Bottlenecking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[the elve]

can i have bottleneck with such system,

ASUS m5a97

phenom II x2 555BE @3.8

SAPPHIRE 6950 2GB

500 WATT GAMMA PSU

4GB G-SKILL MEMORY 1600 MHZ


PLZ TELL ME IF I NEED ANY THING TO PUSH UP CUZ I FEEL SOMETHING LIKE GREAT FPS DROPPING IN GAMES LIKE GTA IV

Altough i am playing on 1024*768

or 1280*1024

 

[the elve]

ooooooooooooooooooh i almoost forgot i have 3 cores open successfully but unstable when 4 cores i have 4th core defective

 

[FinneousPJ]

At that low a resolution it must be the CPU. BTW, have you set your memory timings, they've probably defaulted to DRR3-1066 MHz, wasting your money.

 

[the elve]

hmmm, shall i do it 1600 mhz ?

what shall i do? change the cpu or what?

 

[FinneousPJ]

Just Google it or look around this site, you'll probably find details on how to set your memory timings and speed.

 

[the elve]

Best answer selected by the elve.

 

[AdrianPerry]

To get your RAM running at 1600MHz you usually need to enable XMP in your BIOS settings.

If your using a UEFI BIOS this can be found under "AI TWEAKER"

 

[spentshells]

a 3.8GHZ 3 core CPU is not the issue here its the poorly coded game

 

[swifty_morgan]

a 3.8GHZ 3 core CPU is not the issue here its the poorly coded game

regardless, the game requires a quad core processor from what I read. You can clock the heck out of that dual core and it wouldn't do the job.

 

[spentshells]

Ive seen it played on a E8400 and a 460GTX not a pretty sight.
Im interested, in core usage 1 sec


http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/05/19/real_world_gameplay_cpu_scaling/8


Yep bang on 4 cores to play properly or turned down the draw distance

 

[the elve]

so u try to say that even if i got 3 successive cores with 3.8 ghz it wont be enough for games like GTA IV and Battlefield 3

and shall i wait till bulldozer cpu`s LAUNCH or buy a quad core or even a X6 one?

 

[spentshells]

It seems the game requires 4 cores, Id wait for bulldozer they apparently just shipped