eidairaman1
The Exiled Airman
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2007
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- Republic of Texas (True Patriot)
System Name | PCGOD |
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Processor | AMD FX 8350@ 5.0GHz |
Motherboard | Asus TUF 990FX Sabertooth R2 2901 Bios |
Cooling | Scythe Ashura, 2×BitFenix 230mm Spectre Pro LED (Blue,Green), 2x BitFenix 140mm Spectre Pro LED |
Memory | 16 GB Gskill Ripjaws X 2133 (2400 OC, 10-10-12-20-20, 1T, 1.65V) |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon 290 Sapphire Vapor-X |
Storage | Samsung 840 Pro 256GB, WD Velociraptor 1TB |
Display(s) | NEC Multisync LCD 1700V (Display Port Adapter) |
Case | AeroCool Xpredator Evil Blue Edition |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR |
Power Supply | Seasonic 1250 XM2 Series (XP3) |
Mouse | Roccat Kone XTD |
Keyboard | Roccat Ryos MK Pro |
Software | Windows 7 Pro 64 |
The Fastest Quad Core for AMD is the 980 operating at i believe 3.7GHz, Course the Hex Cores are runnin around 4.0-4.2 GHz
Hey guys. I'm trying to get a rough idea of when I should stopped upgrading my GPU vs. my current CPU. I have an OC'd Phenom II X4 955 (3.6 Ghz is the best I can get out of it) and my current card is a GTX 460 1GB. I only game at 1680x1050, like my monitor and don't want a larger one. With Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim coming out this fall I'd like to push the video settings as much as possible, so I was considering a new GPU. I know from Fallout 3 when I upgraded from my 8800 GTX to the GTX 460 1GB I was able to max the video settings, so it seems I had enough CPU headroom to keep from bottlenecking. No one has a crystal ball of course so it hard to say what Skyrim will demand.
Basically, just wondering when I'm going to hit the ceiling with the X4 955. I don't want to spend $300 for something like a GTX 570 only to discover my gaming performance isn't much better due to the CPU.