Bottleneck?

[Schoieuk]

My friend has this rig:

i5 750 cPU
8gb ram DDR3 1600mhz
Asus P7P55DLE Mobo
2 sapphire vapor-x 5870's Xfire
WD caviar green 1tb 7200rpm
corsair 850watt PSU
Cooling - Temps are great tested myself 22C cpu idle 28C GPu's idle

Will the 2x 5870's Bottleneck any of the other components?

I'm almost 100% sure the rig will be awsome and without issues however he seems to have a few doubts to weather the cpu can handle it.

To clear his mind could people post what they think?

Cheers,

Oli

 

[Schoieuk]

Depends on the resolution he games at and the clockspeed of his CPU to be honest.

1920x1080

battlefield badcompany 2 is probably the most intense game he plays.

Stock 2.67 ghx on the CPU

I mean surely if the CPU was under too much stress it would be running a lot hotter? when hes gaming it never passes 55C.

 

[Schoieuk]

I guarantee if he had that at 3.8-4 (where I would personally have it) it would be a lot hotter under full load, 2.67 is probably bottling that xfire setup somewhat.

If his cpu is running at a low temp surely its not struggling, hes only got a fan cooler aswell?

Can any one else comment on Hairybudda's comment.

 

[Schoieuk]

bump :>

 

[Schoieuk]

Ye my thoughts were that the HDD would have been the issue, thanks for the information. i'll get him to overclock his CPU or do it for him. See how that goes.