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Hi OCN,

I just slapped a Sparkle 9400 GT into my sig rig. I'm pretty sure my P4 will bottleneck it like crazy, but will I see any significant performance gain over my geforce 6800?
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Hi OCN,

I just slapped a Sparkle 9400 GT into my sig rig. I'm pretty sure my P4 will bottleneck it like crazy, but will I see any significant performance gain over my geforce 6800?
Huge. The P4 will only bottleneck on multi-core specific applications, but even then it won't be that bad (Crysis = not playable). Keep in mind with the newer games, you will be limited by your processor. What games are you going to play?

EDIT: A point of quick clarification based on DuckieHo's post. Your P4 will not bottleneck the card. Your system and performance will be bottlenecked by your P4 in current games.
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I believe the 9400GT will be better.


I doubt a P4 will bottleneck an entry level card.
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I'll be playing Halo 2 Vista and a little bit of counter strike source. really, this was all i needed. i just wish i couldve gotten the 4670 instead, but but it was overpriced $110!
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If anything, your ram will bottleneck you.. If in fact you're running 266mhz ram still.
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If anything, your ram will bottleneck you.. If in fact you're running 266mhz ram still.
RAM frequencies don't really matter that much...
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sorry for the dbl post (im on my phone) but i bought it at compusa which is why i regret not waiting and just getting the 4670 online. still the little time i used it, it was great, fanless design really cut down on noise.
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I think the 6800 still is better then 9400GT. 9500GT ~ 8600GT and 8600GT was not much faster then 7600GT and 7600GT ~ 6800

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I think the 6800 still is better then 9400GT. 9500GT ~ 8600GT and 8600GT was not much faster then 7600GT and 7600GT ~ 6800
come on already.
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I think the 6800 still is better then 9400GT. 9500GT ~ 8600GT and 8600GT was not much faster then 7600GT and 7600GT ~ 6800
What over a new 9400gt with new tech
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Remember this thread is about Crysis jokes, and he said "Crysis"....thus, he must mean that Crysis itself is a joke.
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