core 2 quad bottleneck my 670 ftw

redrigger

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will the wifes core 2 quad q9550 bottleneck my gtx 670 ftw that i would like to put in her machine.
at stock speeds

she is currently running a 1gb 7850 seems to be holding her machine back

any info is greatly appreciated

her machine is one of those dell xps machines that i got for a case of beer
8gig
q9550
nvidia proprietary dell mobo
1000w psu
 

redrigger

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i personally hate that computer as no standard mobo will fit in it. i think the 1000w psu used to get a bit of a workout due to the fact it originally had a gtx 280 installed
 


No, the 280 still would only pull about a total of 350-400w at 100% load...

But anyway, the 670 won't be bottlenecked by it at all :)