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Phenom II With A Gtx 670

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SickBeast said:
Interesting, OP. It would appear that you mated a ferarri transmission to a toyota corolla motor. I hope it works out for you. If not there is always the 2500k. 🙂
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Ouch!!! Corolla?...come on bud. I would like to think the Phenom II is like a Muscle car. No top end, but a hell of lot of torque...
 
I suspect my 1055T at Stock is holding back my 5870, but not enough to cause issues with the games I play. In SR3 I have noticed changes in performance at times and Fraps showed dips into the Mid 30's on occasion, even so the affect was inconsequential and not enough to spur me to overclock.
 
Greenhell6 said:
Ouch!!! Corolla?...come on bud. I would like to think the Phenom II is like a Muscle car. No top end, but a hell of lot of torque...
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Torque? The cache doesn't even run at full speed. You have to overclock the CPU-NB to help fix that. It's like an old k-car with carburetors, actually.

:whiste:
 
SickBeast said:
Torque? The cache doesn't even run at full speed. You have to overclock the CPU-NB to help fix that. It's like an old k-car with carburetors, actually.

:whiste:
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Haha - K-car. My dad owned one of those pieces of crap. Chrysler in the 80's .... not much to say except for the Omni GLH-S.
 
That's the whole point im going Intel in Aug I got the expensive part out of the way first Gpu+Psu. 2500 with a Good board runs about 320-350 and a 2011 I think is 500 something.
 
Greenhell6 said:
Haha - K-car. My dad owned one of those pieces of crap. Chrysler in the 80's .... not much to say except for the Omni GLH-S.
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They were comfortable. Someone owned one I think one of my brothers and I loved riding in it. confortable bench seats square windows so you could see traffic lights at stop. i'm tall so most cars I have to ride 'pimp' to see up at lights with low roof lines of modern cars.

Oh and better video card is always better. I've noticed every upgrade big time with same 4 years old 920 processor.
 
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Zebo said:
They were comfortable. Someone owned one I think one of my brothers and I loved riding in it. confortable bench seats square windows so you could see traffic lights at stop. i'm tall so most cars I have to ride 'pimp' to see up at lights with low roof lines of modern cars.

Oh and better video card is always better. I've noticed every upgrade big time with same 4 years old 920 processor.
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Had a 85 Reliant SE with a 2.6 litre, it was alright, until 80kmiles/120k km. Then 1 by 1 everything started to go.
 
sandorski said:
I suspect my 1055T at Stock is holding back my 5870, but not enough to cause issues with the games I play. In SR3 I have noticed changes in performance at times and Fraps showed dips into the Mid 30's on occasion, even so the affect was inconsequential and not enough to spur me to overclock.
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I've just installed a Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce into my system with a 1055T@3.3 GHz, which replaced a 5850. I am suspecting a bottleneck, as I do not get full GPU usage - though, the CPU usage rarely reaches the 90 % mark. Also, there is very little difference from the 1055T@stock and 3.3 GHz, so perhaps the problem lies elsewhere.
 
dragelarve said:
I've just installed a Gigabyte GTX 670 Windforce into my system with a 1055T@3.3 GHz, which replaced a 5850. I am suspecting a bottleneck, as I do not get full GPU usage - though, the CPU usage rarely reaches the 90 % mark. Also, there is very little difference from the 1055T@stock and 3.3 GHz, so perhaps the problem lies elsewhere.
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Overclock the CPU-NB. Off the top of my head, I think a CPU limited game like Starcraft II gained like 13% or something big like that, and we are talking from when the Phenom CPU was already overclocked, the difference gained when also overclocking the CPU-NB or not.

So give that CPU-NB overclock a try too, see if you get a nice additional boost to complement the CPU overclock and the beefy GPU.
 
GTX670 might be a bit much (assuming the OP has a decently clocked PII quad). Something like a 6950 would be perfect for 1080p (which is what I have at the office mated to a PII X3 @ X4 3.8GHz).
 
Overclock the CPU-NB. Off the top of my head, I think a CPU limited game like Starcraft II gained like 13% or something big like that, and we are talking from when the Phenom CPU was already overclocked, the difference gained when also overclocking the CPU-NB or not.

So give that CPU-NB overclock a try too, see if you get a nice additional boost to complement the CPU overclock and the beefy GPU.
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Thank you so much for your feedback!

As I'm a n00b at overclocking (other than the automatic 25-30 % overclock provided by my AsRock motherboard), what specifically is the CPU-NB?

I see two variables related to NB: NB speed and NB voltage. Though, I'm guessing it's the speed I need to increase. Now, it's at 2400.xx - how high do you think it can go?
 
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dragelarve said:
Thank you so much for your feedback!

As I'm a n00b at overclocking (other than the automatic 25-30 % overclock provided by my AsRock motherboard), what specifically is the CPU-NB?

I see two variables related to NB: NB speed and NB voltage. Though, I'm guessing it's the speed I need to increase. Now, it's at 2400.xx - how high do you think it can go?
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It depends on the chip. 2400mhz was the best mine could do, but they say the Thubans can do ~3000mhz.
 
KingFatty said:
Overclock the CPU-NB. Off the top of my head, I think a CPU limited game like Starcraft II gained like 13% or something big like that, and we are talking from when the Phenom CPU was already overclocked, the difference gained when also overclocking the CPU-NB or not.

So give that CPU-NB overclock a try too, see if you get a nice additional boost to complement the CPU overclock and the beefy GPU.
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Overclocking the NB/L3 makes a large difference in some cases. Too many reviewers just bump the multiplier a bit and call it a day. In many situations there is a good deal of performance to be had by pushing the NB/L3.
 
SlowSpyder said:
Overclocking the NB/L3 makes a large difference in some cases. Too many reviewers just bump the multiplier a bit and call it a day. In many situations there is a good deal of performance to be had by pushing the NB/L3.
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Yes but even with the CPU-NB at 3000mhz a 2500k is still a much better CPU.
 
SickBeast said:
It depends on the chip. 2400mhz was the best mine could do, but they say the Thubans can do ~3000mhz.
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Looks like the BIOS won't allow increases above x10 - 2400 MHz on the NB Speed.

Guess there's only CPU Multiplier and CPU Frequency to adjust.

Think I'll upgrade the CPU soon 😉
 
Phenom or not... 670 is still a great card and worth upgrading to, even if you're bottlenecked by your cpu (which you can upgrade later).
 
Magic Carpet said:
Phenom or not... 670 is still a great card and worth upgrading to, even if you're bottlenecked by your cpu (which you can upgrade later).
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Maybe. If you're 25% bottlenecked you would be better off with something like a 7850 IMO. They would probably perform identically in those circumstances.
 
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