Hi all,
I Have a 3700+ @ 2960mhz on water atm but I think its holding my two 7900GTX graphics cards back, heres why... Out of interest (and I Like to fiddle)I down clocked both 7900GTX's cards to 650/650 from 650/800 and benched them, firstly using 3dmark 06 then the CS:S speed test.
The results surprised me, I lost only 50pts in 06 and 7fps in CS:S. I then overclocked both cards a little and saw very little gain, so I'm guessing the CPU is holding me back and stopping me from getting the most out of the cards.
So... I saw that the x2 4800+ is down to a reasonable £215, having a 939 motherboard I have a limited upgrade path and this sounds like my last chance to bag one of these cpu's I just wondered if I would see any performance benefit over the 3700+ as its at almost 3gig and how well the 4800+ cpu's clock bearing in mind I have a pretty good water cooler setup.
Thanks!
I Have a 3700+ @ 2960mhz on water atm but I think its holding my two 7900GTX graphics cards back, heres why... Out of interest (and I Like to fiddle)I down clocked both 7900GTX's cards to 650/650 from 650/800 and benched them, firstly using 3dmark 06 then the CS:S speed test.
The results surprised me, I lost only 50pts in 06 and 7fps in CS:S. I then overclocked both cards a little and saw very little gain, so I'm guessing the CPU is holding me back and stopping me from getting the most out of the cards.
So... I saw that the x2 4800+ is down to a reasonable £215, having a 939 motherboard I have a limited upgrade path and this sounds like my last chance to bag one of these cpu's I just wondered if I would see any performance benefit over the 3700+ as its at almost 3gig and how well the 4800+ cpu's clock bearing in mind I have a pretty good water cooler setup.
Thanks!