How do I get rid of my CPU bottleneck?
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not 100% but should not be too long. maybe q2
if you cant wait then get a AMD X6 the price is nice and low and it have lot's of power for what you need. but for £80 really think about the Q6600 i had a E6450 about 3 weeks ago and asked the same question as you. and i can tell you the jump from my e6450 to q6600 was out of this world. it still sits on the High end CPU list's so is still goooood
if you cant wait then get a AMD X6 the price is nice and low and it have lot's of power for what you need. but for £80 really think about the Q6600 i had a E6450 about 3 weeks ago and asked the same question as you. and i can tell you the jump from my e6450 to q6600 was out of this world. it still sits on the High end CPU list's so is still goooood
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He wants a gaming system, thereore an X4 at higher clock is better than an x6 at lower clock, more cores isnt always better
Re the OCing thing, youre right, but each chip can itself be OCd therefore those numbers do show a relative comparison
If you can afford SB you certainly wont b dissapointed though, enjoy
Re the OCing thing, youre right, but each chip can itself be OCd therefore those numbers do show a relative comparison
If you can afford SB you certainly wont b dissapointed though, enjoy
hows the q9400 for gaming? GTAIV is always a bit laggy, not wsure if this was a worthy investment. I know that when i got it everyone was running q6600, and I thought for £20 I could get something that seems to be more improved so i bought a q9400 instead.
Was a right?
Was a right?
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Yes, slightly better, the Q6600 is just infamous as at time of its release it was best price/performance chip so lots sold
Q6600 v Q9400
Q6600 v Q9400
Due to the i5 2500k's amazing ability to overclock up to 5Ghz (or 4.5ghz guaranteed), I'd imagine the i5 2500k will bring you years of enjoyment.
LOL, stop writing "bottleneck" as it is really inappropriate.
Recommended requirements for Mafia 2 is quad core 2.4 GHz CPU and for higher res probably more GHz, so please read game's description first before you inject bottlenecking idea to other users There's really many people who think their CPU somehow bottlenecks GPU (magic frequency locker probably, LOL) ...
Recommended requirements for Mafia 2 is quad core 2.4 GHz CPU and for higher res probably more GHz, so please read game's description first before you inject bottlenecking idea to other users
There's really many people who think their CPU somehow bottlenecks GPU (magic frequency locker probably, LOL) ...
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LOL, stop writing "bottleneck" as it is really inappropriate.
Recommended requirements for Mafia 2 is quad core 2.4 GHz CPU and for higher res probably more GHz, so please read game's description first before you inject bottlenecking idea to other users
You clearly have no comprehension of how a PC works
a CPU can bottleneck a GPU and vice versa, which is the more common incidence
games are massively GPU dependent but they still require CPU power too, the following is a massive oversimplification
The PC can only go as fast as its slowest component for example theres no point putting a 580 in an athlon X4 630 for a game which requires lots of CPU power because what will happen is the CPU wont be able to cope so the GPU will prob only be able to go at say 50% speed whilst the CPU is maxed out, what most people want is for GPU to be able to run at full tilt and prefer CPU at under 100% say 70% load, this is seen as optimum, if the CPU does get to 100% before the GPU and the GPU can only run at 50% this is called bottlenecking
This. Just couldn't be bothered to write it all or even entertain such a silly post with a serious reply lol.
Thanks for that, it seems with computers it's 2 steps forward, 1 step back.
WHy improve clock speed and then reduce the L2 cache?
It seems on average the two chips are effectively the same.