So whats your final choice ya? 

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By the way, I am getting my 88GT soon and I would like to know what are the procedures you guys follow in installing this card?
Is these steps correct?

1) Get Nvidia 88GT related driver.
2) Get Driver Cleaner.
3) Uninstall old Nvidia Driver from Control Panel
4) Restart computer.
5) Log into Safe Mode. Remove all Nvidia related drivers. Turn off comp.
6) Remove old card. Place 88GT.
7) Start back comp, install Nvidia 88GT related driver.
8) Done

yeah, proc is a factor in 3dmark06 score but does it translate to in-game performance/fps?

hey guys, i was wondering... how much does a CPU affects framerates? I've got Asus 8800GT recently, but I really think my game is not running as fast as i expect. my CPU is AMD X2 4200+, ram is Trancend 2Gig.

Was wondering if i changed the CPU to 6000 will it has like.. say....maybe 10% or more difference?

running crysis benchmark only gets about average of 37fps on 800x600 high settings...

@Amal

hey may i know ur MSI GC card temp for default fan speed? thanks!

at what % of fan speed for the temp you post up there?

erm, CPU: AMD X2 4200+ (think is 2.4Ghz)
        RAM: 2GB Trancend
        motherboard: ASUS M2NE

i also think that my CPU is the source of the bottleneck... just would like to check with you guys. anyone ran crysis benchmark? the GPU and CPU performance also gave me around 37fps average on high settings @ 800x600 (not very high, the option's disabled for me). think that's a little bit low for this baby ASUS 8800GT 512MB (not TOP).

However, not sure if i should use the smartdoctor utility to Overclock it or not, i just set it to use smart hyperdrive thing. forgot the name... and set to CPU. but didn't notice any real difference also.

Any idea guys? 

well, was thinking of probably getting a newer CPU but seeing this link whereby the compare the different CPUs and 8800GT.. it didn't have that much significant difference at all..

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/$...grade/page5.asp

should be around 10fps difference... i was hoping for probably 15 - 20fps jump... but then again i can run CoD4 with max settings no prob at 1024x786.

probably i SHOULD OC my CPU....

Amal,

You finally got a Geforce 8800 GT, good on you. How's it going for you? I mean the card.

Yeah I play using 1280x1024 for COD4 with 4xAA and 16xAF turned on. No lag, finished the whole game.

Also that resolution for bioshock with all those turn up.

Cheers,

Ken

our forumer rlhc also did the same result with his MSI 8800gt red pcb(stock hsf)