Getting ready to crossfire a 4890

[hecjr82]

im getting ready to crossfire a 4890 xoc - do you think my cpu would be bottle necked? (it's at 3gzh quad 1 terbit hard drive- with only 178 gigs used) 4 gigs or ram

 

[jrhii]

what is the cpu.

 

[aztec_scribe]

Yeah what processor do you have?

 

[hecjr82]

it's a amd phenome 2x4 940 black edition 3.0 ghz quad

 

[hecjr82]

anyone home?

 

[HansVonOhain]

You are fine. Get the second card. You could just do a mild overclock to 3.2ghz to eliminate a slight bottleneck.

 

[hecjr82]

You are fine. Get the second card. You could just do a mild overclock to 3.2ghz to eliminate a slight bottleneck.

do you know how t over clck this chip, can you give me #'s

 

[OvrClkr]

do you know how t over clck this chip, can you give me #'s

What motherboard do you have?

Start with this guide, you can ask questions later

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/258573-29-black-edition-overclock-guide

 

[megamanx00]

I think you would be a little limited at stock speeds so you may want to look into overclocking your CPU. Also, make sure your motherboard has 2 16x slots or 2 8x slots. Using something like a 16x/4x setup will certainly affect performance. In some games the effect is alot worse than others.

 

[hecjr82]

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