Will my CPU bottleneck my HD 5850??

[megagabobe1]

sup guys!!!!! do you think my intel core 2 duo e7400 at 3.3Ghz will bottleneck my HD 5850 at 1680x1050 resolution??

thx guys

 

[jesman1985]

if it were me.. id save up for a quad core just cause they have some really nice deals out.. but as far as gaming goes.. naa.. your good.. most games only use 2 cores anyways.. and to top it off you have a pretty nice overclock going so.. id say your good.

 

[mindless728]

if it were me.. id save up for a quad core just cause they have some really nice deals out.. but as far as gaming goes.. naa.. your good.. most games only use 2 cores anyways.. and to top it off you have a pretty nice overclock going so.. id say your good.

actually most games benefit more from a tri-core than anything else, and really a quad is going to be about necessary for games within a year or two (look at BF:BC2 it can utilize 8 threads if need be)

as for bottlenecking, i wouldn't worry too much about it (as i run a more powerful GPU system off of a slightly slower quad core and it is fine)

 

[megagabobe1]

Thx for replies ppl!!

 

[megagabobe1]

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