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Upgrade from i7 920 D0
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Its about managing your bottlenecks. I see benefit right up to 4.5 on my 920 with sli 480s. with single card there doesn't feel much benefit over 4GHz tho
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OC that CPU to 3.6-4ghz, Upgrading is a waste of time.
Well obviously I was referring directly to the OP who has a single card setup, goes without saying that more than one GPU in the system will benefit from a faster CPU. For the majority with single cards pushing high CPU volts for high 24/7 overclocks is a waste of energy and can potentially shorten the life of the CPU for tiny to no gains in gaming.
Well I did notice a difference between 3.2 and 3.8 GHz, but I'm not sure if there will be much more of a noticable benefit up to 4.0. Maybe in terms of benchmark figures, but do you really notice the difference between 80 and 100 fps? Probably not, but BF3 is also probably a bit more demanding that the games I currently play, so maybe every fps will count.
Impressive OC though DeeJayCee, you must have a good cooling setup for that. I dont think I'd dare push mine that hard on air.
B&W; its ok sweetheart, there's no need to cry. No one will force you to get an i7 if you dont want to. I just got one for a bit of future proofing, and I have to say that its turned out quite nicely so far.
Impressive OC though DeeJayCee, you must have a good cooling setup for that. I dont think I'd dare push mine that hard on air.
B&W; its ok sweetheart, there's no need to cry. No one will force you to get an i7 if you dont want to. I just got one for a bit of future proofing, and I have to say that its turned out quite nicely so far.
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As Raven mentions above, you wont see massive gains with a single gpu, i noticed this as well when i only had one gpu. With sli though the benefits of a highly clocked cpu show. 4ghz is easy to get with good air cooling, possibly even 4.2ghz, (depending on chip, mines a bit volt greedy).
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no need to upgrade
If you really want to upgrade, upgrade your graphics card instead. The 920 D0 is perfectly fine and I wouldn't advise replacing a socket 1366 with another 1366. You might as well wait for BD and then decide whether to go grab yourself a 2500k or upgrade to the BD platform.
It was originally purchased as a 3.8GHz bundle, so now its doing what it was meant to do all along. And judging from its stability at 3.8 and the temps I'm getting I think it'll hit 4GHz without any problems. I'm also toying with the idea of liquid cooling, but I've never used it before and I'm not sure its really worth the hassle or expense.
Not so much beating a dead horse here but sledgehammering it, i7 is perfectly fine - there's no real reason to upgrade it until the surrounding motherboard features start to lag and things like PCI Express 3.0 etc get wider support.
I don't run mine at 4.0GHz as I don't like the heat it kicks out. I effectively run a 6970 on it, and it's not bottlenecking.
I don't run mine at 4.0GHz as I don't like the heat it kicks out. I effectively run a 6970 on it, and it's not bottlenecking.
All chips vary, I found I could run mine undervolted @ 3.6, at stock volts @ 3.8 and it was an exponential curve of heat and volts to get it beyond that. I don't find it struggles with anything at 3.6 so see little point running it beyond that for anything beyond bragging rights.