CPU Bottleneck

[HanZ]

Will my E6600 (dualcore) @ stock settings be a big bottleneck if I upgrade my 8800 GTS 312mb to a GTX 460 1gb or amd 68/69 series?

Im just trying to look ahead, with all the dx11/high req. games coming out in 2011.

[Welsh]

go buy a new system u cheapskate dutch student skank.

Student money is there for a reason....

[M3rC]

Like the morons in this country, who throw a fight as soon as they raise the tuition fees lol
you're gonna be a student till you're 50

[Welsh]

Like the morons in this country, who throw a fight as soon as they raise the tuition fees lol
you're gonna be a student till you're 50

Mate i agree with the rise

Im Welsh..ina Welsh University.......if I stay here, my kids will go to a Welsh University. Solutionn? Yess.

[M3rC]

If I was you Hanz, I would go for at least a quad core, since that dual core will be a bottle neck for that card you want.
I wanted the new 5870 1gb, but my phenom will bottleneck it too, unless I upgrade to a phenom II or an i7

[Shaggy]

It will be the bottle neck at stock setting 2.4ghz. Seem to remember you got the same setup I did many moons ago. Clock it to 3ghz, it will do that no problems and see if the fps increases. If it does have a significant increase in fps then it will be an expensive upgrade, if there is no gr8 increase in fps then just buy the card

[umbongo(uk)]

before
Intel Core2 Duo E6600 @ 2.40GHz 1503
after
Dual-Core E6600 @ 3.06GHz 2207 passmark scores


ask and you shall receive
have a look first then read the page i got it from but pay most notice to the last commentator
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gam ... 738-6.html
originating site
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=183553

closest i could find in relation to your concerns hanzy

also remember we still wait for fugging game to actually use all cores n gpu at the same time not some bollox lazy coding (see call of duty [Gay Ops] as one of the fixes is turning off a core)

[HanZ]

thx all.

just as I thought even though its still a decent system, it is starting to have trouble with the latest games and multitasking (FIFA 11 + steam/sabnzb + music). and a new gfx card won't help that much...

I tried to overclock once with help of xdave and advised settings on forums but I couldn't get it to work. (wouldn't start windows/black screen if i recall).

probably best to wait until the big titles (which are worth playing) get released and then decide what I want to spend.

option1: gfx card
option2: gfx card + Q8/9 series cpu
option3: new system for the next 4/5 years
option4: buy a console

[IceT-Bag]

...
option4: buy a console

...and get banned by Ice!

[Welsh]

...
option4: buy a console

...and get banned by Ice!

Hanz u need to modify it, and call it a clever name so ice will never know....but i know people who have xbox.....