CPU bottleneck question

[Guest]

foxconn intel pentium d cpu 3 00GHz will a radeon hd 5770 1G be fine to use or will the cpu cause a massive bottle neck?

 

[decode]

No, It will cause a MASSIVE bottle neck, I doubt any Pentium D's even support PCI-E 16x slot's at all.

Do you want some recommendations on a new system?

 

[Timop]

Pentium Ds do support PCIe X16, its all the NB on S775.

However, it will bottleneck, not MASSIVELY, but pretty bad. See if you can build a new rig or does your Mobo support C2Ds.

 

[Moey_7]

like what Timop said see if your mobo can support C2D, if not i think its time you need a new rig

 

[Guest]

I do have the PCI-E 16x slot, but being a pentium D its giving me a headache, i bought the pc a couple years back for the mrs, now she's got a laptop i've claimed this back, and decided a wanted to build it up abit see what i could get out of it, however i've hardly touched a pc for 5 years and things have moved on alot since then, advice and help would be great.

 

[Timop]

For a value build, an Athlon X3 + 870/770 board wold be great. What RAM do you have in this?

 

[iam2thecrowe]

I say get the card if you want it, but get a CPU upgrade to C2D, otherwise you would get the same FPS getting a lesser card like the 5670.

 

[Guest]

Its only got 1G DDR2 (pc2-4300) 1 free slot, I will get it upgraded

 

[Guest]

It has 2 Cores but im not sure about the difference between C2D

 

[94_xj]

Do you know what motherboard it is? It would be worth ditching that power sucking space heater of a dual core for a C2D and going for more and faster memory for sure. The Pentium Ds are just terribly inefficient processors both with power and clock per clock performance.

 

[Guest]

In fact im not even sure what C2D is Core 2 Duo?

 

[Guest]

ok my motherboard specs
Property Value
Manufacturer Foxconn
Model 45GM/45CM
Version
Serial Number UYPV72204847

North Bridge Intel i945G Revision A2
South Bridge Intel 82801GB (ICH7/R) Revision A2

CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
Cpu Socket Socket 775 LGA

System Slots 4 PCI

Memory Summary
Maximum Capacity 2048 MBytes
Maximum Memory Module Size 2048 MBytes
Memory Slots 2

Could you please recommend a decent Motherboard for me to start my build with?

 

[Guest]

It has been a long time since i've messed around with a pc, Im really looking forward to getting back into it, but it's rather daunting to be honest with so much changing.

 

[Guest]

Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L - Motherboard - ATX - iP35 - LGA775 Socket - UDMA133, SATA-300 - Gigabit Ethernet - High Definition Audio (8-channel)

Is this a good starting point?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the links checking them out now.

 

[Guest]

Great links! Thanks pal, im going to continue reading and i will pop back tomorrow with a few more questions. Soooo im going to sell this pc and build myself a decent gaming pc, but where the hell am i going to start AMD or Intel? DDR2 or DDR3 DX10 or 11 or both? crossfire? i think my brains going to melt lol, Again thanks for your help, im off for now got some thinking to do.

 

[Timop]

Dont expect C2D from a Foxconn..
The P35 is a decent board, but unless you're getting one used for a nice deal, any AMD 870/770 board+AM3 will beat it for the same or less money.

What is your budget and where you live?

 

[decode]

mmmmmm fresh air is good.

For a low budget I'd recommend a AM3/Athlon II combo, for higher budgets I'd recommend a AM3/Phenom II or Thuban Combo, or a P55/i5 combo.