Battlefield 3 with socket 775

[hedgey]

on a e8400 i had around 40fps. with i5 at 4.6 constant 60.

 

[atheos]

motherboard in the post as I couldn't decide which one when I ordered the other parts.

What Mobo did you go for?

I am leaning towards the Asrock extreme 4 gen 3.

 

[Phil2008]

Eh, when your CPU is at 100% usage and your crossfire GPU's are only using 50% each, then your going to get a benefit from a new CPU.
Talking multiplayer anyway.

But a E8400 wouldn't max out say a 6950, as I have a 6950 and my [email protected] bottlenecks it quite a bit. So basically what Im saying good cpu is needed for a highend gpu so you receive all of the gpu power.

 

[decto]

What Mobo did you go for?

I am leaning towards the Asrock extreme 4 gen 3.

After much contemplation I went for the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P Intel Z68 though was was a little cheaper than current price.

Support for Gen 3 with ivy bridge
12 stage VRM
Lucid virtu ... whatever built in.
PCI-E runs at 2 x 8 and supports SLI or Crossfire (asrock has the same split 1x16 or 2x8 + 1x4)
USB 3
SATA 6mbps


There are better boards out there and some with more OC options. I'll be overclocking to the 4-4.5Ghz range depending on how much voltage it needs. Usually find the last couple of hundred Mhz take the most effort. My current quad has been at 3.0 - 3.2 for most of it's life, only running 3.6 now to see what the limit of s775 is. Take a little too much cooling and robs the power budget away from the option of SLI.

I may run SLI or Crossfire so good to have the option. Worth a bit more than the non SLI boards but can't quite justify the cost of the ASROCK for my usage. I spent the extra on another 8GB DDR3.

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[Irish_Hawk]

But a E8400 wouldn't max out say a 6950, as I have a 6950 and my [email protected] bottlenecks it quite a bit. So basically what Im saying good cpu is needed for a highend gpu so you receive all of the gpu power.

I think that's what I was saying too?

 

[hedgey]

decto i went for the cheaper version and hit 4.6 without adjusting anything cept multi.

 

[decto]

decto i went for the cheaper version and hit 4.6 without adjusting anything cept multi.

awesome ..... hope it's that easy for me. The P5N-D I have now has lots of character..... to be kind to it.

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[Phil2008]

I think that's what I was saying too?

Sorry wrong quote, I was meaning this quote...........

This game gains 0% improvement from better CPUs or higher CPU clock spped. It is only GPU dependant.