Bottleneck... where ?

[Naxel]

ok, well I'm making myself a new pc soon and I need a couple of segestions, or where I may find the bottleneck of my system (if the whole thing isn't already )

AMD 64 Venice 3000+
2x512mb DDR400 Corsair
Nvidia geforce 6600gt 128mb turboforce Gigabyte
ect...
well thats all I know of atm

thanks

 

[skittzle]

Your video card is the bottleneck of that system.

 

[dchrsf]

What will it b used for..If not for gaming, and lets say heavy photoshop work, then the RAM would be the bottleneck.

As I showed you..it depends on the use.

 

[skittzle]

What will it b used for..If not for gaming, and lets say heavy photoshop work, then the RAM would be the bottleneck.

As I showed you..it depends on the use.

Good point. I just assumed it would be for gaming. Dont ask me why.

 

[dchrsf]

Good point. I just assumed it would be for gaming. Dont ask me why.

Well, most of the people here build new systems here to play the latest games..so go figure

OP? You There?

 

[Naxel]

it's for gaming

 

[Mayhs]

it's for gaming

mainly its the graphics card...

but for oblivion and fear its the cpu(unless it isoc'ed to 2.6ghz +)

and for games like bf2 is the ram...

so i guess the whole system is , unfortunately

 

[Naxel]

thanks anyway

 

[Unknown-One]

mainly its the graphics card...

but for oblivion and fear its the cpu(unless it isoc'ed to 2.6ghz +)

and for games like bf2 is the ram...

so i guess the whole system is , unfortunately

Erm...ok. Ignore him, your processor is fine.

Upgrading your video card will fix most things for you. Add in another GB of RAM when you can, and you should be set for a while.

 

[Mayhs]

Erm...ok. Ignore him, your processor is fine.

Upgrading your video card will fix most things for you. Add in another GB of RAM when you can, and you should be set for a while.

have you not seen the oblivion benchmarks and fear benchmarks?

going from a 3000 @ stock to 2.6ghz increased fps by like8-10 on avg in oblivion and in fear by around 5fps...

anyways...

if you need to upgrade anything i would upgrade the graphics card first...then oc the cpu then add another gig of ram...


p.s. trust me on my single core computer i tried oblivion @ 2.2ghz and 2.6ghz (amd3500) and it became A LOT smoother @ 2.6ghz