Posts by Octavarium

Ok thanks guys, was beginning to think that, just wanted to see if there was anything else i was missing. Thanks for the help

I have tried 2 monitors, both of which i know work. Every power cable is plugged in. I tried the MemOk button, maybe i need to leave it running that longer. What i find weird is that when i move the GPU and psu back to my old rig to...

Hi, so i just got a new build together, using cpu-amd phenom II 960T motherboard-Asus M5A97 evo GPU- Msi HD 7850 RAM- Samsung ddr3-1600(8GB) psu- pc power and cooling 750 monitor- DellUH2312HM, and older samsung When i turn the system...

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/547?vs=540 The 560ti appears to be faster, but not by much, for most games. I dont think you have stated a budget but i would recommend a HD 7850 over either of those. If its out of your budget...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mals Haswell is supposed to be Q2 (say march) 2013.. less than a year. It will also make my mobo obsolete if I get an i5 now, but I feel like I should be buying mobo/cpu every 3 years at the least. SO my...

Quote:Originally Posted by Ironman517 Just did some quick research, Civ 5 is supposedly using 4, Witcher 2 is optimized for 3 cores, but can use up to 6 apparently? All this talk about Civ5 is making me want to play it again...

Quote:Originally Posted by Ironman517 Ahhh. Civ 5 is mainly CPU intensive, Witcher 2 is actually a little of both. Which is why you will see some drops. If I am not mistaken, both games will only utilize 2 cores, Civ 5 you will...

Quote:Originally Posted by Octavarium My CPU runs at close to 100% or at 100% for the cores used by the game and my GPU does not run at 100%, more like 85-90%. Not on every game of course, but I've been playing The Witcher 2 and get...

Quote:Originally Posted by Ironman517 So your CPU is running at 100%? Your CPU actually works harder at higher resolutions. A lower resolutions your GPU works less, so that makes it seem like your CPU is working harder. But in...

Quote:Originally Posted by Ironman517 Are you sure that the C2Q is holding you back? As long as it's overclocked past 3.0GHz they should be a good combination. You should really be positive what is bottle necking your system At my...