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would an x2 3600+ @ 2.85GHz bottleneck an hd4850?

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eroc   08-03-2008 at 04:41:34 AM

^ question above

input appreciated thanks

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teh_boxzor   08-03-2008 at 05:00:56 AM
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wow what are your settings to run that high? i had mine that high but i had to use 1.5 vcore and yes it would.

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San Pedro   08-03-2008 at 05:21:39 AM
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I wouldn't worry about any "bottleneck" you might have with that chip. You won't have any problems playing any of the newest games out.

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eroc   08-03-2008 at 05:31:07 AM
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okay, thanks
i run 1.4V ;)

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aevm   08-03-2008 at 05:31:07 AM
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If you play at a high resolution and enable all the eye candy then the video ard will matter more and the CPU less. Even if the card is unable to work at 100%, I'm sure it will still be a good gaming machine.

Eroc, is your CPU a Manchester or a Brisbane? That is, socket 939 or AM2? If it's socket 939 you'll have a very hard time upgrading the CPU, unless you buy a new MB too. If it's AM2 it should be easy.

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eroc   08-03-2008 at 05:34:23 AM
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aevm wrote :

If you play at a high resolution and enable all the eye candy then the video ard will matter more and the CPU less. Even if the card is unable to work at 100%, I'm sure it will still be a good gaming machine.

Eroc, is your CPU a Manchester or a Brisbane? That is, socket 939 or AM2? If it's socket 939 you'll have a very hard time upgrading the CPU, unless you buy a new MB too. If it's AM2 it should be easy.



AM2, i built this machine last year, i was debating building a new one with a q6600 and everything, but i figure this machine can hold me over with a basic GPU upgrade; the 7900gs i have in it is really not enough anymore. besides with nehalem around the corner i figure i should just wait

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eroc   08-03-2008 at 05:35:01 AM
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i play @ 1440x900 btw

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aevm   08-03-2008 at 05:51:14 AM
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Give it a try. I'm sure it will be a major improvement. If you're not happy, get an X2 5800+ ($96 at Newegg) for example.

I hope your PSU is up to the challenge. The 7900GS recommendation is 20A on the 12V rails, while the HD 4850 wants 32A.

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eroc   08-03-2008 at 06:02:44 AM
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aevm wrote :

Give it a try. I'm sure it will be a major improvement. If you're not happy, get an X2 5800+ ($96 at Newegg) for example.

I hope your PSU is up to the challenge. The 7900GS recommendation is 20A on the 12V rails, while the HD 4850 wants 32A.



i have a 550Watt PSU with dual 12v rails @ 18amps each, what do you think?

thanks for the input thus far

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doomturkey   08-03-2008 at 06:14:24 AM
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eroc wrote :

i have a 550Watt PSU with dual 12v rails @ 18amps each, what do you think?

thanks for the input thus far


Sounds sufficient to me

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Sharft6   08-03-2008 at 06:39:50 AM
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i have a quick question related to this.

say a game uses 100% of all cores or at least all the cores it can use.
Would the game benefit from a faster cpu?


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teh_boxzor   08-03-2008 at 07:07:21 AM
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yes

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