! It will cost a bomb.

PS: I mean the guru 3D forum!!!

*www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/420/15/

But (and I stated this before) the majority of gamers out there are still on an LCD screen at 1280x1024 or 1600x1200. And for you guys this card means bang for your bucks. If you aim at a higher resolutions then definitely go for the 640 model, or even better the delicious 768 MB GTX.

There's another thing to bare in mind though, upcoming games that require massive amounts of texture memory could form an issue. A good example in our test run was GRAW; the GTS 640 MB model performed way better on all levels thanks to the fact it had enough memory. With upcoming DX10 titles like Crysis I'm not really sure just yet what the effect of 320 MB memory is.

 

[darklord]

^^^Holy ****.
What the hell should I do now?????

If I run all my games at a resolution of 1280x1024/1280x960 then will I get a decent performance??

This is a real pain in the ass... You spend a whole lot of money on the latest gfx card and all you get is **** in return.

Tell me guys, this forum has really blew the hell outta me!!!
I cant buy the latest DX10 supported card with 512MB ram!!! It will cost a bomb.

PS: I mean the guru 3D forum!!!

*www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/420/15/

If you are confused, settle with a low endcard for now.When R600 series launches and more DX10 parts are available in the market,get the card which gives you best bang for the buck

 

[Edburg]

At ur kind of resolutions the 320 MB is enough for current top games but not sure of future.Unless u go for very high antialiasing and anisotropic filtering and large textures games will run equally good as compared to higher memory ones.

I think its better to wait a month or so as the mid range Nvidia 8 series cards are about to launch this week and AMD/ATI R600 series are going to launch in about a month which some say will be very competitve in prices and higher performance.

So definitely some card with 512 MB will arrive with equally or better performance.

 

[cynosure]

The future games like Crysis and the recent heavy games dont demand a very heavy system, I think the game will run fine on the specs given by me.

*www.crysis-online.com/Information/System Requirements/

For Crysis
CPU: Dual-core CPU (Athlon X2/Pentium D)
Graphics: Nvidia 7600 or ATI X1600 Pro (SM 3.0) or DX10 equivalent
RAM: 1.5GB+
HDD: 6GB
Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
Optical Drive: DVD
Software: DX9.0c with Windows XP

*www.ecgnetwork.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18789
*www.ghostrecon.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=28051&st=0

For G.R.A.W.
Computer: Pentium IV of 2Ghz or the equivalent (2.8Ghz recommended)
Memory: 512MB RAM (1024Mb recommended)
Operating System: Windows 2000/XP
DirectX: DirectX9.0c
Video Card: Shader 2.0 card with 128 MB of VRAM (256MB recommended)
Sound card: DirectX9 compatible sound card
Internet: Broadband / LAN connection
Servers 512 Upload Speed

*www.stalker-game.com/en/?page=faq#q85

AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+ or Intel Core 2 Duo, 1Gb RAM, 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectXR 9.0c compatible 256MB (Geforce 7800, for example).