Originally posted by: MagickMan
Depends on when he bought that e7200. I had to go through 4 of them before I found one that would break 3.5GHz at a safe voltage (1.4v).
However, 3GHz should be easy for any VID.
Originally posted by: yh125d
Originally posted by: MagickMan
Depends on when he bought that e7200. I had to go through 4 of them before I found one that would break 3.5GHz at a safe voltage (1.4v).
However, 3GHz should be easy for any VID.
That sounds... very unlucky. Are you sure you weren't missing something?
Originally posted by: error8
Originally posted by: yh125d
Originally posted by: MagickMan
Depends on when he bought that e7200. I had to go through 4 of them before I found one that would break 3.5GHz at a safe voltage (1.4v).
However, 3GHz should be easy for any VID.
That sounds... very unlucky. Are you sure you weren't missing something?
Yes, that is weird.
Originally posted by: yh125d
its easy as hell to overclock to 3-3.2
Originally posted by: dph1077
I'm running a e7200 with an easy overclock to 3.1 with the stock cooler no problem. I just ordered a 4890 as well (comes Friday) so I'm in the same boat.
Originally posted by: toyota
Originally posted by: dph1077
I'm running a e7200 with an easy overclock to 3.1 with the stock cooler no problem. I just ordered a 4890 as well (comes Friday) so I'm in the same boat.
at 1920x1200 your cpu would be fine at 3.1 with a 4890. you will easily get 95%+ of what the 4890 can do. if you were at stock cpu speeds and/or a lower res then of course it would be a little more of an issue.
Originally posted by: RaptureMe
Yes it will bottleneck the crap out of that card.
You are going to want to either overclock the hell out of it or upgrade to a cheap quadcore.
Those are the only options I can see that will help out if you actually decide to buy it.
Originally posted by: yh125d
Originally posted by: toyota
Originally posted by: dph1077
I'm running a e7200 with an easy overclock to 3.1 with the stock cooler no problem. I just ordered a 4890 as well (comes Friday) so I'm in the same boat.
at 1920x1200 your cpu would be fine at 3.1 with a 4890. you will easily get 95%+ of what the 4890 can do. if you were at stock cpu speeds and/or a lower res then of course it would be a little more of an issue.
I think you may have a slightly incorrect view of CPU power and low resolutions. When all other settings stay unchanged, and you lower the res, it's not that the CPU is having to work harder than at the higher res, its just that the GPU is becoming less of a factor which lets you notice that the CPU may be holding you back. Running a lower res isn't tougher on the CPU, its just more easier on the GPU
I hope that made sense, not sure
Originally posted by: yh125d
Originally posted by: MagickMan
Depends on when he bought that e7200. I had to go through 4 of them before I found one that would break 3.5GHz at a safe voltage (1.4v).
However, 3GHz should be easy for any VID.
That sounds... very unlucky. Are you sure you weren't missing something?