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can someone recommend a upgrade?

Langlest

Langlest

Langlest

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i think that my processor is holding me back in a lot of games and for some reason most of my games run better with it at stock speeds than when its at 3ghz. i think its time for me to upgrade but i have no idea what to go for :confused: id like to stick with my motherboard if i can so something with the same socket would be ideal

here is my current spec


Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 @ 3Ghz
Nvidia GTX280
SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX
Abit IP35
Corsair HX 620W Psu
120gig Maxtor SATA
300gig Maxtor SATA
 
well i noticed that i was getting stuttering in farcry 2 when i had it at 3ghz but since i have dropped it back to stock speeds it not happening anymore, i was also getting slowdown in crysis when it was overclocked but thats gone now too

it was stable in prime95 for over 6 hours so im a bit confused about why it performs better at stock speeds :confused:
 
Sometimes clocking can mess with PCI-E speeds. Try clocking the CPU again and verify that the PCI-Express slot is running at the full x16
 
thanks, ill give that a try tonight and let you know how it goes, any idea where i would find the pcie speed in bios? i dont recall seeing it
 
thanks, i just gave it a try and it seems to be running at the correct speeds :confused:

here is how my bios settings look and a screenshot from the gpu program

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and how's performance? I really don't see how it could be worse at 3ghz than 2.4....are you sure?
 
well the framerate seems higher at 3ghz but every few seconds its as if it skips a few frames, i noticed it most when driving vehicles in farcry 2 & when running through the city in the witcher
 
Are you positive there's not something else responsible? Virus protection....some other background program accessing the HD?
 
i do have norton antivirus installed but would that cause this kind of problem? :confused: another thing that i noticed was that the stuttering goes away in farcry2 when i run it in DX9 mode
 
could well be, ill try a fresh install of windows in a few days and see if that helps
thanks for all the suggestions and help ;)
 
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