9550 + GTX295 + P35chipset???

[earthdog666]

Hi all! and nice to met you guys

Last 2 weeks i made an "unexpected" upgrade...that is i wasnt planning to but it happened.

Went to a q9550 instead of a Core 2 Duo

From 8800GT to GTX295

all the above with DDR2/800/1066 RAM on a Gigabyte P35-DQ6 M/B

My questions guys are 2:

1) Is it normal for CPU-z to show variation in CPU speeds. I mean it goes from 2,83 to 2,00 GHZ.Is it because of EIST or i should worry?

2) Do i really need another motherboard e.g. P45-DS4 / DQ6 because i hold my new hardware to perform or i can continue using this for now? Will i see a noticable difference in performance?

Thanks

Elias

 

[mi1ez]

1) yes it's fine

2) that board should be ok, although I'll need input from others whether the PCIe1.0 of the P35 chipset will hold back a GTX295...

How much RAM do you have?

also, how did you make an unexpected upgrade of so many items!

 

[earthdog666]

Thanks!!!

I hope someone drops in and tell us about the board....

As for how i did the upgrade, it is simple...i got married!!!! )))

Elias

 

[San Pedro]

I think you should be fine. The the pci slot might bottleneck the gtx somewhat, but I don't think so much as to warrant the hassle of changing your motherboard.

I'm getting married too, but I don't think my wife is going to let me get a quad core to update my machine with. . . Maybe another TB of storage though.

 

[mi1ez]

Marriage FTW!

 

[evongugg]

You might need to flash the motherboard with the old processor, so it can work properly with the new processor.

 

[evongugg]

I mean it goes from 2,83 to 2,00 GHZ.Is it because of EIST or i should worry?

That is EIST or C1E.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/247006-28-running-full-speed-wrong-multiplier