is not as fast as the e6600 at stock speed in different games with the same rig. During the process I ended up with a question about bottleneck: how does it work exactly? What causes a bottleneck? I have been surfing around to understand properly bottlenecking...

Gaming Build Bottleneck. I've recently ordered a BFG 9800GTX+ OC along with an Athlon 64 X2 5200 Brisbane 2.7GHz and an Asus M4A78 PRO 780G motherboard for my first gaming build and had a question about bottlenecking. I've come to realize that the processor...

was planning to buy a 9800gtx+ my question to you is: will the amd 7550 bottleneck the 9800gtx+? You would ceirtanly get higher FPS with a better proc, but I don't think it would be a huge bottleneck. I'm just speculating here... While it will not...

processor a sh*tload, you can. That will minimize it Overclock your E6400 abit more. Thanks for the answers guys. I have OCed my cpu to 2.7Ghz now. Will see if I can go higher with a few more settings changes. I guess my question was if it would bottleneck...

performance. The question what the bottleneck is. With the 8800 GTS I'm pretty sure it was the cpu. Thus getting a cheaper replacement card won't matter... but the question is how low I can go before the graphics card starts to cripple me further than my...

About a 8800 GTS 640mb. My layout :D DFI LP SLI-Expert 150GB Raptor X 2x 1GB xms Expert ddr400 OPteron170 OC to 2.5ghz EVGA 7900GT OC to 585/1790 Antec Neo HE 550watt _____________________________________ My question is will my Opteron become a bottleneck...

BFG GTX 295 Question.. I had the BFG GTX 280 then they released the 285 and the 295. I traded my card up to the 295 and it's on it's way right now (Should be here in 2-3 weeks). My question is if there will be any bottleneck with adding that card. Heres...

2 Questions (Bottleneck/Power Consumption). I'm looking at a custom build currently, and I have a few problems on my hands. I realized that I could substitute a GTS 250 or a 4850 for a 4870 for still under my budget of $620! I jumped at the opportunity, but...

Upgrade Questions and bottleneck?. Hi, im going too upgrade from a 8800Gt to a 260GTX but when I ask about it the staff say a E6400 would bottleneck it. Now I've read around and people are saying that this is not a problem for most if only the old of the...

the NCIX forum just brought up a good point. Will the 8800 fits in and will it fit on thee asus crosshair mobo, and also, will the x2 3800 EE bottleneck it? wow, lost a questions. Yes. It will bottleneck it, but no more than a X1950XTX probably.... ok,...