6850 & 2.6

[JJohnson]

Hello, I have an 8800 GTX which is now updated for games I would like to play. I want to upgrade to a 6850, although I'm afraid my 2.6ghz will bottleneck it.

Answers are appreciated!

 

[SeraphX]

System specs would be very helpful

 

[JJohnson]

AMD Opteron 185 2.6GHZ Processor
4GB Ram
Water cooling (Doubt it makes a difference but w.e)
8800 GTX (Runs fine but just cant handle the latest games)
Any more specs then I'll list them, I think my PSU is 600W, decent so that shouldn't be a problem.

 

[SeraphX]

wow an Opty, thats some pretty retro tech,

in response to your question, yes i am pretty sure it would bottleneck.

What motherboard do you use? have you ever tried overclocking it?

 

[SupermotoMX]

are you sure its the 8800 bottlenecking your games, i have one in the downstairs PC, and have yet to find a game it wont play (teamed with an athlon X2 @ 3.5ghz)

 

[[timko]]

I've still got (as a third rig) an Opteron 165 @ 2.6Ghz with an 8800GT (not GTX) and that card gets bottlenecked so your GTX is being held back as well. Sticking a modern day AMD 6850 in there isn't going to do much for you.

 

[JJohnson]

Alright so you guys suggest upgrading my CPU first?

 

[Cleeecooo]

Alright so you guys suggest upgrading my CPU first?

edit: read CPU as PSU. Doh!

Yes, CPU uprade would be recommended

 

[JJohnson]

edit: read CPU as PSU. Doh!

Yes, CPU uprade would be recommended

I overclocked to 2.9 and it's improved the performance a lot.