Ati radeon 4850 help

[coolyou]

Does pentium dual core e2140 bottleneck ati radeon 4850?
if it bottleneck what cpu that wont bottleneck 4850?
i use to play games on 1280x1024 resolution

my specs
pentium dual core e2140
asrock conroe1333 d667 r2.0
1x1gb kingston value ram ddr2 667
1x2gb kingston ddr2 667
320gb wD
powercolor ati radeon 4850 PCS+ OC edition
hec raptor 510 watts

ps sorry for bad english

 

[Nik_I]

at that resolution, yes. but you can easily overclock your E2140 to around 3Ghz. that would get rid of the bottleneck.

 

[pete4r]

very bad advice. people are asking questions they are not sure off, and all you (pro nerds) ever reply is "overclock it to 3GHz" it seems the only answer and solution you guys could ever offer. at this point, i think bottleneck a little bit is much easier to live with than trying to get their E2140 to 3GHz.

To Coolyou, yes it bottlenecks a tiny little bit, but at 1280 x 1024 you dont need to worry much as nothing your eyes can tell if you dont try to push graphics settings to maximum, as neither the CPU or the graphics card is top of the range. keep the AA and AF low you shouldnt notice any bottlenecks. and games still look sweet

 

[Nik_I]

at that resolution, the cpu will play a bigger part. a 1.6Ghz cpu is never going to give the performance you'd like it to give.

 

[tenaciousleydead]

AA/AF wouldn't matter if he were being bottle necked by the cpu. That resolution is generally low enough that the cpu has a greater effect over frame rates. Overclocking would speed his system up significantly for free, why would someone not suggest it. Also were not saying he "has to" hit 3.0Ghz, even though its relatively easy to hit on the 2xxx chips.

 

[pete4r]

AA/AF wouldn't matter if he were being bottle necked by the cpu. That resolution is generally low enough that the cpu has a greater effect over frame rates. Overclocking would speed his system up significantly for free, why would someone not suggest it. Also were not saying he "has to" hit 3.0Ghz, even though its relatively easy to hit on the 2xxx chips.

if it was so easy and if the guy who asked the question knows, then he wouldnt need to ask the very basic and question of "is his cpu bottlenecking his graphics card" then would he?

instead of telling him to "overclock to 3GHz" and "its easy to overclock it to 3GHz" or just because you can and you did it, how about actually answer his question?


E6750, E6850, E7200, E7300, E7400, E8200, E8300, E8400

 

[50bmg]

y spend money, when he can hit 2.8G? The e2140 has a multiplier of 8. WIth you ram i would go no higher than 333mhz fsb x 8multiplier. That will get you 2.66Ghz. It will keep your memory ratio at 1:1.

Yes, if he has the money, it would be safer to get dual core that stock clocks at 2.8 or higher. but those will cost $150 plus. An e5200 is $80 and an e7300 is $120, but those both will need OCing to not bottleneck. I would OC my current cpu and watch my temps. IF the temps are high, i would get a better cooler for ~$20.

or this E7400 will get you to 2.8G with no OC, but it is $140: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115206