Will a 3800+ X2 bottleneck?

[bazookaworm]

I am going to use it in a new system, I am planning to use a 7950GT in it, will it bottleneck? If so then how much? If I do decide to upgrade it in the future then will it bottleneck the newer cards? I probably will OC it to maybe 2.3ghz

 

[HardwareGuru]

X2 3800+ dual core, naw not really, you're fine with that 7950GT. But, over clocking it to 2.3 - 2.5ghz if you can, will help five you extra frames. If you ran SLI on that CPU, then may be bottlenecked since that CPU is only a dual core 2.0ghz.

 

[bazookaworm]

Thanks for the reply, how much OC can you expect from that cpu on stock?

 

[CRSharff]

I've seen some people get up to between 2.8 and 3ghz even with the x2 3800+. My X2 4200+ (939) is running at 2.75ghz.

 

[snaggletooth]

yeap, many positive reports of 3ghz stable on the 3800. good luck!

 

[bazookaworm]

How much can I expect on stock cooling? am2 socket.