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Aristhewargod13   08-25-2009 at 11:44:55 AM

My system: E6850 at 3Ghz, Asus P43 mobo, 4 GB Kingston 1066, Gigabyte GTX 285 1GB DDR3, Zalman 600W psu and windows vista 32.

My question is if the cpu is bottleneck my system. I play all games like Crysis, Fear 2, Far Cry 2, Company of heroes, Gothic 3, Assasins Creed, etc... My monitor is 22' and i play at the resolution of 1650X1080 with full details. Except Crysis (41 fps) all the other games i have over 50 fps. I have seen i a lot of reviews that my GTX 285 can go faster with another rig. Is the cpu the problem??

My second question is if the new games that will come like Diablo3, Starcraft 2, Aion etc...will play over 40 fps in my computer.

Is it worth to change my current cpu with E8600 or maybe with a quad core? Or even should overclock my current at 3.4Ghz (i am afraid alittle :??: )

Thank you

P.S. sorry for my poor english...

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   08-25-2009 at 12:03:41 PM
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Your CPU is fine, the best you might see by changing it for an E8600 is about 10-15% overall but pretty much bugger all in gaming. I had an E6850 for a while but had to give it up as it was a loaner until my E8400 arrived, this proved to be a 'little' bit faster and a 'little' bit cooler but otherwise no difference at standard clockspeeds as I was under strict instruction to not OC the 6850 I cannot make a comparison about that aspect.

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baddad   08-25-2009 at 12:25:53 PM
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I OC my e6850 to 3.4GHz or 15% with no problems it use to be on my game machine but is now on my main machine. As long as you play in the resolution you play in, 1650X1080 you should be ok.

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fatcat   08-25-2009 at 03:10:21 PM
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I owned a 6850 and now it's in my wife's rig. Even by today's standards, it's still a very capable CPU.

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Aristhewargod13   08-25-2009 at 04:37:25 PM
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Thank you all guys. Maybe i will keep my E6850 and overcloack him at 3.4 GHZ.

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The_Blood_Raven   08-25-2009 at 05:24:56 PM
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My cousin is still using my old E6750 @ 3.6 GHz and the thing still tears through games. Your E6850 should be able to manage 3.4 GHz easy, maybe even 3.6 GHz.

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Aristhewargod13   08-26-2009 at 09:03:32 AM
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Maybe you are right but i am afraid to go over 3.4 GHZ...

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Bronze Graphics badge jaguarskx   08-26-2009 at 09:15:13 AM
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Don't worry about OC'ing too much, the gain will be marginal.

In this case, piece of mind should prevail, unless you have cash on hand to replace the CPU, just in case...


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The_Blood_Raven   08-26-2009 at 03:43:03 PM
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Aristhewargod13 wrote :

Maybe you are right but i am afraid to go over 3.4 GHZ...



I'll tell you right now, that CPU doesn't like anything over 70c and keep the voltage below v1.45, if you can do both of those you will be fine.

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zipzoomflyhigh   08-26-2009 at 07:01:08 PM
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Yeah cmon, my E6300 ran 3.45ghz at 1.325v and never went above 60c with a cheap freezer 7 pro. I normally ran it at 3.03ghz and undervolted to 1.248. I just sold it for $40 after 2 1/2 years.
Just remember, voltage kills chips and you dont always need to raise voltage to get a good overclock, especially on a dual core.
I think you'll get her to 3.2 no problem, just set your cpu/fsb ratio so that your not running your ram much over spec and your fine. Seeing you have 1066 ram tells me you should be fine. I only had 800mhz memory.


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Aristhewargod13   08-27-2009 at 09:26:02 AM
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Finally i overcloack the cpu at 3.4 Ghz and i have 5fps more in Crysis!

Thank you all gyus.

P.S. Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 (when they come) will run over 40 fps at 1680X1050 full details in my rig?

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The_Blood_Raven   08-27-2009 at 12:32:22 PM
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We can not see the future, but they should run great on your rig since they are supposed to be very optimized.

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zipzoomflyhigh   08-27-2009 at 04:16:41 PM
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Awesome! What temps are you getting under load?

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Aristhewargod13   08-27-2009 at 04:46:53 PM
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40 C cpu (i have the THERMALTAKE CL-P0467 MAXORB EX) and 34 C mobo.

I am very pleased...thanks to you gyus!

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zipzoomflyhigh   08-27-2009 at 06:49:17 PM
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Theres no way at 3.4ghz your getting 40c in Prime95, lol.

What temp monitoring program are you using? You better try CoreTemp before you have a meltdown.

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Aristhewargod13   08-28-2009 at 09:17:24 AM
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no really. The monitoring program is Asus Probe and my bedroom has aircondiitioning at 24c. If i play over 3 hours it goes 42-43c.

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zipzoomflyhigh   08-28-2009 at 02:44:03 PM
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Dude, get real. Asus probe is probably wrong or whatever game your playing is not stressing your cpu.

Prime95 will stress your cores 100%. You should download CoreTemp and check your temps after 20minutes of Prime95. Then you'll know what your real temps are.

Trust me, theres no way your maxing at 42-43c. No possible way!




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meniac   10-02-2009 at 05:23:50 AM
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I agree zipzoo....:p

Mine shows 40-52c in the BIOS (Not stressed) at idol. Not tested at full load yet.

Stock (default settings) with Gigabyte GTX260+ (sp216). 3DMark06: 14,318
OC'd to 3.8Ghz with stock cooler & no votage mod's. 3DMark06: 15,275

sweeeeeet :)

I did see a BIOS temp of about 70c thou ;) hehehehehee
Will do more testing tonight. Prime95 and CoreTemp is the way to go :)
You can also try Everest.... Good luck........

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