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  1. 10-25-2009, 08:50 AM #1
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    Well, what I was trying to say without saying it is that it will take a cpu, mobo, and memory upgrade to get the most out of your current vidcard.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OS-Wiz View Post
    Well, what I was trying to say without saying it is that it will take a cpu, mobo, and memory upgrade to get the most out of your current vidcard.



    What cpu/ mobo do you suggest to max performance of the card? ...I just tried my racing sim at full res...Looks great but fram rates are totaly unacceptable(teens) lowered the res and frames are at 70's ... there goes all my football money....LOL
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    You have an AM2 X2 6000+, right? Well, it's gonna be a bottleneck for most newer games and more powerful card would be needed (reason why I stress 'more powerful' is becuz you'd wanna run games at the native res of the monitor which is 1080P). Honestly speaking, I'd rather live with a CPU bottleneck (as long as the CPU's good enough to keep FR playable) rather than a GPU bottleneck.....that's what I'm living with right now. My cards are being bottlenecked by my CPU, but since my CPU's fast enough to keep FR at more than playable, I ain't too concerned. The GTX260, while being a pretty good card, may struggle with games @1080P, so might I suggest the HD5850? It's about as powerful as a GTX285 but with DX11 support...
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