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Q6600 With 480GTX

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Hi all

I just got a 480GTX and install to my computer. but finding out the speed isn't working as fast as i though it would be. and after asking EVGA with 5 e-mail. they come up with this.

"It seems your system is bottle necking with the DDR2 memory and the older CPU you are using (even if it is overclocked). If you compare your score with other users that have similar setups they are getting similar scores. "

my spec are

CPU Q6600 oc 3.2Ghz
Memory 8Gb DDR 2 ram running at 900Mhz
Motherboard 780i EVGA
Video Card 480GTX EVGA
PSU 750W
OS Windows 7 64bit


Now my question is.
-is it true that my computer is bottle necking?
-would it help if i OC some more on the RAM?
-do i need to get a i7 to not bottle neck? (it seem i7 have a lower clk speed)

-What other program can i use beside 3dMark06 and 3dMarkVantage to see how fast my video card score.

Thankyou all for helping

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The Q6600 is old, but at 3.2GHz I doubt it would bottleneck a single GeForce GTX 480. Did you make sure to remove all the drivers of your previous card before installing this one in?

Yup, i doubt your OC'ed Q6600 is bottlenecking the card, i know this proc is old, but it's still strong enough...

Make sure you get rid all of the remaining of the previous card using Driver Sweeper before installing the new card...
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sorry for the late reply

Alright I just did a full reinstall of Windows 7 and install the driver for the video card.
after running 3dMark Score i got a score of 15448 with 8AA. Still need to run fps test on BFBC2 and other games to see if that help any at all.

Josh

With Battlefield Bad Company 2 i get the in game fps of 39-60ish
it is playable but i though it would do batter then that.

doesn't anyone else have any idea?

Josh

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I got this from EVGA


>Josh
>Answered By Matthew H (05/22/2010 11:47:20 AM): Joshua,
>
>Its a combination of the CPU and DDR2 RAM along with bus speeds associated >with the 2. You are also going to be limited by the capability of your motherboard >and the components that are compatible with it. If you compare you scores to >other users with similar setups you will see your scores are very similar to theirs.
>
>Regards,
>EVGA Technical Support. "

so is it true that I need a i7 and a new motherboard and DDR3 Ram to run 1 x 480 GTX with out bottle necking???

Josh

You said before:
"I just got a 480GTX and install to my computer. but finding out the speed isn't working as fast as i though it would be."

How did you know that? :) 

Q6600 at 3.2 GHz is good, if there's any chances your CPU bottlenecking the GTX 480, it should be not much...

even though q6600 is good its not so good as to run the card at full capacity
1.if u want to unleash the beast the only way is to get DDR3 Ram(sorry its painful but truth) and core i7
2.use win7 x64 version ultimate for optimum speed(sine q6600 is x64 bit)
3.try overclocking your gpu using rivatuner.

This link is from TH's recent "Building a Balanced Gaming PC"- they didn't use a GTX 480 but they did use a HD 5870 and HD 5890. They're getting the same performance from an E8400 (OC'd to 4.4GHz) and a Q9550 (OC'd to 3.7 GHz) as an OC'd Core i7 920. They used DDR-2 RAM at 988 on the E8400 so RAM really shouldn't be bottlenecking either.

These systems are running with the CPUs at noticeably faster OC's than yours but it's probably not going to be any kind of night and day performance difference if you OC closer to 4GHz or run a core i7 processor.

gonf said:
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I got this from EVGA


>Josh
>Answered By Matthew H (05/22/2010 11:47:20 AM): Joshua,
>
>Its a combination of the CPU and DDR2 RAM along with bus speeds associated >with the 2. You are also going to be limited by the capability of your motherboard >and the components that are compatible with it. If you compare you scores to >other users with similar setups you will see your scores are very similar to theirs.
>
>Regards,
>EVGA Technical Support. "

so is it true that I need a i7 and a new motherboard and DDR3 Ram to run 1 x 480 GTX with out bottle necking???

Josh

I think Evga is correct, but you 'don't need a i7', your conclusion, it just explains the differences between your rig and optimal numbers from halo systems.
Also this game is performing uncharacteristic like on Fermi right now, the trend of the delta between it and the 5870 is not there in most reviews. Drivers,combination of settings, dx11.?

Thank you all for helping
so to conclude I'll stop putting anymore stuff to my computer and wait until i play a game that lag and just get a New computer.

Thax all

Josh

Your problem is probably with BFBC2. For some reason BFBC2 runs really well on the i7s with the new 400 series. While in most games your CPU is NOT a bottleneck, for reading a lot of forums posts lately it seems that it IS a bottleneck when it comes to BFBC2.
Anonymous

what was your vantage score? Mine was 18193 at stock... You know current engines are pretty bad... Metro 2033 comes to mind, Bad com 2 runs good though... We have a p4 min card, you of course will not have the stats of a i7. I set up cod4 mw2 at max and it seems to run good.

Q6600@2.4gz
4gigs Corsiar ddr2
gigabyte board idk remeber the model
msi gtx 480 at stock
corsair xt750
antech 900(POS)

i have a Q6600 Core 2 Quad And A GTX 480 And I Have ZERO! Bottleneck All You Have To Do Is Bump Up The Clock Speeds Of The Cpu To 3.0GHZ And Bump Up The FSB to 1333mhz And You Will See No Bottle Necks Whats So Ever!! :sol:  Im A Experienced Computer Technician And Am Currently Working On My Last Certification
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