AMD 955 BE with 6950 2GB,bottleneck?

[ajaat]

Hi,
I'm purchasing a AMD 955 BE CPU as well as Radeon HD 6950 2GB,so I want know that does CPU bottleenck the GPU or everything just run perfectly?

 

[gnomio]

Whats your native resolution?

 

[ajaat]

1680 * 1050

 

[Welve]

at 1680x1050 perhaps slightly. what games are specifically noticing low performance?

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,2833-20.html

notice the the max difference in that particular set of games like 2-3%, the X4 970 being comparable to your processor with a 200 mhz difference in clock speed, CPU is not the end all for gaming in the vast majority of games.

 

[ajaat]

and If I overclock?does it gonna bottleneck?

 

[acerace]

I think not.

 

[we_san]

>try a game, use 1680x1050.
>try with 1400x900 or 1360x768 (anything lower)
>Notice fps increase (cpu not yet a bottleneck)
>Notice fps not increase (cpu bottleneck)

 

[gnomio]

Overclock it to 3.6GHZ. Beyond 3.6 the X4s dont seem to show any performance increase.