Phenom ii x4 965 issue

LarryDee

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Phenom ii x4 965 + r7 250. My asus MB does not support this cpu, but it runs. Witcher 3 low settings: gpu 99%/cpu 30-40%. Does this mean that i need to change MB?
 
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It supports the phenom 960 so hand adjust the voltage down a bit. You should be able to dial in a lower voltage as AMD always sets it bit high to cover all their bases. Now your CPU is as good as my thuban and mine works great with the R9 280. The 1050ti is about the same speed as the 280 so it should work for your system. The rx470 is cheap only $169 so its another good option. I wouldn't suggest a 1060 or 480 as its to much bottleneck at that level.

LarryDee

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Thank you for your answer. I know my video card is low, but i thought that my cpu is not that great o.o just tried mid and high settings - dropped some frames(25-30 at low and 14-17 at high)but cpu usage was around 40%\gpu 99% and 1000-1600mb of its memory. So...nothing wrong with my MB not supporting cpu? M5A78L-M LX3 - this MB does not support 965 phenom and cpu over 95w tdp
 
It supports the phenom 960 so hand adjust the voltage down a bit. You should be able to dial in a lower voltage as AMD always sets it bit high to cover all their bases. Now your CPU is as good as my thuban and mine works great with the R9 280. The 1050ti is about the same speed as the 280 so it should work for your system. The rx470 is cheap only $169 so its another good option. I wouldn't suggest a 1060 or 480 as its to much bottleneck at that level.
 
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