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Old 07-08-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default Will an HD4870 bottleneck my 5000+?
I have an AMD 5000+ overclocked to 3GHz, and I was wondering, of course, if I upgraded my PSU.. would I be able to use an HD4870 with little to no bottlenecks?
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the 5000+ will bottleneck the 4870, not the other way around

And I remember someone with a AMD 6000+, and it was bottlenecking his 4870. So it will probably bottleneck it but I'm not sure if by a lot
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the 5000+ will bottleneck the 4870, not the other way around

And I remember someone with a AMD 6000+, and it was bottlenecking his 4870. So it will probably bottleneck it but I'm not sure if by a lot
Sorry, got mixed up there :S
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Not on a 17" you won't. You'll be fine.
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Any bottleneck you will have will be insignificant on a small screen like that (Unless it's a CRT that goes up to high resolutions or something)
Btw, I wouldn't get a 4870 with that PSU. Your PSU will blow up.

EDIT:Oops. You're replacing it. Good. Even if you don't get a 4870, I'd replace the PSU.
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You should have no bottleneck with a 5000 just overclock it a bit you should be golden

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You should have no bottleneck with a 5000 just overclock it a bit you should be golden
Okay, so I got it to hit 3.1GHz, but since my BIOS has no option of adjusting voltage I don't know for sure how stable it is. I ran a Crysis CPU benchmark and it got through it with no hicks.

EDIT: I encoded some .mp3 and .wav files in super high quality and it did it pretty quickly without crashing!
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Should be fine on your 17''. If you go to around 20~24, you might get some problems.

And as the user said above, so it pretty much depends on what game you planning to play.

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I don't think there's a single game he can't max out with a 4870 at his resolution (except maybe GTA4 which is poorly optimized anyway)
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