I have a old Intel Dual Core E6750 2.66 GHz, will this be able to handle a ATi Radeon 5870 HD? I also have Three gigs of RAM, generally for todays gaming requirements, is it enough?
This is my processor:
[URL]http://www.outletpc.com/c1808.html[/URL]
My PC is about two years old, and my 8800 GT died which is why I Need it, this my is my motherboard:
[URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130098[/URL]
I know you will be safe with a 5770. You will get a bit of a bottleneck with a 5870, unless you can overclock to around 3.3 GHz or something.
Not to sound like a hardware noob, but I will anyway, Is it safe to overclock and how do I do it?
[QUOTE=Kath;19696649]Not to sound like a hardware noob, but I will anyway, Is it safe to overclock and how do I do it?[/QUOTE]
Overclocking is safe, as long as you do it in moderation. As on how to do it, I have no idea, as I have always used prebuilts until recently.
In your motherboard's bios, there's a setting called "Front side bus".
Increase it by 5-10'ish, then boot up windows, and there you go, you've overclocked slightly.
Just keep increasing the "Front Side Bus" in increments of 5-10 and checking temps after each increase until it's as high as you can get without too much heat.
[QUOTE=Tools;19700027]In your motherboard's bios, there's a setting called "Front side bus".
Increase it by 5-10'ish, then boot up windows, and there you go, you've overclocked slightly.[/QUOTE]
It's not as simple as that. When you raise fsb the vcore voltage will rise if you have it set to auto. So check the specs of your processor and set the voltage to something within official specifications if you want to be safe (raising voltage helps getting higher overclocks and better stability, but it can also damage the cpu if you set it too high). Also make sure you set the pcie frequency to 100MHz and pci bus to 33MHz (that's the defaults, they might be linked to the fsb, so i'd advise you not to keep them on auto)
Edit:
Ram frequency is usually linked to fsb as well and memory usually doesn't overclock very much, so you might want to change the fsb:ram ratio if ram is holding back your overclock.
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