What should i Overclock?

[jchinn81]

What should I overclock? Processor/ram/videocard? What 1 of these would be first to cause a bottleneck? Geared more toward gaming. (Battlefield 2142) Thank you in advanced

AMD athlon II x2 240 2.80 ghz
2 Kingston 1 gig DDR2 pc-5200 333mhz 5-5-5-15-20 2T
Sapphire HD 5770 850/1200

 

[wintermint]

Overclock your 5770 using MSI After Burner. If you notice artifacts in your games, lower the overclock.

 

[jchinn81]

ok, core or mem? And thanks for the reply.

 

[keplaesh]

Overclock you Cpu too! that thing is your biggest bottleneck. what res. do you play at ?

 

[jchinn81]

I was thinking it was my cpu I was playing at 1280x1020 or whatever. now im playing at 1600x1400. No change in fps when I switched. So from what i understand, if theres no change in fps, then its more than likly my cpu?

 

[wintermint]

You should be able to update to a phenom ii x2 555 for around $80 perhaps and try to unlock it to quad core. If you can, the Phenom II x 955 can be had for around $120 alone. No guarantee but it's good performance already so it's not a big deal. When i overclock with MSI Afterburner I push everything up by small increments. I think core clock gives the most gain. Hope this helps you.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

if your running win vista or win 7, upgrade your ram to 4gb. Im not sure if you can unlock a cpu core with your current cpu? your motherboard must support this feature. I think you should concentrate on the cpu as its your main bottleneck.

 

[jchinn81]

Thanks for the info. I'll look into those processors with a mobo which can unlock the core. My current mobo does not. Whats an ok motherboard to unlock these cores with? I'm running win xp so I think I may be good on my ram.