5870 & E8400

[Vekiq]

Hi All,


Thinking of getting myself 5870.

I am running E8400 Cpu, only slightly o`clocked (3.6)
have 4 gig of ram
Abit quad x38 board.

I am gaming on 1900 x 1200 res

Will my CPU bottleneck 5870?

I remember of issues abit boards had with 4890 x2 cards, issue with no video being displayed, bios needing update. Abit no longer makes mobos, so no more bios updates.

Anyone knows if 5870 will work with my mobo, or was it this only problem related to 4890 x 2 cards?

Cheers

 

[craig3000]

The problem may have only been related to crossfire

As for your CPU being a bottle neck I doubt it, should be perfectly fine, although there will be others that will say you need a Quad but there just enthusiasts, multi core still has a long way to go in my eyes, even though games support it they don't seem very efficient at it yet

There are benefits in a Quad for example ARMA2 and GTA IV but I can't see any games of similar requirements in 2010, so I think your sorted for a while yet

 

[krooton]

I doubt any Core2Duo at 3.5Ghz+ would bottleneck any card at the moment.

 

[straxusii]

I benched GTA4 with my 5870 on max settings @1920x1200 and it reported over 60% CPU usage so I guess that means this game would be bottlenecked on your setup but to be honest I doubt many games will be.

 

[p0ss3s3d]

If so I guess I guess he/she [check me & my political correctness out ] would just overclock the processor more?

Besides ATM the GPU is the bottleneck, say he does buy a 5870, the CPU may become a slight bottleneck however he has then reached the CPU's limit so then he will at some point upgrade the CPU. The cycle repeats because theres ALWAYS a bottleneck. It's just sometimes it may reduce performace by 5% other times 50%.

Go for it man.

(Says me with a 260 after I chose to boycott the 4870's because TWO 4870's died on me. The hardware god didn't look out for me )

 

[D13]

at 1900 x 1200 I would say no, below that i would say yes

 

[D D Danneh]

Well put it this way, if it doesn't bottleneck it, cool, if it does, then you're getting the maximum performance you're ever going to get until you upgrade your CPU. Either way, there isn't a better situation, so just go for it. Although from a personal standpoint, I'd recommend a 5850, as it's just much better value for money.

 

[Vekiq]

cheers guys, i was thinking along these lines myself.

Thanks for your help

Ved

 

[straxusii]

The good news about having the CPU as the bottleneck is you can crank up the eyecandy on the graphics card for no loss in FPS

 

[The Asgard]

Hi All,


Thinking of getting myself 5870.

I am running E8400 Cpu, only slightly o`clocked (3.6)
have 4 gig of ram
Abit quad x38 board.

I am gaming on 1900 x 1200 res

Will my CPU bottleneck 5870?

I remember of issues abit boards had with 4890 x2 cards, issue with no video being displayed, bios needing update. Abit no longer makes mobos, so no more bios updates.

Anyone knows if 5870 will work with my mobo, or was it this only problem related to 4890 x 2 cards?

Cheers

The E8400 is good for 4 gigs and decent X38 should be able to achieve this.