My CPU is a Q6600 at 2.40ghz and my graphics card is an ATI 5850.
[QUOTE=zombiefreak;24992483]My CPU is a Q6600 at 2.40ghz and my graphics card is an ATI 5850.[/QUOTE]
Shouldn't be.
I'm using the same CPU with a 5970, and It's working alright so far. (I've got mine overclocked to 3.9ghz, though.)
How will you know if it's bottlenecking it?
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;24992534]Shouldn't be.
I'm using the same CPU with a 5970, and It's working alright so far. (I've got mine overclocked to 3.9ghz, though.)[/QUOTE]
That's a hideous bottleneck
Wow I have an extra Q9550 that I could put into my motherboard that currently has an e7650. But its no use because I have a 9400gt :frog:
[QUOTE=FINLEY;24997873]That's a hideous bottleneck[/QUOTE]
Since he has overclocked it to 3.9, not really
It really is a bottleneck. Tells us what frames you get on max settings on certain games
[QUOTE=FINLEY;24997873]That's a hideous bottleneck[/QUOTE]
Uhhh i'm sure it could easily compete with a stock i7 920 or 930. It's goddamn 3.9 GHz.
Run your game in a windows and open task manager and check out how much CPU usage there is when your ingame. If it's at 100% and you're not getting smooth gameplay, then I would say yes.
[QUOTE=pebkac;25018033]Uhhh i'm sure it could easily compete with a stock i7 920 or 930. It's goddamn 3.9 GHz.[/QUOTE]
That's not really a fair comparison
[QUOTE=FINLEY;25019363]That's not really a fair comparison[/QUOTE]
Not fair in which way?
[QUOTE=1/4 Life;24992534]Shouldn't be.
I'm using the same CPU with a 5970, and It's working alright so far. (I've got mine overclocked to 3.9ghz, though.)[/QUOTE]
uh yeah that's a ridiculous bottleneck
nope no bottle neck there
[QUOTE=Odellus;25023211]uh yeah that's a ridiculous bottleneck[/QUOTE]
Not really.
Run your game at the highest resolution you can, check framerate.
Now drop it down two or three notches(ie from 1680x1050 to 13xx by whatever). Did your framerate increase a lot? If it did, then your videocard is the bottleneck in that game, not the CPU.
On the other hand, if your framerate stays more or less the same no matter what resolution you run the game on, then your CPU is bottlenecking performance.
It depends of the game really (which settings, resolution, etc...)
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Your problem is somewhat undefined
Doesn't almost always either the GPU or CPU bottleneck the other one?
Depends on your system (of course), as a Pentium III will bottleneck a 5970 in BF:BC2 and a Rage Pro will bottleneck an i7 980 in same game. But there will always be a little bottleneck.
Yes, since I figure it's pretty much impossible to make a 100% perfectly balanced system, since different games would unbalance it as well
Pretty much.
That's why you test with the games you play.
In a situation like this it's best to ignore theoretical 'balance' and focus on what you need. Your games/resolutions might not require a balanced system, it might require extra power to one particular component.
You don't really have a standard definition of perfectly balanced system, since the processor architecture can't be compared to the GPU one
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It's just in a given game that you can say how balanced it is.
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