bottleneck

djshauny1 · 16 Jan 2013 at 18:04

Hi chaps

I have an fx 4100 and a gtx 660 in my secondary rig

Would the cpu bottleneck the 660?

If so would an overclock help it out?

My old 955be give out so im currently installing win 7 with the new fx 4100

Cheers

Doomedspeed · 16 Jan 2013 at 18:18

djshauny1 said:
Hi chaps

I have an fx 4100 and a gtx 660 in my secondary rig

1) Would the cpu bottleneck the 660?

2) If so would an overclock help it out?

Cheers

1) Not Sure.. Maybe.

2) Yes, definitely

You got an aftermarket cooler?

djshauny1 · 16 Jan 2013 at 18:26

Doomedspeed said:
1) Not Sure.. Maybe.

2) Yes, definitely

You got an aftermarket cooler?

Sure do mate

djshauny1 · 16 Jan 2013 at 18:39

Anyone else got any ideas

Instal is allmost over but it will be a couple of hours before i can download a game from steam (crap internet

)

Anyone else got an fx 4100?

Cheers

Martini1991 · 16 Jan 2013 at 18:42

At stock it'll bottleneck.
The FX4100 has always and will always be very mediocre.

Overclocked, you'll elevate it, but there will always be games which bottleneck (But that not always a problem)

djshauny1 · 16 Jan 2013 at 18:48

Martini1991 said:
At stock it'll bottleneck.
The FX4100 has always and will always be very mediocre.

Overclocked, you'll elevate it, but there will always be games which bottleneck (But that not always a problem)

Yeah i was thinking id get that response

Martini1991 · 16 Jan 2013 at 19:00

It doesn't mean the bottlenecking will be to a point it won't game, but it certainly won't be going to its max potential.
Omeka found his FX4100 to be pretty poor.

djshauny1 · 16 Jan 2013 at 19:18

Compared to my old 955be, what are the two chips like if you placed them side by side mate?

Cheers

Martini1991 · 16 Jan 2013 at 19:28

Well, the FX4300 and Phenom II X4 955 trade blows depending on the situation, I'd have to say the FX4100 is slower than the Phenom II X4 955, amount will depend on the situation.

djshauny1 · 16 Jan 2013 at 20:26

Martini1991 said:
Well, the FX4300 and Phenom II X4 955 trade blows depending on the situation, I'd have to say the FX4100 is slower than the Phenom II X4 955, amount will depend on the situation.

Thanks

Will be used by my other half mostly

Skyrim, cod and a bit of bf3 maybe

1080p

Downloading some games now

djshauny1 · 16 Jan 2013 at 22:04

Tested metro 2033 on high settings with my gtx 660

Its actually not bad at all

a lot better than i was expecting

Got it oc'd at 4.5ghz

Very suprised lol