Name: Azrael_X 2005-01-03 20:46
Welp.. Got a new 6800 Ultra in the system. Beautiful card, runs faster, but I'm damn sure I got a pretty bad bottleneck with my 3200+. Why? Because although 90% of the time it's 2x faster than my old 5900 Ultra, there are still places in games (Doom3 and Half-Life2) that run at 30fps. Technically, that's not all that bad, but what bugs me is it runs at 30fps REGARDLESS of the quality settings. I don't have vsync on. It runs the same speed at 640x480 lowest settings in Doom 3 in a certain area as it does at 1024x768 4xAA 8xAF, which tells me my system is choking. The question is: would I see much of an improvement if I upgraded to a 64-bit 3200+ on a dual channel motherboard (I have 2x512 sticks)? I know the processor is no different in raw megahertz, but with a dual channel setup and and direct path to the processor instead of an FSB could I expect much improvement? I'm kinda hesitant to shell out $300+ if it's not going to make a difference. Opinions?