7950gx2 with e6300

[kamal007]

hey guys

i will be upgrading my dual 7900gs to a 7950gx2..will the e6300 bottleneck the 7950gx2?

the rest of specs of the pc is in my sig...

now i hope that i can turn on all the features and give my 2407fpw the real power.. thanks a lot guys

 

[Endurancevm]

hey guys

i will be upgrading my dual 7900gs to a 7950gx2..will the e6300 bottleneck the 7950gx2?

the rest of specs of the pc is in my sig...

now i hope that i can turn on all the features and give my 2407fpw the real power.. thanks a lot guys

Overclock the E6300 and it should be fine.

 

[pfunkman]

Overclock the E6300 and it should be fine.

Underclock it and it will do fine too...Cpus do not bottleneck Video cards like people think...

 

[kamal007]

oh reaaly? e6300 suld be fine??

 

[MrMike]

CPU is only a bottleneck if you play at a lower resolution, and even then you'll be hitting over 100FPS so it really doesn't matter. If you play with AA, AF, and a high resolution, there's almost no difference unless your CPU is ancient. Nobody would want to game otherwise anyway.

That tomshardware review on this topic makes baby jesus cry
Woot for an X6800 getting 160FPS in doom3 at 1024x768 while a FX-60 gets 110

 

[GPUCommando]

I'm not sure I agree with no CPU bottlenecking at all. I just used an 8800gts for a month, and could only get 40fps in FEAR @ 1680x1050 with max in-game settings (4xaa, 16xaf) (minus soft shadows) & around 50-58fps in HL2 with the same settings. Three different drivers with driver cleaning in between, and overclocking did nothing to raise FPS. These performance results are contradictory to all benchmarks I've seen on the 8800gts.

I am almost positive that my Prescott is to blame.

 

[kamal007]

well...im happy right now...thx guys for the advice...