Recent content by daley

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    System Bottleneck?

    I couldn't just sit there and watch my new gtx480 underperform so I went with these: Memory = OCZ Platinum 6 gb 1300mhz Mobo = ASUS P7P55D-E PRO CPU = Intel I5 750 Total £394 I’ll let whoever’s interested know how much extra performance I get. At the moment with everything turned to full @...
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    System Bottleneck?

    If I'm honest, I thought that would be the case. What your saying is I'll be throwing goode money at a lost cause, looking back a gtx470 + new mobo bundle would have been the choice I think. Nevermind, you live and you learn. Cheers guys!
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    System Bottleneck?

    I didn't overclock, though I have done (2.67). I thought the Q6600 was still quite capable if i'm honest. I see what you're saying regarding the pcie slots though, is the pcie 2.0 slots just the case of more bandwidth over version 1. I was amazed when I tesded the GTX 480 with WIC benchmark...
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    System Bottleneck?

    I have a bottlenecking situation (I think) and I wanted to ask advice on what the best course of action is: Spec: Nforce Penyrn1600 650I SLI MOBO (non 2.0 pcie compliant) Q6600 Intel Quad Core Processor GTX 480 Graphic HyperX DDR2 4gig Ram Sata Harddrive 500gig All drivers are up to...
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    Upgrade GPU or MOBO

    Thanks TheViper, I appreciate that! I'll probably wait for the DX11 Nvidia card to come out though
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    Upgrade GPU or MOBO

    x 1080 resolution.
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    Upgrade GPU or MOBO

    I'm wondering if anybody can advise me on this: I'm going to upgrade either my mobo or my gpu, should I wait until the Nvidia DX11 compatible card comes out? Or should I go for a full mobo change to be able to go with the I5 chipset and memory upgrade? Also my MOBO (penryn 1600sli) can only...