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Originally Posted by Richard Lowe

Have a look at the HWCompare website...

http://www.hwcompare.com/1805/geforc...force-gtx-260/

You can change the two cards to compare at the top of the page, 8300GS vs a 260 is quite funny... ~1700% potential average performance increase

http://www.hwcompare.com/1825/geforc...force-gtx-260/


Unless you go much higher up in graphics cards you won't really notice any difference in games by overclocking that CPU as you'll still be limited by the card. You'd get more benefit from moving to Windows 7, although it's probably not worth the hassle/expense if everything's working fine as it is. Just pop a better graphics card in there and make sure your power supply can handle it

260's can be had on ebay for £50-£60
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GTX-260-Zo...item3a6f892345

Great links Richard - Cant believe the ratings for my 9800 GT against the GTX 260. I knew the GTX would be better, but it is a pretty sizeable boost in many areas... then again, at nearly twice the wattage, I would expect good things!