AMD 955 Be and a GTX 680?

[BBN8]

Will my cpu bottleneck a GTX 680 if so how badly? Its overclocked at 3.6

 

[quilciri]

According to Tom's hardware it will, and pretty badly I'm guessing. Here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/balanced-gaming-pc-overclock,2699-8.html

Going by that chart, It looks like the strongest card that isn't hampered by an overclocked 955 is the HD 5870, which is rougly equivalent to a GTX 470 or a 560 Ti.

 

[markuk1]

ballocks the chart shows the x4 955 performing well above its price range keeping up with the 920.
i recently upgraded my whole rig from an x4 955 @4.2ghz to an i5 2500k now @ 4.8ghz all i do is gaming i thought i would notice a massive difference going by these sort of reviews but i have noticed virtually none i wish i just upgraded to a best of a gpu!!!!! if you want a 680 then you want to max every game out aa and every thing
so all the pressure if i could turn back time i would defiantly just upgrade the gpu

 

[markuk1]

you will need to overclock it a bit more though to at least 3.8 what revision is it

 

[BBN8]

ballocks the chart shows the x4 955 performing well above its price range keeping up with the 920.
i recently upgraded my whole rig from an x4 955 @4.2ghz to an i5 2500k now @ 4.8ghz all i do is gaming i thought i would notice a massive difference going by these sort of reviews but i have noticed virtually none i wish i just upgraded to a best of a gpu!!!!! if you want a 680 then you want to max every game out aa and every thing
so all the pressure if i could turn back time i would defiantly just upgrade the gpu

Yeah thats what I took away from the chart but we could be wrong. I just can't upgrade both right now. I plan on getting a ivy bridge cpu/mobo later this summer.

 

[hellfire24]

yeah!a little bit but if you oc it 4ghz~,you should be fine.

 

[BBN8]

you will need to overclock it a bit more though to at least 3.8 what revision is it

Pretty sure its RB-C2

 

[BBN8]

The reason it's lower is the temps are really high right now. I have a CM v8 cooler so the only reason I can come up with is the thermal paste hasn't been reapplied since I bought the system. Im getting some mx-4 in tomorrow so I should be able to go higher tomorrow.

 

[BBN8]

Whats the difference between C2 and C3?

 

[MMO Fan]

ballocks the chart shows the x4 955 performing well above its price range keeping up with the 920.
i recently upgraded my whole rig from an x4 955 @4.2ghz to an i5 2500k now @ 4.8ghz all i do is gaming i thought i would notice a massive difference going by these sort of reviews but i have noticed virtually none i wish i just upgraded to a best of a gpu!!!!! if you want a 680 then you want to max every game out aa and every thing
so all the pressure if i could turn back time i would defiantly just upgrade the gpu

THAT IS CORRECT +1 ^

 

[BBN8]

Any tips on how you achieved the 4.2 overclock markuk1?

 

[quilciri]

ballocks the chart shows the x4 955 performing well above its price range keeping up with the 920.
i recently upgraded my whole rig from an x4 955 @4.2ghz to an i5 2500k now @ 4.8ghz all i do is gaming i thought i would notice a massive difference going by these sort of reviews but i have noticed virtually none i wish i just upgraded to a best of a gpu!!!!! if you want a 680 then you want to max every game out aa and every thing
so all the pressure if i could turn back time i would defiantly just upgrade the gpu

Why don't you look through the benchmarks for all the games in that article?

 

[MMO Fan]

Why don't you look through the benchmarks for all the games in that article?

If you game @ 1024x768 then an i5 2500K would make a huge difference but not at 1080P where the load is mostly on the GPU. HD+ the load is 99% on the GPU witch means an Athlon x4 3ghz would do.

 

[loneninja]

Whats the difference between C2 and C3?

C3 has a better memory controller, runs cooler, requires less voltage, lower power consumption, and due to those factors overclocks better than C2.