bottlenecking.........

Inn3rs3lf said:
Damn guys. Lol. All are acting as if my pc is on par with a 486. I have been thinking of a coolermaster v8 and OC that thing as far as possible. But as stated......at 3-3.5ghz is not going to cripple the system. But thanks to all.....I knew I wouldn't get the most out of the card........but damn.
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No need to buy anything remotely that expensive mate, with the heat a dual core i3 put's out, all you'll need is a +/- R200 CM TX3 to be able to max it out. You'll be sorted.
Yip at those clocks, as Rudimental stated, only games that require quads to run smoothly will pose a prob.

*the V8 has a poor performance vs cooling ratio, couple coolers half the price cool as well or better. Hyper 212+ and Cogage True Spirit to name 2..
 
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i got a GTS 250 1gb ddr3.... problem I've got is my mobo only has 1 pci slot... and it's quite close to the pci express slot... so the gfx fan blows right ontop of my wlan card (practically half a cm from the wlan card)... the bloody thing overheats like theres no tomorrow... so make sure, you got space! and no cards that could possibly block airflow
 
dudewotevr said:
*the V8 has a poor price vs cooling/performance ratio, couple coolers half the price cool as well or better. Hyper 212+ and Cogage True Spirit to name 2..
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Fixed? Performance = cooling for a heatsink ;)
+1 for cogage though
 
It really does depend what games OP wants to play. If you wanna jam Battlefield Bad Company 2, you better off with a i5 750, but for games like COD (essentially whole series excl Black ops as it is not out yet) you will be A OK! That said, there are other factors like screen res to consider, and usually low screen res = more CPU dependent.

On the note of the v8, I'd just sell my i3 and buy a i5 750/760 with the cash. CUD :D
But a OC to 3.6 will see any possible bottle neck vanish less the game really requires 4 or more cores. A MHz bump usually helps alot.

I've seen a few builds where people(maybe crazy) pair a 5850 with a i3 530. So I wouldn't worry to much if I was you, the 460 is a good midranged card and the i3 is a low-midrange(OC'd) CPU.
IF I was you I'd still buy a 460, then what you can do is, run a benchmark like Vantage with your CPU on stock, then run it again OC'd and see if your graphics scores change significantly. If yes then sadly you are bottle necked.
 
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nakedpeanut said:
That said, there are other factors like screen res to consider, and usually low screen res = more CPU dependent.
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That's making a bit of a meal of it with a confusing generalisation. What you will see is that at lower screen resolutions you are not being limited by your GPU or limited as much as at high resolutions. This means that your CPU does not have to wait as long for the GPU to process a frame before sending it the next one, which means that you will likely see more load on your CPU. This is linked to framerate and overall system composition. If going to a lower res increases framerate, then you will likely see more CPU load, but if going to a lower res does not increase framerate (e.g. fixed framerate or less powerful GPU), then you will likely see the same or lower CPU load.
 
+1 for the Cogage True Spirit and Hyper 212+ (if you can get one)
At what resolution do you game?
The I3 @ 3.6Ghz should be fine for now. Once you have cash, you can always upgrade to an I5, but not maybe games use quad core yet.
 
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