Will a Phenom II X4 955 bottleneck a 7870?

[pankakes123]

Helping a friend build a comp and I'm wondering if a Phenom II X4 955 will bottleneck a Radeon 7870.

 

[djangoringo]

You might want a X4 965 or the fx series, but it shouldn't bottleneck the card.

 

[HEXiT]

unlikely unless its single threaded and very undemanding. if you get to many fps on a single thread the cpu 200+ could cause fps bouncing. but turning on vsync on would sort that out.

 

[iceclock]

shouldnt be an issue. but as dj said, getting a little bit stronger cpu such as the fx 4300 or 6400 would be a better investement than an old phenom chip.

 

[nekulturny]

Rig in my sig is similar to what you're doing, but yes, I agree the newer PileDrivers are worthy successors, but I understand that Phenom IIs are still capable chips sub -$100 these days, its a hell of a deal to pass up. The FX-6300 is a pretty good CPU for the money.

 

[iceclock]

yar.

 

[timil]

My 965 bottlenecks my 7870 but not very heavily

once you get the pii to 3.8 it will be fine

 

[justinxtreme]

Overclock it to at least 3.6GHz and you'll be just fine, I would push for around 3.8GHz though.

 

[iceclock]

those amd phenom 2 chips overclock easy, 3.6 is mad easy.

 

[timil]

deneb is crap overclocker lol

4.0 is a push unless u got real lucky

 

[nekulturny]

deneb is crap overclocker lol

4.0 is a push unless u got real lucky

Says the guy who downclocked his. LOL.

 

[iceclock]

lol

 

[skitz9417]

i have my phemon x4 955 oveclocked at 3.8 and they overclock easly

 

[iceclock]

yar, this is true.

 

[pankakes123]

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