[madalin]

So , tomorrow my gtx480 along with a new power supply from overclockers.co.uk should come .

Anyways , my question is will my cpu (sig rig) bottleneck it so much ?

I'll be playing mafia II , crysis , assassin's creed , gtaiv and maybe some more . Also , my motherboard only has one PCI-E X16 . Not 2.0 X16 . How much of a fps drop should i see ?

I don't think i'm gonna upgrade till SB-E or IB , so just asking what should I expect ..

 

[Imglidinhere]

Expect a bottleneck of mass proportions. D: Your CPU is about the same thing as an Athlon 64 X2 at the same speed. No lie. In short, yes, your CPU will be destroyed by that GPU. >.<

Upgrade it to something more recent. Seriously. Any i7 will do actually. ^^

 

[dragosmp]

For one, you will see a massive boost when compared to the 9800GT

You will probably see some performance decrease when compared to a virtual SB due to the low-cache dual core CPU in shooters, maybe a bit more in strategy games & GTA4; the PCIe doesn't bottleneck the card (Nvidia cards are very resilient to lower-than-PCIe2.0x16).

 

[Abs.exe]

It will be able to handle the games you proposed, but it will indeed have a massive bottleneck.
Try to play at higher resolution since the GPU will take the load off your weak cpu.

 

[madalin]

As said , i don't feel like upgrading now and then upgrade to SB-E/IB again ... Senseless .

 

[madalin]

I'll be playing at my max res 1800x1440 .

 

[dragosmp]

Here's a comparison between a stock 5300 and the entry level SB the i3 2100 (which still costs twice as much so not exactly a fair comparison):
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/98?vs=289

/no idea what GPU they used for the comparison though

 

[onoz]

You will see bottlenecks, but what can you do? You already said you don't want to upgrade now.

Play at high resolutions, like Abs.exe said.

 

[De-Zant]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abs.exe;13098288
Try to play at higher resolution since the GPU will take the load off your weak cpu.

That is not how it works lol

 

[onoz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by De-Zant;13098345
That is not how it works lol

He's not saying that the bottleneck will completely disappear, but it'll be less noticeable at higher resolutions, though I guess that's questionable with an E5400...

 

[madalin]

Will overclocking it further (3.4/3.6) decrease the bottleneck ?

 

[col musstard]

Quote:

Originally Posted by madalin;13098454
Will overclocking it further (3.4/3.6) decrease the bottleneck ?

Yes, and i dont think there will be as much of a bottleneck as these other people make it seem. You do not need an i7 to max out a 480 unless you are playing a very cpu dependent game. and gaming at your res will work the gpu pretty hard.

Just overclock your cpu as much as you can and you will be good, bottlenecks are not as prevalent as everyone makes them out to be

 

[UkGouki]

Quote:

Originally Posted by madalin;13098454
Will overclocking it further (3.4/3.6) decrease the bottleneck ?

yes but as its only a duel core and your not gonna be playing at 1920x1080 the bottleneck will still be there. personally if you don't want to upgrade to SB or 1366 now i would suggest maybe getting a better monitor or even getting a quadcore 775 cpu for now...

 

[PanicProne]

I don't think the bottleneck will be as huge as people are saying it will be.

 

[raven117]

definitely upgrade if you can, my q6600 at 3.4 cant keep up with my 460 in most games(bad company 2, counter strike source, call of duty black ops,civ 5). Or just do what i did and pile on the AA until the gpu reads 99%

On average without AA, most games read about 80%gpu usage through afterburner.

2nd edit: in class now but when I get out id be glad to throw some numbers at you.

 

[madalin]

Well thanks col mustard . You made my day !! I know i'm still gonna see DRASTIC improvements over the 9800GT which is for sale along with the gpu cooler and power supple for $110 !!

 

[KShirza1]

seriously dude get a better cpu already... 2011 not 2005 lol

 

[PanicProne]

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Originally Posted by KShirza1;13098671
seriously dude get a better cpu already... 2011 not 2005 lol

His CPU is from 2009 (maybe 2008) and it's not a bad dual core chip at all.

I know it's not the fastest thing around, but it's not like it's a Pentium D or something.

It's a stripped down Core 2 Duo.

 

[obsidian86]

well in terms of single threaded performance an e5x00 @ 4 ghz matches a stock i7 920 iirc

edit:you really trust that psu you got there with a 480

 

[SethCohen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by PanicProne;13098720
His CPU is from 2009 (maybe 2008) and it's not a bad dual core chip at all.

I know it's not the fastest thing around, but it's not like it's a Pentium D or something.

It's a stripped down Core 2 Duo.

Yeah exactly.. the newest thing out there is not always the solution for everyone.
Although, it would be nice if you buy a new sb/ib in the future and then you won't have to worry at all!