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Hi all
Given below is my system's current configuration:
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice Core)
Motherboard: ASUS A8N-E
Graphics Card: Gigabyte ATI RADEON X300 SE (GV-RX30S128D)
RAM: Simmtronics 512 MB PC3200 DDR400
PSU: Colorsit (450 W with double fan)
HDD: 1 Hitachi SATA 80 GB
Note: I plan to add 512 MB more so that I can enable the Dual Channel architecture.
Query
I read some place even if I install the best GPU available in the market, there is a huge possibility that I might not get the desired performance because of CPU bottlenecking.
I logged on to Wikipedia and checked out all the Nvidia and ATI chip based CPU. I am not too sure what all I need to keep in mind to choose the right one. My current GPU is really SAD.
Also I saw that a few GPU's have a bandwidth of 42.2 GB/s, but PCI-Express architecture has max bandwidth of 8 GB/s. So what's the point in installing a GPU with such high bandwidth.
I would really appreciate if someone could explain me the theory behind choosing the right GPU, I would really appreciate that.
Cheers
Saurabh
Given below is my system's current configuration:
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice Core)
Motherboard: ASUS A8N-E
Graphics Card: Gigabyte ATI RADEON X300 SE (GV-RX30S128D)
RAM: Simmtronics 512 MB PC3200 DDR400
PSU: Colorsit (450 W with double fan)
HDD: 1 Hitachi SATA 80 GB
Note: I plan to add 512 MB more so that I can enable the Dual Channel architecture.
Query
I read some place even if I install the best GPU available in the market, there is a huge possibility that I might not get the desired performance because of CPU bottlenecking.
I logged on to Wikipedia and checked out all the Nvidia and ATI chip based CPU. I am not too sure what all I need to keep in mind to choose the right one. My current GPU is really SAD.
Also I saw that a few GPU's have a bandwidth of 42.2 GB/s, but PCI-Express architecture has max bandwidth of 8 GB/s. So what's the point in installing a GPU with such high bandwidth.
I would really appreciate if someone could explain me the theory behind choosing the right GPU, I would really appreciate that.
Cheers
Saurabh