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AMD Athlon II X4 640 + GTX 650 OC 1gb

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August 27, 2013 12:02:25 PM

Hello People :) 
This is my first Post here on this forum :)  So Hello Everyone! :) 
Well my question is do will GTX 650 bottleneck on Athlon II X4 640
at 1366x768 Resolution??
I have now an Dual core CPU (AMD Athlon II X2 240) with Mobo (ASUS M2N68AM-SE2) so i m planing upgrading CPU to Athlon II X4 640.

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August 27, 2013 12:08:52 PM

No, but the processor is rather old. I'd advocate a complete platform upgrade (AM3+), as anything that you'd put in that socket is more or less a side-grade.

However, if you really want to, I recommend you get the Phenom II x4 955.
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August 27, 2013 12:12:22 PM

MajinCry said:
No, but the processor is rather old. I'd advocate a complete platform upgrade (AM3+), as anything that you'd put in that socket is more or less a side-grade.

However, if you really want to, I recommend you get the Phenom II x4 955.


Its ASUS M2N68AM-SE2 , He can handle Phenom II 955 but its expensive for me so i will stay with athlon if is possible..
But GTX 650 Will not bottleneck on athlon ii x4 640 ?

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August 27, 2013 12:20:16 PM

No, it won't. Though your CPU may hold you back in CPU dependent games, such as Skyrim or BF3.
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August 27, 2013 12:24:33 PM

MajinCry said:
No, it won't. Though your CPU may hold you back in CPU dependent games, such as Skyrim or BF3.

So it will bottleneck on BF4 ? OR new Games?
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August 27, 2013 12:44:14 PM

Stefag40 said:
MajinCry said:
No, it won't. Though your CPU may hold you back in CPU dependent games, such as Skyrim or BF3.

So it will bottleneck on BF4 ? OR new Games?


Are you trying to future proof? Stop that right now; it's impossible and a waste of money.

Yeah, it will bottleneck on BF4. It will bottleneck on the minority of games that are CPU dependent. Your GPU will be the bottleneck on most games.
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August 27, 2013 12:51:49 PM

I would just save up for a new motherboard, cpu, and ram at this point.
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August 27, 2013 1:16:01 PM

athlon x4 640 is very poor for games. If you can get a phenom 2 x6 on your current mobo get it.
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August 27, 2013 1:23:35 PM

hafijur said:
athlon x4 640 is very poor for games. If you can get a phenom 2 x6 on your current mobo get it.


Yeah maybe but i saw some ppl Play Games fine on this specs :)  and amd athlon II X4 640 is cheap so its good for me and i dont need better too much just to play games on med-low or high :)  I just asked if it will Bottleneck :) 
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August 27, 2013 6:22:35 PM

Don't grab a phenom proc. Even if you were to get it for about 50 bucks it still probably wouldn't be worth it compared to your athlon. I won't lie, the phenom is better, but not 50-100 bucks better.
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August 28, 2013 6:38:57 AM

Actually, due to its lack of L3 cache, I would argue that a PhII X4 or X6 is definitely worth it if that is all that can be spent. The recent AMD roundup shows that the 640 just isn't that capable of a chip anymore while the PhII can still put up a strong showing given its age.
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September 1, 2013 11:03:57 AM

But can my Mobo Handle Phenom 955? or 955 Be? And why cant handle 965?
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September 3, 2013 8:03:29 AM

Stefag40 said:
But can my Mobo Handle Phenom 955? or 955 Be? And why cant handle 965?


Your board only supports up to a 95w CPU. The 965 is 125w. Make sure the CPU you buy for that board is 95w or less.
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September 3, 2013 11:05:23 AM

Go for X4 640 atleast it will run games better than your Athlon X2
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September 3, 2013 11:45:53 AM

Woops, I thought he had a x3 not a x2... In that case yes the upgrade is worth it. And if you can, grab the phenom. It won't make a tremendous difference over the athlon but it will help for sure.

Again, my bad thought it was a x3.
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