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Bottleneck Effect?

Discussion in 'General Hardware' started by demon8991, 7 Oct 2009.

    7 Oct 2009 at 07:33
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  1. demon8991

    Mobster

    Joined: 7 Jan 2003

    Posts: 4,411

    Location: Gold Coast, Australia

    I am thinking of getting one of the new 5870 cards.

    Would i see a major bottle neck if i put it into my current setup seen below?

    Would my CPU E8400 @ 4Ghz be ok?
     
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    2. 7 Oct 2009 at 07:45
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  2. Jokester

    Don

    Joined: 7 Aug 2003

    Posts: 41,277

    Location: Aberdeenshire

    Of course it's not going to bottleneck, your CPU is faster than any commercially available dual core processor :p
     
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    3. 7 Oct 2009 at 10:17
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  3. LordSplodge

    Capodecina

    Joined: 28 Nov 2004

    Posts: 16,028

    Location: 9th Inner Circle

    But what about his case? I'm sure that is limiting his max FPS. :D
     
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    4. 7 Oct 2009 at 10:39
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  4. naknakkus

    Hitman

    Joined: 15 Nov 2008

    Posts: 739

    Location: Aberdeen

    Get an SSD - the hard drive is the only thing that will bottleneck your system!
     
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    5. 7 Oct 2009 at 11:00
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  5. demon8991

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    Joined: 7 Jan 2003

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    Location: Gold Coast, Australia

    Yer i plan to when they arrive at a reasonable price, right now they are far too pricey!
     
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    6. 7 Oct 2009 at 11:54
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  6. Sindri

    Hitman

    Joined: 7 Jul 2009

    Posts: 597

    I wouldn't bother as it will only slightly improve your loading times, your spinpoint is fine for gaming.
     
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