CPU bottleneck?

[mordantmonkey]

At what point would a 2.6C northwood bottleneck a GPU.

more specifically i want to upgrade my 9800 pro to a 6800gt. would my CPU be limiting the 6800 at 1280x1024? should i just hold off and upgrade cpu and gpu at the same time?

 

[imported_Kensai]

A slight bottleneck to a 6800GT. You should overclock your 2.6.

 

[mordantmonkey]

unfortunately my ram won't overclock much. would a divider be worth the CPU gain?

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
unfortunately my ram won't overclock much. would a divider be worth the CPU gain?

If you mean running a memory to cpu divider so your memory can keep up, it is definately worth it.

Theres only a small penalty for using a 4/5 ratio as opposed to 1/1, on the order of 3-5% max. And the cpu will be much faster.

 

[mordantmonkey]

Originally posted by: Tom

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
unfortunately my ram won't overclock much. would a divider be worth the CPU gain?

If you mean running a memory to cpu divider so your memory can keep up, it is definately worth it.

Theres only a small penalty for using a 4/5 ratio as opposed to 1/1, on the order of 3-5% max. And the cpu will be much faster.

that's what i meant thanks.

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
At what point would a 2.6C northwood bottleneck a GPU.

more specifically i want to upgrade my 9800 pro to a 6800gt. would my CPU be limiting the 6800 at 1280x1024? should i just hold off and upgrade cpu and gpu at the same time?

At 1280x1024 with AA/AF you shouldn't be CPU limited with a 6800 GT.