CPU bottlenecking?
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Rastalovich
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A Q9300 isn't going to 'bottleneck' anything.
killablade
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name='Rastalovich' said:
Anything? AN i7-965 bottlenecks 3 GTX 480's in Tri-Sli
As for the low score.. how's ur FPS in games?
Rastalovich
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name='killablade' said:Anything? AN i7-965 bottlenecks 3 GTX 480's in Tri-Sli
I would have to say that a Q9300 would not hit 100% cpu usage operation a mobo with quad SLI 480s.
Ur Windows on the other hand, in conjunction with an equally poorly written gfx package, 'may' peak the cpu @ 25% usage on all-cores, assuming 25%x4 = 100% cpu usage (which it aint).
None of which is the fault of the cpu.
Meh. I was just curious rather than that bothered - the cards run all games i've played so far with them perfectly well. [CoD MW2; Bioshock 2; BFBC2; Dirt2; and a few others]
I suppose I was hoping for a higher score in 3D Mark as I was comparing it to some of the scores that OC3D got in some of their reviews.
I suppose I was hoping for a higher score in 3D Mark as I was comparing it to some of the scores that OC3D got in some of their reviews.
Although the CPU of course does not hit 100% usage, it does directly affect my graphics set up.
After some long testing - I got the following results in 3D Mark Vantage:
CPU @ 2.50Ghz (stock): 14464 (GPU score) + 9779 (CPU score)
CPU @ 2.74GHz : 14671 + 10285
CPU @ 3.22GHz : 15548 + 11799
CPU @ 3.30GHz : 15998 + 12029
All of the test had exactly the same set up - the only thing I changed was the FSB speed in the BIOS (and I tweaked the voltage a little on the last one).
But, nonetheless, it is quite clear that my CPU was not letting the graphics cards attain the highest score that they possibly could - in the screenshot it was running at 3.00GHz.
So, Rastalovich, before you suggest that my processor is "not going to bottleneck anything", I advise you to double check. Maybe carry out some of your own research if you still think you have a case that "none of which is the fault of the CPU."
After some long testing - I got the following results in 3D Mark Vantage:
CPU @ 2.50Ghz (stock): 14464 (GPU score) + 9779 (CPU score)
CPU @ 2.74GHz : 14671 + 10285
CPU @ 3.22GHz : 15548 + 11799
CPU @ 3.30GHz : 15998 + 12029
All of the test had exactly the same set up - the only thing I changed was the FSB speed in the BIOS (and I tweaked the voltage a little on the last one).
But, nonetheless, it is quite clear that my CPU was not letting the graphics cards attain the highest score that they possibly could - in the screenshot it was running at 3.00GHz.
So, Rastalovich, before you suggest that my processor is "not going to bottleneck anything", I advise you to double check. Maybe carry out some of your own research if you still think you have a case that "none of which is the fault of the CPU."
Rastalovich
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Ur fsb increase is assisting the gfxcard score.
Stop being silly, there's nothing to prove here. I've been there and done it.
Stop being silly, there's nothing to prove here. I've been there and done it.
