p4 dual core question

[lodmdma]

p4 830 dual core 3.0 and 7800gt......will the cpu bottleneck the video card?

 

[Markfw]

Maybe. I will definitely overheat it ! Why the 830 ? Worst choice you could make for a gaming cpu, slow, and way too much heat compared to a 3800+ X2.

 

[Geomagick]

In many situations yes.

Although performance will still be very good.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

3800+ X2 >>>>>>>> 830 Pentium D

 

[stevty2889]

It will perform similarly to a P4 3.0ghz, so it will probably be a slight bottleneck in some situations, but should make anything unplayable or anything realisticly. I can definatly say for certainty that I am not fond of my 830, it runs too hot, and is slower than the 3.4ghz single core I replaced in most cases, I love my X2 on the other hand, runs at 51c max overclocked to 2.618ghz, on the stock cooler.

 

[theMan]

also, there is a good chance it will throttle down a lot, especially if you have stock cooling and low case airflow.