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Yup, AMD CPU's suck until Bulldozer is released which I'm going to upgrade to one of those octo-core CPU's....

I used to run my CPU around 4.2GHz, and it was still around the same, going from 3.5 to 4.2 just game be around 5050 score on 3DMark 11

 

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Originally Posted by Mygaffer;14227014
Just from the information you provided you can in no way say you are cpu bottle necked. In fact it is HIGHLY unlikely that you are.

If you lower the resolution one step at a time and look at your FPS do they go up or stay relatively constant?

I've only got a 1280x1080 screen lol

 

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It's late here now, I will post all benchmark results tomorow on a new thread.

 

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I coulden't get 3.7-3.8GHz on my CPU with the stock cooler, it kept crashing at high tempatures with the Physics test.

Here is my new result, http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1528740 it seems this is the highest I have ever achieved, still I think it's too low.

Strangely, when my CPU was at 4.2GHz and 3.0GHz Northbridge, I scored around 5000-5100. And yes, my CPU-NB and CPU was stable for 6 hours on Prime95 at the time.

 

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Originally Posted by TheRockMonsi Please, if you spend money on ANYTHING, let it be your LCD - seriously. Why you would game with that kind of hardware on that resolution is beyond me, but if you want to upgrade anything, do justice to the monitor, and the significance of that bottleneck will die down.

lol, I knew something like this would come up.... All my money keep's going on my computer hardware, Next on my list to get is a Corsair H80 before I start saving to get a new Monitor.

I sometimes plug my computer into my 42in 1980x1080p TV that Iv'e got for blu-ray movies and the occasional gaming.

Even with 1980x1080 selected on 3DMark11 on my 42in, it lags like hell.... somewhere around 11FPS on everything

 

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Originally Posted by TheRockMonsi What do you mean by that? Do you mean when you select "Extreme" on the Present? Or what? Please clarify.

In custom settings where the resolution bit is, 1980x1080 1080p

 

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Originally Posted by Riou Is it safe to overclock it to 4.2 GHz on the stock AMD heatsink? Shouldn't you at least get a $25 CM Hyper 212+ heatsink?

I was doing 4.2GHz when I had my XSPC Rasa up and running..... until it all gone kapute! and melted....

Stuck with the Stock Cooler until I get the new Corsair H80.

Just scored 5917 in 3DMark11 when I overclocked my GTX480 to 830 Core and 2000 Memory with the same CPU overclock at 3612MHz and 3000Mhz on the Northbridge

 

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Sounds to me like you should stop worrying about 3d mark scores and just enjoy the ur games, which I'm sure run awesome on that rig.

That Why I gave up trying to optimize a overclock for my 6950 cuz the extra heat and noise and $ for a new heatsink was in no way worth the extra 1-2 frames per second id be getting while playing ya dig?

Deleted -_- a Night I want to forget *Sorry* lol

 

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Originally Posted by yoyo711 You get the Nd-14 cooler and push your cpu overclocks up

I'm going to get the Corsair H80 as the reviews say that it does better than a NH-D14

 

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Originally Posted by sleepergsr;14277040
try running 3dmark or vantage and report back to us. lets see if you can still get the same results. =)

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Overclock your NB @ 2600/2800 MHz.

I'll see what I can do myself, I will give 3DMark 11, Vantage and Heaven and will post some links up with my scores for your curiosity.

Note, that I'm using the AMD Stock cooler, so it hinder's my ability to get 3.7GHz and over.

 

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CPU: 3600MHz
Northbridge: 3000MHz
RAM: 1600MHz CL7-8-7-24-28 1T
HT: 2100MHz

3DMark Vantage: http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3331327

3DMark 11: http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1547216

Heaven Benchmark Screenshot:

Conclusion? I really don't know.... Meh

 

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Originally Posted by MightyMission disable c n q? gpu in x8 slot? isnt the 1055T a 95w part? if the gpu and vram show near on 100% usage then they aren't being bottlenecked.

Cn Q is enabled, I tend to use my PC for watching blu-ray etc... and like to be a bit of a power saver lol.

GPU in X16 slot

I have the 125W edition I believe, of the 1055T