Opty 165 vs 4400+ X2

[QuietIce]

Doesn't anyone think the memory used factors in heavily right along with the stepping in being able to get a high O/C from an Opty 165?

Not really. In the old FSB days maybe but the A64s don't work that way. There is a slight advantage to running 1:1 memory but I_H is right - using a lesser divider won't hurt the CPU OC.

Would I gain something with a 170 compared to what I have?

IF you find a 170 that OCs @ 2.8 you might get a tiny bit of gain b/c the 170 has a 2x 1Mb L2 instead of the 2x 512 Kb of the 4600 but the gain would be very program specific - IMO, not worth it ...

 

[Cyrix_2k]

I didn't read this thread, but I hit my board's limit with my oldish 165. I need a modded BIOS to push it further, but I'm actually content with how fast my system is right now.

 

[Immortal_Hero]

I DONT THINK EVEN 2x8800GTX's WILL GUARANTEE THAT .Meaning 60 fps at all tiime's since fps tend to go up and down. And since Immortal_Hero said he didnt want his fps to drop below 60 fps ever

If they won't do that with a DX9 game then they would be real close. I don't feel that there is anyway they couldn't do that if they had a quality proc to back em up.

 

[WonderingSoul]

and when i said


I DONT THINK EVEN 2x8800GTX's WILL GUARANTEE THAT .Meaning 60 fps at all tiime's since fps tend to go up and down. And since Immortal_Hero said he didnt want his fps to drop below 60 fps ever



Now i have to reinstall COD 2 and see what my 2X6800GSs can handle at 1280x1024 with everything on high and aa/af settings cranked up to see what my fps will be. Normally I run games at 1024x768 and everything turned up.Since my monitor sucks

I get 40 heavy areas - 60 in closed quarters/minimal stuff going on with 1280 x 1024 with 4x AA, Anti Stropic Filtering, and all texures on EXTRA. This is all with my 7900GT at speeds in sig. This is with my 170 @ 2.0 too. With it at 2.6-2.8 I would probably see another 10-20 FPS out of it since I am going to be bottle necked by this CPU IMHO.

And if TWO 8800GTX can't "handle" 60 constant with 4X (or more) the power of the 7900GT, then the 8800GTX are a lot weaker then I could ever imagine.

 

[Immortal_Hero]

That sounds about right. My CPU was holding me back big time. I get 15 to 20 FPS more with my Opty 165 now.

 

[gigabit]

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/421/6/

they handle it for sure 2x8800GTX's.But i would have thought FPS would have been higher.But I still think there will be drops below 60FPS at times.Thats all im really saying.I n=know they are awesome cards and as drivers get better look out this thing will destroy game fps barrier's never seen before..lol

 

[gigabit]

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[jivetrky]

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From the looks of that second pic (the 16x12), it looks like the vid cards are CPU bound, no?

 

[WonderingSoul]

Man those resolutions are WAYYY higher than what he needs... 1920 x 1200...

 

[gigabit]

Man those resolutions are WAYYY higher than what he needs... 1920 x 1200...

Yeah i know

 

[LeAd_Poisoning]

RAM weakness can be surpassed with the use of RAM dividers, i run at stock ram speeds while hitting 2.7 on my 165 with a 166 divider