Bottleneck in my system?

[slaya]

Hey, I was talking to someone online and he was telling me my graphic's card was the bottleneck in my system.

Anyways, if I overclock my video card, or my processor a bit will there be much of a difference?

I set my graphics card core to 1ghz from 900mhz and FPS in CS:S went up like 5FPS. Personally I don't think 5FPS is worth shortening the lifespan of my video card..

I'm not against overclocking, I just don't want to do it for a minimal improvement..

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[Impaqt]

The MSI 6600 GT Stock settings are supposed to be 500/500 (For an advertised 500/1000)

Thats got to be your memory speed... Not COre... and 1Ghz is Stock for the memory

Boost your Core speed....

Or dont..... If a few frames per second isnt worth it to you they why are you worried abot it? DOes the game run smooth enough for you?

 

[slaya]

Sometimes in water action frames drop to like 40FPS.

I'm just wondering if the video card is actually a bottleneck, and if some overclocking to it will "remove" the bottleneck.

 

[ST|FFY]

I don't think your video card is a bottleneck to your system. I think your system is pretty much even. btw, have you OC'ed your cpu?

 

[slaya]

I don't think your video card is a bottleneck to your system. I think your system is pretty much even. btw, have you OC'ed your cpu?

Nah, not yet. I am trying to go the non-oc way, but I am missing my old overclocking self.. I will probably mess around with it a bit when I get time.