Will Athon 2 X4 640 bottleneck GTX 580?

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If so what are my options here i have a am3 socket board that supports up to 140 watt cpu
 
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Did I say something wrong? Dude, looks like you should get rid of your GTX580. You can never buy a system to keep up with it if you listen to all these guys!

I am just pointing out to you that if you don't want to change boards, the 1090T is as high as you should go. Even if games don't take advantage of 6 cores now, they will in the future. And 6 cores can multitask better than 4 in your daily life. Am I full of $hit when I say that, they add 2 cores for $hits and giggles or what? Are you all saying 6 core is a lower class of CPU? WTF is wrong with you people??? :pt1cable:

You are all trying to confuse this poor guy for no foreseeable reason. He will be plenty happy with a 965 or a 1090T. No need to keep filling his head up with...
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Looking at these 3 cpus atm want to make sure they work with my ram.i have 4 sticks 8gb can downclock to 1333 if needed

Ram-G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231277

Cpu1-AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727

cpu2-AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849

cpu3-AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Thuban 2.8GHz

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103851


I want to have no cpu bottleneck on this gtx 580 or system.
 

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If you don't want a CPU bottleneck, then get the 965 or the 1090T. The Single thread performance of the 1055T is too slow. The 965 single threaded performance is also higher than the 1090T slightly. But the 965 and 1090T are both Black Editions and can be easily overclocked. If you have the budget, go with the 1090T, because you can give it a slight multiplier bump and have it running the same as the 965, and you also have 2 more cores which will benefit you to run more background processes while gaming.
 
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580 would be a overkill at that resolution won't it?

Anyways 4ghz you say? The x4 managed to handle the 5970 without any worries

http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/cpu_scaling_with_the_radeon_hd_5970,13.html

So all in all is the 965 or the 1090t a better choice?
 
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Ok id prefer to be ready for the next year so ill stick with the 580.... can we get back on topic here...
 
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I dont see how it is going to bottleneck this bad. 60hz monitor can only use 60fps so why does it matter. i guess
 
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Well even if it bottleneck to hell and back it will still give me better fps then any other card. so i guess i dont care.
 
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dad bought it for me tonight lol, because in the graphics fourm in the past few days iv posted alot everyone there that knew my spec told me it wont bottle neck at 1920x1080 bad enough to harm fps
 
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this athlon held the gt 465 at 55 no dips my dads computer has a 9850 X4 and a 465 play fallout new vegas max at 54 fps no dips so i beg to differ
 

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Get the 965 C3 or the 1090T. If you are not going to overclock it at all, the 965 is already 4 cores at 3.4GHz. The 1090T is 3.2GHz, but it has 6 cores... which will benefit you more for multitasking. But like I said, the 965 and 1090T are black editions, so if you are curious about overclocking, all you need to do is go into your bios and raise the multiplier 1 or 2 steps, and put a aftermarket cooler on it if you want to go above 3.8GHz.

Seems this thread is not about CPUs anymore, it is about video cards now. If you really want to play all the latest games above 1080p with the highest settings and AA to max... you should be running the new 2600k overclocked to 4GHz, and run 2 video cards in SLI or crossfire. All current AMD systems and last generation Intel will bottleneck you if you want more than 60 FPS plus AA to max at resolutions higher than 1080p while playing a game that requires a lot of AI and taxing graphics. Other than changing everything, you will be perfectly happy with the 965 or 1090T. Just figure out which one you want to pay for. The 6 core will not help your FPS unless you are running a game optimized for 6 cores. Most games only benefit from 2-4 cores so far.
 

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Get the 965 C3 or the 1090T. If you are not going to overclock it at all, the 965 is already 4 cores at 3.4GHz. The 1090T is 3.2GHz, but it has 6 cores... which will benefit you more for multitasking. But like I said, the 965 and 1090T are black editions, so if you are curious about overclocking, all you need to do is go into your bios and raise the multiplier 1 or 2 steps, and put a aftermarket cooler on it if you want to go above 3.8GHz.

Seems this thread is not about CPUs anymore, it is about video cards now. If you really want to play all the latest games above 1080p with the highest settings and AA to max... you should be running the new 2600k overclocked to 4GHz, and run 2 video cards in SLI or crossfire. All current AMD systems and last generation Intel will bottleneck you if you want more than 60 FPS plus AA to max at resolutions higher than 1080p while playing a game that requires a lot of AI and taxing graphics. Other than changing everything, you will be perfectly happy with the 965 or 1090T. Just figure out which one you want to pay for. The 6 core will not help your FPS unless you are running a game optimized for 6 cores. Most games only benefit from 2-4 cores so far.


Seems most people are blind to what you are asking about. :pt1cable:
 

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Let me just point out what he is asking about. What is the highest CPU you can get. He doesn't want to change his video card. He doesn't want to change his whole system over to Intel. Based on the setup he has and what he wants to do... he should go with the 965 or 1090T. What is not clear about that? Is there something better that I am missing? I am answering his question precisely to the point. OK, some games utilize 6 cores. I said MOST games are still in the 2-4 core arena. I don't care which video card he has in fact. All I can say is there is no AMD higher than the 970 or 1090T... so if the 1090T is still a bottleneck for his video card, he has no other AMD options. PERIOD. :na:
 
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