I am interested in adding a lil bit more power to my machine since it seems that my video card may be a bit above my processors capabilities.
I have a Biostar A770E ver 6.4 and it has a maximum TDP of 95 watts.
Phenom II X4 2.2GHZ overclocked to 2.4GH
4GB of Samsung 400mhz ram also overclocked just a tad
MSI Twin Frozr II R6950 unlocked shaders and overclocked
PC Power+Cooling 1000watt power supply
300GB Velociraptor for main drive SSD for games and swap file.
My question is wether or not in video games the 6 core at 2.6ghz 3.1 turbo will be much faster. Is it going to be like my processor is only 2/3rds as fast or is it going to be like a barely noticable difference?
Right now I have noticed that in almost all my games my cpu is pegged out but my video card is not to the point where even with my video card core set at stock (Still ocing the mem) there is no real performance drop.
I do not really have the money to do a complete overhaul and dont plan on having the money for another year to 2 years so am I better off getting the x6 which I wont be able to overclock since it is already going to be using my boards max core voltage or should I keep the processor I have which also I can not overclock much further because of the core voltage limit due to the 95w max.
Some insight to the possible performance increase would be nice. Remember that the ONLY performance I care at all about is games. I also will not be upgrading my video card for probably 2-3 years.
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This is kinda solved. From what I read on here I kinda decided that it would be best to leave my board completely and I got a used computer that had a better board and processor in it in the hopes of just keeping the cpu/mobo/ram and selling my cpu/mobo/ram back on craiglist for a minimal loss in cash.
I have a Biostar A770E ver 6.4 and it has a maximum TDP of 95 watts.
Phenom II X4 2.2GHZ overclocked to 2.4GH
4GB of Samsung 400mhz ram also overclocked just a tad
MSI Twin Frozr II R6950 unlocked shaders and overclocked
PC Power+Cooling 1000watt power supply
300GB Velociraptor for main drive SSD for games and swap file.
My question is wether or not in video games the 6 core at 2.6ghz 3.1 turbo will be much faster. Is it going to be like my processor is only 2/3rds as fast or is it going to be like a barely noticable difference?
Right now I have noticed that in almost all my games my cpu is pegged out but my video card is not to the point where even with my video card core set at stock (Still ocing the mem) there is no real performance drop.
I do not really have the money to do a complete overhaul and dont plan on having the money for another year to 2 years so am I better off getting the x6 which I wont be able to overclock since it is already going to be using my boards max core voltage or should I keep the processor I have which also I can not overclock much further because of the core voltage limit due to the 95w max.
Some insight to the possible performance increase would be nice. Remember that the ONLY performance I care at all about is games. I also will not be upgrading my video card for probably 2-3 years.
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This is kinda solved. From what I read on here I kinda decided that it would be best to leave my board completely and I got a used computer that had a better board and processor in it in the hopes of just keeping the cpu/mobo/ram and selling my cpu/mobo/ram back on craiglist for a minimal loss in cash.
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