iOverclock Posted May 16, 2009 Posted May 16, 2009 Hey guyz I am ready to buy a new card for my gaming rig and i was wondering will my E6550 at 3.32ghz bottleneck the card. I was also wondering if i should get the Gainward Gtx260 216sp 55nm for $334 Aus dollars or should i pay a extra $16 for the Evga $349.50. If there is a better card for 1680x1050 in a similar price please tell. Its in Australian dollars by the way. Thx in advance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmc_boss Posted May 16, 2009 Posted May 16, 2009 Hey guyz I am ready to buy a new card for my gaming rig and i was wondering will my E6550 at 3.32ghz bottleneck the card. I was also wondering if i should get the Gainward Gtx260 216sp 55nm for $334 Aus dollars or should i pay a extra $16 for the Evga $349.50. If there is a better card for 1680x1050 in a similar price please tell. Its in Australian dollars by the way. Thx in advance. UMart has the MSI 216sp for $259.00 Check out MSY as well, not sure where you are located. The card will work well with your CPU. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iOverclock Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 Msy sell gtx 260 216sp? never noticed since it just says Gtx 260. The Asus one is the same price as evga and the gigabyte version is $289. Should i just get a gigabyte? nice to hear that my cpu will not bottleneck the gpu. Thx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmc_boss Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 (edited) Msy sell gtx 260 216sp? .... I'd be surprised if they had old stock (192 sp), but a phone call would confirm it. Your best bet is the cheapest 216sp version you can obtain, + Riva Tuner for a nice speed-bump ....edit.... if you were prepared to spend that much to begin with, MSY have the GTX 275 for $349.00, UMart have one for $339.00 I don't believe it's worth the extra $$ from the GTX 260 216 though. Edited May 17, 2009 by fmc_boss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iOverclock Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 (edited) yea i might aswell pay $20 for a Asus 4890 which would beat the 216 core in my resolution. Plus it comes with a voltage tweak for more overclocking. Edit: will the 4890 be bottlenecked by my cpu? My powersupply should be able to run it since it has 46 amps on the 12v railing. Thx for help Edited May 17, 2009 by iOverclock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmc_boss Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 ...will the 4890 be bottlenecked by my cpu?... Don't worry about a 'bottleneck', you'll notice a big improvement over your 8800 regardless which card you end up getting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheConqueror Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 Go with EVGA, awesome customer service. I wanted to test out if that was true, so I told them to send me case badges cause I didnt have any.. they actually did lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iOverclock Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 (edited) I cant get evga since im getting the 4890 so i think i would go for the XFX one which would be the best company for radeon cards in warranty or should i just get the Asus version for $40 cheaper? Edit: Nvm im getting a gtx 275 asus or gigabyte? Edited May 18, 2009 by iOverclock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iOverclock Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 Ok i will be getting the Gigabyte Gtx 275 for $366. Thx for your help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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