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I now have my sapphire ati 5870, and have been running it on many games for about a month. I have a Phenom II x4 920 (stock 2.8ghz) overclocked to 3.33ghz. I was wondering if this woud bottleneck my 5870? And can someone explain how to tell if my CPU is bottlenecking? I never knew what to look for, like as in signs of bottlenecking.

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no it isn't bottlenecking ur CPU

if it was bottlenecking then u would see major slow downs in certain games

Reply to Upendra09

You could run a crysis benchmark and compare it to Tom's and see how much further your GPU can go.

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 22-13.html

Although I'd look at a few different benchmarks (and games) before deciding.

I'd say a Phenom II @ 3.33 shouldn't bottleneck a 5870, and if it does, it shouldn't by much at all. That's a pretty solid CPU for gaming.


Message edited by Raidur on 11-03-2009 at 07:20:07 AM
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Reply to Raidur

Just depends on the game, but overall I'd say the CPU was a weak spot. Do this, bench a game a few times to get a median score, then overclock your CPU a bit more and bench the same game again. If your avg FPS go up, then that game is limited by your CPU at those settings.

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