My Rig

[orich93]

i am about to buy a new GPU so here are my specs as of now.


AMD phenom 2 x3 720 OC 3.2ghz

4g (2x2gb) ddr2 ocz reaper 1066 (pc2 8500)

MSI gts250 256-bit 1gb

sunbeam 750w PSU

windows 7 home premium 64 bit

ECS blackseries a790gxm-a mobo

WD 750gb 7200rpm HDD

i use a 32" lcd TV via hdmi running 1280x786 resolution (everything else is to small/big to fill screen)

when i get my 550ti will anything be "bottlenecking"? and can someone please go in to further detail on what that means exactly?

also any other general advice about my rig would be awesome, thanks!

 

[DoomsWord89]

A "bottleneck" is often a term used when one piece of hardware would prevent another from being used effectively or to it's maximum potential. A lot of "older"or less powerful products naturally wont scale well with a "new" high-end product.

I personally have never ran anything at that resolution, but if you are simply gaming you should not have any issues.

As for general advice, I would suggest a different brand of PSU. Sunbeam PSUs are generally known to be very poor in terms of quality.

 

[FinneousPJ]

That's a low resolution that should be playable with a much lower end GPU, say 6700-series. The 550 Ti isn't very good value for money. Even a 6770 should totally own at that resolution.

 

[orich93]

when i set me resolution to 1920x1080 is takes a tiny portion of my screen, is there any way to fix this? if i go higher resolution at all, it doesn't fill up my screen.