Bottleneck Issue Check !

[hash]

Hi,


I presently own a E2180 overclocked to 2.66 GHz (1066 FSB) and this motherboard http://www.mercury-pc.com/product-spec.php?productid=766


Im planning on buying a GTX 260 but recently I've seen topics about some Bottleneck issues! Like CPU bottlenecks the GPU or the GPU gets bottlenecked by the CPU and i don't understand the concept. I just want to make sure that my CPU and the GTX 260 on a Viewsonic 17' LCD Display(1440 x 900 Max) wouldn't cause any issues. Help? Thanks.


Additional info ?

Northbridge NVIDIA GeForce 7050 rev. A2
Southbridge NVIDIA nForce 610i rev. A2

 

[hundredislandsboy]

Your CPU will bottleneck the GTX 260. This means that your CPU will not be able to feed data to the GPU in the amount that the GPU can handle. Your GPU will sit there waiting and going, "more! more! more!"

So although your game will work, you would be wasting your cash having a GTX 260 because you would ony be getting about half of it's capacity.

 

[jitpublisher]

Hi,


I presently own a E2180 overclocked to 2.66 GHz (1066 FSB) and this motherboard http://www.mercury-pc.com/product-spec.php?productid=766


Im planning on buying a GTX 260 but recently I've seen topics about some Bottleneck issues! Like CPU bottlenecks the GPU or the GPU gets bottlenecked by the CPU and i don't understand the concept. I just want to make sure that my CPU and the GTX 260 on a Viewsonic 17' LCD Display(1440 x 900 Max) wouldn't cause any issues. Help? Thanks.


Additional info ?

Northbridge NVIDIA GeForce 7050 rev. A2
Southbridge NVIDIA nForce 610i rev. A2

No worries. It will be just fine. A faster CPU would give you better performance, but don't skimp and buy a lesser GPU just on this minor worry.
One day, you may want to upgrade that CPU, and you will get another nice performance nudge. If you bought a lesser card now, in a few months when you feel the need for more speed, you would have to buy another GPU and CPU both.

 

[delluser1]

^+1

 

[hash]

Yes. Thats a very good point. Good GPU now buy Better CPU later.

But then another thing comes up, that is I'm kind of a light gamer with high requirements i..e The few games I play should work on highest setting or at 95 % at least.

I play games like NFS MW,ProStreet,Fifa 2009,DMC 4,Counter strike Source. Would 512 MB GTX 260 be a overkill for these games? Or should i try a 1 GB of 4850.


Btw my LCD display has a VGA connector. DO they have DVI to VGA connector?

 

[hundredislandsboy]

If you definitely plan on upgrading the CPU later, then go for the GTX 260 now (it's about $40 more than 4850 if you get the rebate) and they come with the adapter.
If you're not going to upgrade the CPU and want to build from scratch for your next computer, then get the 4850.

Get a card with a lifetime warranty. My last two cards were XFX for the lifetime warranty. That way when I upgrade, I can sell the card and the warranty carries over (good selling feature for a used card).