P4 2.4 badly bottleneck my X800XL?

[BSC14]

Curious what you guys think. I'm gonna try and OC my cpu but who knows how that will end up.

Curious if this cpu will be enough to play newer games for a good 1 1/2 years or so.

 

[BSC14]

Come on guys...

 

[McArra]

you should start thinking in a CPU upgrade.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

my p4 2.4 downstairs (yep 2.4A 400mhz bus, and RDRAM!) pretty much bottle necks my 9500pro at times, but they are a good match for each other usually.

but yeah wit something like the x800xl you'll want a bit more cpu

 

[ronnn]

If you have a 2,4c, an easy oc should give you 3.0.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Overclock it.

 

[BSC14]

Originally posted by: Kensai
Overclock it.

That brings me to another question.

Now I have to tell ya, my Abit mother board has a habit showing higher temps than they really are but anyway...it's a known problem with my model from what I understand.

Anyway my cpu idles at about 44-45c and at about 52c when playing games...according to PCWIZARD. I have a Zalman heatsink and fan and it sounds like the warmer my cpu gets the faster the fan runs.

Anyway, do you think these temps are to high to OC? Is there a huge increase in temp when you OC?

I have never done it so I have no clue.

 

[BSC14]

Originally posted by: BSC14

Originally posted by: Kensai
Overclock it.

That brings me to another question.

Now I have to tell ya, my Abit mother board has a habit showing higher temps than they really are but anyway...it's a known problem with my model from what I understand.

Anyway my cpu idles at about 44-45c and at about 52c when playing games...according to PCWIZARD. I have a Zalman heatsink and fan and it sounds like the warmer my cpu gets the faster the fan runs.

Anyway, do you think these temps are to high to OC? Is there a huge increase in temp when you OC?

I have never done it so I have no clue.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: BSC14

Originally posted by: BSC14

Originally posted by: Kensai
Overclock it.

That brings me to another question.

Now I have to tell ya, my Abit mother board has a habit showing higher temps than they really are but anyway...it's a known problem with my model from what I understand.

Anyway my cpu idles at about 44-45c and at about 52c when playing games...according to PCWIZARD. I have a Zalman heatsink and fan and it sounds like the warmer my cpu gets the faster the fan runs.

Anyway, do you think these temps are to high to OC? Is there a huge increase in temp when you OC?

I have never done it so I have no clue.

not sure, is it a presscott core? those temps look a little high for a northwood

 

[BSC14]

P4 2.4C...Northwood I think. Like I said my bios are a little off. They read higher than they should. 5 to10 higher than it really is.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

there wont be a massive increase in heat, the best you can do is simply try it

head over to the CPU forum, they'll sort u out

if you go to far it either wont boot, requiring u to reset the cmos, or it wont be stable requiring you to jus go back in the bios and turn somethings back down, and it wont overheat since intel have pretty good thermal protection

 

[ronnn]

I have my p 2.4c running at 3.0 with 5/4 timings with the zalman (can't remember the number) alum hsf. Have the zalman at low speed. The asus p4p800mb I have gives silly low temps - so my temp readings are also inaccurate, but have been running this way for over 2 years totally stable. Using an antec sonota case with ps on quiet mode and 9700pro with passive zalman heat pipe (have a small quiet fan I run when gaming over the card) Hope all this helps. :beer:

 

[BSC14]

Originally posted by: ronnn
I have my p 2.4c running at 3.0 with 5/4 timings with the zalman (can't remember the number) alum hsf. Have the zalman at low speed. The asus p4p800mb I have gives silly low temps - so my temp readings are also inaccurate, but have been running this way for over 2 years totally stable. Using an antec sonota case with ps on quiet mode and 9700pro with passive zalman heat pipe (have a small quiet fan I run when gaming over the card) Hope all this helps. :beer:

Thanks guys.

I just hope I can hit 3ghz or very close to it.

 

[ronnn]

Originally posted by: BSC14


Thanks guys.

I just hope I can hit 3ghz or very close to it.

At the time most got well over 3ghz, not sure how long their cpu's stood up though. I picked 3.0 as it was considered a safe bet.

 

[Pabster]

I still have a 2.4C doing 3.0 on stock volts. Stable as a rock and plenty fast enough for today's games.

Try cranking that old Northy up a bit if you feel it is being a bottleneck; Keep in mind that a lot depends on your gaming resolution. At 1024x768 or below your CPU is somewhat of a bottleneck but at 12x10+ the GPU is the biggest one.