What Gains ?

[up2nogooduk]

What gains would you get via gaming, if going from 3.9Mhz to 4.2Mhz on a i7 920 ? and would 4.2 be a lot better helping 1 x 5970 & 1 x 5850 then 3.9mhz ?

Cheers.

 

['Wes]

Zilch tbh, 3GHz is all you need for gaming atm.

 

[up2nogooduk]

Zilch tbh, 3GHz is all you need for gaming atm.

Oh really.. even if you're running 1 x 5970 & 1 x 5850

 

['Wes]

Oh really.. even if you're running 1 x 5970 & 1 x 5850

I'm not going to comment on bottlenecking because it get's thrown around too much. A 3.4GHz AMD 965 can cope with a 5970, there's little need to overclock it towards 4GHz, same goes with the i7 from tests that have been produced already which BigWayne posted in a thread he created.

I'd say it mainly depends on what display you're using to get the general outcome of gains from your components.

 

[up2nogooduk]

I'm not going to comment on bottlenecking because it get's thrown around too much. A 3.4GHz AMD 965 can cope with a 5970, there's little need to overclock it towards 4GHz, same goes with the i7 from tests that have been produced already which BigWayne posted in a thread he created.

I'd say it mainly depends on what display you're using to get the general outcome of gains from your components.

I game @ 1920 x 1200

 

['Wes]

I game @ 1920 x 1200

You have un-necessary gpu power to game at that resolution, are you moving up to Eyefinity at some point?

 

[up2nogooduk]

You have un-necessary gpu power to game at that resolution, are you moving up to Eyefinity at some point?

Well i play a lot of r factor, with f1 mods. even tho it runs smooth when driving the cars with my 5970. with 16 x aa on replys, it stutters when a lot of cars are together. i was testing with an added 5850, which got rid of that so maybe in some games it's over kill yes. but for rfactor max out, and even help with the min fps in bfc2, as when a lot goes on big time, the 5970 would drop a lot and u notice it, well i did anyways. with the 5850, it stoped that. so for me it isn't overkill for just them 2 games. yes i guess them 2 games are coded not so well maybe

I just wonderd if having the cpu clocked @ 4.2mhz from 3.9 would make any difference. guess not

Thanks for you're help anyways

 

['Wes]

If you can push your cpu to 4.2GHz you may as well, get the most out of it.

 

[up2nogooduk]

Well this is for which is going to be my main pc now. it have a CO C1 stepping. and runs at 3.9 with 2.4 v max temps are 69. if you go higher to 4 with 1.34 ish, the temps go 90 lol.

So if it made a lot of difference @ 4.2. i was going to buy another i7, but the i7 920 DO stepping. not worth it i guess ?