E8400 and HD 5850

I doubt it would...

a little but nothing major, would also depend more on the game since some games simply utilize two cores.

Only if the game is heavy on CPU usage and enjoys multiple cores. At that resolution, the only game that I think it would bottleneck would be FSX.

Best answer selected by bobofdark.

Yes it is my bad lol

I have an E8400 and a 5850 Black edition, plays everything fine. Don't worry about it.

What fine mean? everything on max and very good fps?

Everything is maxed out for what i play. Usually played games:
Bad Company 2
Modern Warfare 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Counterstrike

if you want to know a specific game, i may be able to tell you if i've played it.

Crysis for sure haha its my benchmark  

can't say for now, played Crysis back when i had an 8800GT. I'll be going back to my apartment sometime tomorrow (visiting parents currently) so i can probably tell you soon.

alright thx

I guess its time to give Crysis a rest.. Metro 2033 should take its place IMO..

Well can Metro 2033 be run at max on my set up?

To be honest, I've no idea.. Haven't played it till now.. The reviews I've read over the net have pointed it to be a real heavyweight when it comes to pulling down systems on their knees.. Though i could not conclude on whether its heavily dependent on graphics or CPU or both.. Check up with google.. There are many reviews out there..

Currently, Metro cannot be maxed out by any normal setup at that resolution.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/geforce-gtx-480-3-way-sli...

Blame it on poor coding.
So I don't think it qualifies as a practical benchmark.

Metro 2033 is a beast of a game for the GPU. I want to see more games like this come out. Should be more considering the 2nd heaviest game is 3 years old.

Yes, but it is unfortunate that the beast doesn't look half as good as the beauty that is Crysis.