bottlenecked

up2nogooduk · 22 Feb 2009 at 19:44

After me keep changing my mind,
I gone for this spec below.
But i was told that the Card will bottleneck :eek:

?
I just want the right balance.

Cheers

ScarySquirrel · 22 Feb 2009 at 19:46

A CPU would be useful.

up2nogooduk · 22 Feb 2009 at 19:49

ScarySquirrel said:
A CPU would be useful.

Thats not the best of answers lol ??

I will be over clocking the CPU ?

up2nogooduk · 22 Feb 2009 at 20:06

So would that AMD X3 be fine with a 4870 1G, ?
And a AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 940 Black Edition 3.0GHz be better with the 4870x2

D D Danneh · 22 Feb 2009 at 20:06

ScarySquirrel said:
A CPU would be useful.

There's one in there. :confused:

Anyway, the card may get bottlenecked, as GPUs are almost always the bottlenecks in games, at least with faster processors, but it will still perform brilliantly. It'll rip through anything you throw at it.

And with that mobo, there's always room to add another GPU in if you need it, although I doubt you will.

If you're planning on gaming, as it seems you will with that card, there's not much need for a quad core.

Kennysevenfold · 22 Feb 2009 at 20:13

overclock that cpu and you will be fine imo

up2nogooduk · 22 Feb 2009 at 20:22

D D Danneh said:
There's one in there.

Anyway, the card may get bottlenecked, as GPUs are almost always the bottlenecks in games, at least with faster processors, but it will still perform brilliantly. It'll rip through anything you throw at it.

And with that mobo, there's always room to add another GPU in if you need it, although I doubt you will.

If you're planning on gaming, as it seems you will with that card, there's not much need for a quad core.

Hmmm i don't quite understand 100% about bottlenecked. how do i tell if this happens ?
I thought u had to get a fast cpu, and a fast gpu. not fast cpu, then slow gpu ? could someone run it thou me please in laymans term

Cheers.

Geckovich · 22 Feb 2009 at 20:31

Just out of interest, why not an AM3 mobo and DDR3?

up2nogooduk · 22 Feb 2009 at 21:03

Geckovich said:
Just out of interest, why not an AM3 mobo and DDR3?

I read there was a problem with the x3 on AMD 3 boards ?
And i thought it will cost a lot more ? not really looked at them either.

ScarySquirrel · 22 Feb 2009 at 21:28

LOL!! Not sure why I didn't notice the processor there. Sorry

Geckovich · 22 Feb 2009 at 21:39

I think the AM3 boards are a little cheaper than the one you have in your list but offset by the cost of the DDR3 - £130 and 90 respectively. I don't know about issues with it, I've not looked into it myself.