I'm curious about CPU bottlenecks.

[VIAN]

Does anyone actually have a CPU bottleneck them to upplayable framerates? If so, post your specs.

Sometimes, on here we talk about CPU bottlenecks, but this guy I just saw has a 2.4A and that is over 3 years old, but still seems to function very well for him. So, maybe we can live with CPUs for a longer time than we think.

 

[gamepad]

athlon xp 2600+
radeon 9700 pro

i get a cpu bottleneck in css (very cpu intensive game). i get the same fps if i play it on 640x480 everything on low or 1280x1024 on high settings.

 

[VIAN]

You sure it's not a RAM issue. Sometimes, having too little RAM is the cause. What kind of fps are you getting?

Cause I didn't have a problem and I was on a 2700+ peviously.

 

[Kogan]

People are still playing with 1.8ghz pentium and 1700+ AMD systems with current games and newer video cards with no problems (have some system setups like this myself).

Except for maybe doom3 - that's the most cpu-dependent game I've played so far. Maxed at around 55fps with a 6800 video card with an amd XP 3000+ system (which was very playable). Is probably close to un-playable on a 1700+ with any video card.

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: VIAN
Does anyone actually have a CPU bottleneck them to upplayable framerates? If so, post your specs.

Sometimes, on here we talk about CPU bottlenecks, but this guy I just saw has a 2.4A and that is over 3 years old, but still seems to function very well for him. So, maybe we can live with CPUs for a longer time than we think.

For FPS games I think CPU bottlenecking is WAY overstated.

I usually run my mobile cpu at 215 X 11. Once I put it back to 166 x 11 and forgot to bump it back up. Went about playing FarCry and D3 and didn't notice a diff. I also did 3D Mark 03 & 05. Scores were'nt much diff either. What diff there was I attribute to the CPU section of those benchies anyway.

CPU bottlenecking occurs at low rez's, as you go higher it all about the vid card IMHO.

Fern

 

[MercenaryForHire]

If you ever want to see yourself get CPU-bottlenecked in a hurry, download the EVE-Online trial. That thing can peg an FX-55. :Q

- M4H