Originally posted by: deadseasquirrel
Originally posted by: fire400
Pff, it's a bloody outdated s754, it used to be that the any AMD s939 would do for a game back in 2005. it's 2006 obviously.
it's like running a Northwood Celeron with a 7600GT in my eyes. save the money from getting that dead end AGP solution and get a dual core CPU and a faster GPU.
gaming on the 3200 is old skool, kids.
The Pentium D is way faster than a 3200.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/07/14/...knocks_out_athlon_64/page12.html#games
You tell me where the 3200 will fit on these lists? Way_Below...
Op brags that he wants to hit 1600x1200 resolutions for games?
Yeah, no problem, just turn all the eye candy off and you're set!
Thinking that a processor from 2005 can't run games in 2006..... strike one.
Linking to Tom's Hardware for discussing useful benchmarks...... strike two.
Thinking a 3200+ can't play games at 1600x1200...... aw, strike three. Looks like no joy in Mudville today.
If Tom's had shown charts at 1600x1200, what you'd see is that in just about every game on that page, each CPU would show about the exact same FPS.
But he didn't. Yet there are plenty of other benches out there to prove it. Yes, there are some games where a faster (or even dual-core) CPU can increase gaming performance even at 1600x1200; namely Flight Sims and online games. There is also a benefit of using a faster CPU when utilizing Crossfire or SLI.
But to call the 3200+ a *bottleneck* would be a gross misuse of the word. Wanna test it out? It's easy. I have a 3000+ and an x1900xtx. I should be bottlenecked like a sumbitch then, right? Well, ya know what happens when I game at 1024x768, then raise the resolution to 1600x1200, then to 2048x1536? The FPS goes down. Well, waddya know. If this weak "old skool" 3000+ were bottlenecking this still high end x1900xtx card, I'd get the same damn FPS across ALL resolutions. But that doesn't happen. So, please explain, fire400, how would it bottleneck an even slower video card?
I don't get why gamers are so concerned all the time with bottlenecking their video card. Even if it were holding back the card's full potential a little bit, so what... raise the resolution, use AA, use MSAA, use 16AF, turn up everything. Because no matter how you slice it, a faster CPU can gain you a few frames here and there, but, as we've seen with G80, a faster GPU can frickin DOUBLE your framerate if you already own a high-end card. Even moreso if you own a midrange or lower.
SoMBrA, 2.5ghz from that 3200+ is good. I'm running mine at 2.5 also and haven't been bottlenecked in the least at 1600x1200 with my XTX.