confusing getting gtx 260 help please

kamechi · Jul 8, 2009

hi guys..im thinking to get Leadtek GTX 260 Extreme+ but i wondering my system can fit this card or not..

My mobo is MSI 945P/G/PL Neo2 Series
My Proc is Intel ®Pentium® D CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs)
My RAM is 1GB DDR2 667(to be upgrade)
200GB HDD

mc-dexter · Jul 8, 2009

Whats your PSU?

InTeL-iNsIdE · Jul 8, 2009

It will but the gtx 260 will be seriousley bottle necked by that pentium D and 1Gb ram, i would reccomend getting a newer 775 board and cheap core 2 and at least 2Gb ram before you go and invest in a gtx 260

h3llb3nd4 · Jul 8, 2009

why not save and get a new system?

kamechi · Jul 8, 2009

i don have that much money to get a new mobo n proc =(
i will upgrade my ram to 2gb or more and my psu will be st50f or st56f.
how much will be bottlenecked by that pentium D?

mc-dexter · Jul 8, 2009

Basically you won't be able to play many games your Pentium D won't be able to run, no matter how great the rest of your system is.

Depending where your from i do have a Gigabyte GA 965P DQ6 i could sell.

I had a Pentium D running on that, overclocked very very nicely with that too

EDIT: also have a stick of DDR2 667Mhz

InTeL-iNsIdE · Jul 8, 2009

psu is fine, if you can, upgrade your ram and that will help, just wondering whether a low end core 2 would fit in that motherboard even a 2ghz core 2 would beat your pentium D

kamechi · Jul 8, 2009

hmm.. then i guess i will upgrade the RAM and put in this card 1st.
in the mean time i save and get new mobo + proc.
that pentium D and my mobo will bottle necked this card right? (hope just a liitle)

InTeL-iNsIdE · Jul 8, 2009

what kind of res do you game at ?

kamechi · Jul 9, 2009

Intel E7400 or AMD Phenom II X2 550 fit beter for this card?

p_o_s_pc · Jul 9, 2009

kamechi said:
Intel E7400 or AMD Phenom II X2 550 fit beter for this card?

easy and simple answer yes. They both would be better then the PD but it still would be bottleneck but not as bad.

CDdude55 · Jul 9, 2009

kamechi said:
Intel E7400 or AMD Phenom II X2 550 fit beter for this card?

Definitely better then the Pentium D, and if you Overclock that E7400 it should get rid of the bottleneck by a good amount.

Phenom is also a good pick, but i don't think it would OC as well as the E7400 would.

mrhuggles · Jul 9, 2009

get the card, then slowly upgrade the rest of your PC as you can afford to

p_o_s_pc · Jul 9, 2009

CDdude55 said:
Definitely better then the Pentium D, and if you Overclock that E7400 it should get rid of the bottleneck by a good amount.

Phenom is also a good pick, but i don't think it would OC as well as the E7400 would.

the phenom is a good clocker but the e7400 will get higher unless your running them on LN2 the e7400 will get higher but if you did run them on LN2 the Phenom would kick the shit out of it :laugh:

but both would be a great choice ~3.8-4ghz is possible on both of them and clock for clock they are about the same

MilkyWay · Jul 9, 2009

by bottleneck we mean that the cpu is to slow to handle what the gpu is capable of so even if the card can do high to medium the cpu is to slow to allow that

the phenom II maybe cheaper and will allow better upgrade options, the E7400 is about the same as far as performance goes

a better buy overall than a new gpu is to get new ram, mobo and cpu even something cheap

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