Q8400 Bottleneck GTX 660

_deadshot

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Hello guys ,

My system specs :-

Core 2 Quad Q8400 @2.66GHZ
Trancend 2 GB RAM
Gigabyte G41 Mobo
Asus Direct Cu II GTX 660 OC Edition
500GB Seagate HDD
LG Cinema D2342 23" 3D Monitor

I recently upgraded from 9400gt to gtx 660...so the jump is TOO DAMN HIGH

I saw all the videos & even posted on this forum to get suggestion for 660

First game :- The witcher 2

I should be able to max out The witcher 2 with ubersampling off...but i am getting pretty laggy & low frame rates...so i turned down the shadows & still the same & even played with v sync On & off

GTA 4

Ok this game is a bad port & buggy as hell in terms of graphics & i've heard that it uses more CPU power than the GPU ...I get max 13 FPS & minimum 8 FPS

So a gtx 660 should be able to max out above games..i know the titles mentioned are graphic intensive games...i dont wish ultra settings on 660 but still at least playable framerates...

I wud have posted videos but with fraps these games become literally unplayable

Is this because of my Q8400...i searched the web & 60% of so called research says YES.. what do you guys think


 
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Hamza829

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I was facing the same problem.
First i overclocked the cpu to 3.2 ghz on a ddr 2 motherboard but failed (same 10-20 fps)
Then i bought a ddr3 motherboard asus p5p43td and overclocked the cpu to 3.2ghz and problem solved(40+ fps in all games)
but for witcher 2 minimum 4gb ddr3 ram is required
 
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slugg

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