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having a debate with my friend....
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For most games that are are optimised for using Triple/Quad core it won't.
It will however be a limitation in super CPU demanding game such as Arma II or CPU hog such as Black OPs, as well as light-threaded games such as the old Flight Sims and WOW or other older mmorpgs.
It will however be a limitation in super CPU demanding game such as Arma II or CPU hog such as Black OPs, as well as light-threaded games such as the old Flight Sims and WOW or other older mmorpgs.
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To be fair you are BOTH RIGHT in your own way, it's really depending on how you look at it (as I mention depending on the games).
For example if the question was "Would a Q9550 at 3.8GHz bottleneck the GTX570 in Arma II?", then the answer would be "yes".
would a c2q 9550 @ 3.8 be a bottleneck for a 570?
I think the 3.8 is still fine but he says not...I'm almost 100% sure i'm right but I just need someone to confirm
No chance. It'll be perfectly fine.
Can a Q9550 @ 3.8 with a 570 handle Arma II at more than playable frame rates.... "Yes" will you get higher frame rates if you OC your CPU further... "Yes"
I suppose a more valid question is, will I notice any bottleneck with a Q9550 and a 570?
I think you hit the nail on the head there Jibber55
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Actually the answer is "no"...not without turning settings down, and the limitation will be more on CPU side than graphic card. And yes even if the Q9550 being overclocked to 4.2GHz, it will still struggle to deliver playable frame rate at max setting, considering frame rate wise it can't compete with overclocked i5/i7 etc, and the minimum frame rate will dip to below 20fps again and again, even when GTX570's GPU usage is not at 100%.
And no. Not noticing and having playable frame rate does not equal to not having bottleneck. You are like saying a "Athough the 5870 may be only delivering the same frame rate as a 5850 in this game, but since both are delivering same playable frame rate, therefore the 5870 is not being bottlenecked".
As I said before, while Q9550 at 3.8GHz won't bottleneck GTX570 for games in general, but it wouldn't be correct to say it totally won't bottleneck the GTX570. So I don't think it's fair if subbytna's friend has to buy him pints, cause he's not completely wrong
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