CorryBasler

Hey OCN,

To remove my bottleneck on my SLI 8800GT do i need a CPU with a higher speed or a higher L2 size? The 4400+ i have is at 2.9 GHZ and a 2x 512 L2! Any Ideas?

thehighlander123

higher clock spped will net a better improvement than just a higher l2 cache

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darthspartan

Ya higher clocks with cpu and ram a 4400 still is not a huge performance killer

CorryBasler

So what you are saying is that a CPU with a Higher L2 and Clock Speed is going to remove the bottleneck? Is a 6000+ with a 3GHza and 2mb L2 going to do the job? I can OC the 6000+ higher to like 3.4GHz or so mabe higher?

CorryBasler

My 3DMark06 scores are way low at 10k even at 3.27GHz! A better CPU should bring this up i hope!

darthspartan

yes get a better cpu maybe a quad core they run like $130 on newegg.

c00lkatz

Why do you think you need a better CPU? Because 3DMark said so? Seriously, what games are you trying to play that are running so slow with 2 8800GT's?

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S.M.

at 3.2Ghz you're fine. You're gonna have a hard time trying to find a CPU that won't bottleneck those cards. In a way every CPU bottlenecks those cards. A quad core will bottleneck them less though.

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CorryBasler

Really give me a link for a $130 Quad! Cheapest Quad on The Egg i found was $195!

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