Will this processor cause bottlenecking issues?

[Kenwood]

Honestly, I'm not a fanboy of intel, though I do like nVIDIAs.

The last two x1650 Pro's I have had never lasted more than a year without either completely dying, or having severe color issues. The first one burnt out, and the second one has heat damage, but it didn't die soon enough because the hard drive broke, being a 6 year old hard drive.

The stock 9800 pro on it from 2004 wasn't bad, 4 years must be alright.

I'm sorry for not being the most trustworthy person over ATi's products. I do think they are very good performers, but I am judging by price and reliability. I have friends who have 7300GT's and older still running today.

My bad for correcting you.

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Cola, tbh any card that can run GTA IV on medium settings and get20-30 fps is no low range card.

Here's what cards that would fit in the following divisions, with first being lowest level and best in class at the end.

Budget:
Anything integrated, except the APU's,8400GS and lower, 9400 and lower, 7050 onboard, 4550 onboard ,anything less than a 4650

Low Range: 220, 320, 230, 330, GT 240 low power versions 9600GT Low power.

Mid range: Some GT 240's, 4670-5570, maybe some ATi 6 series, 9800GT, GTS 250-550, GTX 260-460, 9800GTX, 9800GTX+, 5670

High range: 9800GX2(very powerful), 5750-5870, GTX 280's dual sli, 6750 and up

If you do notice that the Radeons are higher range cards, they are good performers.

Intel? Overpriced.
AMD is better priced, and, yeah.

No fanboy here. -_-