Title says it all, will my Q6600 @ 3.4 Ghz bottleneck my GTX 580? I play games at a 1920x1200 resolution. My guess is no at those resolutions but I'm new to a lot of this
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Q6600 Bottleneck A GTX 580?
Title says it all, will my Q6600 @ 3.4 Ghz bottleneck my GTX 580? I play games at a 1920x1200 resolution. My guess is no at those resolutions but I'm new to a lot of this
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At 3.4? Yes it will, more on certain games than others. And the games that "only" support dual-core are the majority of them, since only a few support over 2. So a faster dual would outrun your Q6600; if you don't play BFBC2 or GTA4 for example, a 4.0 E8400 on that 750i would truthfully be a better gaming setup than your Q6600. But you'd be taking a step backwards for general performance in encoding.
What matters most is how well your setup does with the games that you play. If you have no issues with framerates, than who cares?
What matters most is how well your setup does with the games that you play. If you have no issues with framerates, than who cares?
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Your sig rig's CPU blows his out of the water.Originally Posted by Yoko Littner;12567118
naa your fine..
look at my sig rig..still no bottleneck![tongue.gif]( "tongue.gif")
If you were playing at a lower resolution you'd bottleneck, but @ 1920 x 1200 you should be right where you want to.
Do you have the gtx 580 already? or are you planning a future upgrade and making sure your cpu wont make the upgrade useless.
Do you have the gtx 580 already? or are you planning a future upgrade and making sure your cpu wont make the upgrade useless.
Not hatin, just wonderin
this is a DX10 system.
W7 for this Direct3d API and hardware is inconsequential.
dont pull the vista support's Direct3d11 now
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W7 for this Direct3d API and hardware is inconsequential.
dont pull the vista support's Direct3d11 now
It will only fake-bottleneck your rig.
Which means, no, you can't get 150FPS in Crysis.
And no, you're not going to get 20,000 points in 3DMark06.
But you WILL get 60FPS in ANY game, which means that if you bought a better CPU, you'd hardly notice the difference.
Which means, no, you can't get 150FPS in Crysis.
And no, you're not going to get 20,000 points in 3DMark06.
But you WILL get 60FPS in ANY game, which means that if you bought a better CPU, you'd hardly notice the difference.
Well in my current sig rig iv'e swapped this E8600 out for a 3.6 Q9400 and my FPS stay the same..
No bottle neck really.
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No bottle neck really.
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If the GTX580 acts in any way similar to a GTX295 then yes, you will take a nice hit (above 25%). With GTX460 you gain like a 10% when switching from Q6600 3.2ghz to i5 2500K stock. Now, with a higher-end gpu the hit should be quite bigger, and if you overclock the cpu, even more.
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Metro 2033, yes. It's dual-threaded.
COD, yes and no. Depends on the game.
GTA IV, no. It's quad-threaded.
So no, you're wrong.
Crysis, yes. It's single-threaded.
Metro 2033, yes. It's dual-threaded.
COD, yes and no. Depends on the game.
GTA IV, no. It's quad-threaded.
So no, you're wrong.
crysis is dual threaded.
and no im not wrong.
please provide proof otherwise or im not inclined to believe you.
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and no im not wrong.
please provide proof otherwise or im not inclined to believe you.
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Pretty believable that a 4.5GHz E8600 does well against a Q9550, but I wouldn't go so far as saying it "eats it." I had a 8400 at 4.2GHz myself, and feel that a Q6600 was a nice upgrade even clocked lower. I don't think a Q6600 would bottleneck a 580 as my Q6600 whistles while my 4870X2 runs at full load.
Toms Hardware did a great article on gaming bottlenecks, check it out
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/game-performance-bottleneck,2737.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/game-performance-bottleneck,2737.html
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