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Hey EQ! Thanks for the reply and thanks for shedding new light to that word "bottleneck". The whole issue makes sense to me now and it does get used way too often without any clear and thorough understanding of it.

Thanks for the replies. I am new to this word "bottleneck" and its kind of confusing because according to the word, in order to get the full potential of the cards you would need to get a faster cpu. Wouldn't the performance gain be from the CPU? I wouldn't know how to tell.

I've always been curious as to my gaming setup. I'm running a QX6850 OCed to 3.5 ghz on an x38 with dual HD 4870 x2. Will the performance of the graphics card be bottlenecked by the CPU?

GREAT! I can't believe it WAS the card. Meh. I'm so disappointed. I got it replaced and it works like a charm.

ZIP. Temps are fine. Got the fans running at 70 % keeping it at 60 degrees celsius.

Hey zip. Sorry i didn't include my specs. CPU: e6850 3.0mhz not OC OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit RAM: 4 gb Corsair Dominator PC-8400 1066 mhz PSU: Antec Quattro 850 Watts GPU: Diamond Radeon HD 4870 x2 Cooler: Cooler Master V8 HD: Seagate Barracuda 500gb sata 2 MOBO: Asus...

Hey jack54, I also had this problem before, but i managed to fix it right away. You are correct by being shocked it gave the same score because i tested it with and without crossfire and the scores were different. Question: Did you install the second card at a different time or the same...

Hello, I'm posting a new thread about this issue, which is apparently common. I've installed a Diamond Radeon HD 4870 x2 and then to simply put, cannot play any games because it crashes just before it loads a level or map. The threads are very messy and are not organized well so its hard...

I've managed to fix the problem. I re-installed windows despite the long wait and it was able to load all the way after. I placed only 2 ram sticks in and it booted fine. Then I placed 4 and it stopped again. Then I replaced the 4 ram sticks and it reboots fine now. No problem anymore. to...

I have a cleared the cmos and removed the battery. I've done it twice. Still the same problem. I attempt to re-install windows, but the drive took so long to even read the cd. Now i'm assuming theres something wrong with the Sata controller.

I accidentally put my computer in sleep mode and i couldn't get it out of it. I turned my computer on and off. When windows booted it said, "overclocking failed". It restarted again and when i checked windows, my q6600 processor went back to 2.4ghz. i had clocked it earlier to 2.7ghz without any...