help me spend one ££ please

[Ian Jones]

Hi all

i have been playing bf3 ok on my current set up, but new with borderlands 2, my graphics card is struggling, and i think i need a new one.

with my current card, i haven never been able to get the correct working drivers for it, and when a game loads i get a bsod. to get around this, I have to turn of A.I in CCC and then it works fine (only using one core i think)

this is my spec

asus P5G41T-m LX INTEL G41 mobo
Corsair Vengeance 8gb ram
4870x2 graphics card
q6600 cpu with freezer 7 pro cooler
ocz zs 750w psu
windows 7 ult 64 bit

I have been looking in the clearence section of overclockers and there looks like some bargine to be had. I would like to spend as little as poss, but get something better than what i have now please

many thanks
ian

 

[Ian Jones]

no its standard, ive had a look online, and its out of what i know, and would not be able to do it at the mo

 

[Ian Jones]

cool, thank you,
so all i need to do is Then, when booting up your system, hit delete to enter the BIOS. All you need to do is change the FSB to 333 to get an overclock from 2.4 to 3.0

then watch the core temps?

ive downloaded the programs, what core temp should i not go above?

thanks
ian

 

[Ian Jones]

cool, thank you. i have found it and changed it to 333. in the windows test thing proccessor and ram were 7.1, now it is 7.3.

temps before the test were
0= 57
1= 58
2= 58
3= 58

ill have a go at borderlands now, and report back on temps

 

[Ian Jones]

just had a game of borderlands, but i have noticed that it has crashed a couple of times, saying borderlands is not responding.

max core temps after game
0=59
1=60
2=59
3=57

 

[Ian Jones]

i have had a look at the name, in that program, does kentsfield mean anything?

to run 2.8, what number to i need to replace the 333 with please?

 

[Ian Jones]

arr i see, it says B3, so looks like i need to turn it down abit

 

[Ian Jones]

cool, thank you

i put it back to 266 and the max temps after playing were

0=57
1=57
2=56
3=54