AMD Sapphire 7770 Vapor X

[kikobie]

hello i have a system like this:
CPU: Core2Quad Q6600
Mobo: DG41RQ


and im planning to buy a AMD Sapphire 7770 Vapor X

will my cpu bottleneck the gpu?

 

[coastie65]

There well may be some bottlenecking.

 

[kikobie]

There well may be some bottlenecking.

but is it worth it? how much will it bottle neck?
q6600 2.4ghz/8mb cache/1066fsb

 

[coastie65]

That Motherboard is a socket 775 so in all likelyhood PCIe x16 2.0 The card may or may not be PCIe 2.0 as I haven't checked. If it were me, I would probably do it, as long as I had a proper PSU. There may be some bottlenecking, but the overall performance should still be fine.

 

[kikobie]

That Motherboard is a socket 775 so in all likelyhood PCIe x16 2.0 The card may or may not be PCIe 2.0 as I haven't checked. If it were me, I would probably do it, as long as I had a proper PSU. There may be some bottlenecking, but the overall performance should still be fine.

i have a seasonic x 460 gold+, will bottleneck still an issue if i were to oc the cpu?

 

[Avro Arrow]

A 460 watt PSU is not considered enough for the card by AMD. They call for at least a 500W PSU. If you were to overclock anything as it is, you might overload your PSU causing system stability issues. BTW, I would recommend the HD 7790 anyway as there's a great sale on it for $110 (-$20):
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=83729&vpn=FX779AZNJ4&manufacture=XFX&promoid=1317

 

[coastie65]

AMD gets a bit carried away with their requirements. That should be fine. I would keep the OC down to no more than 3.0 Ghz though, if you must.

 

[kikobie]

AMD gets a bit carried away with their requirements. That should be fine. I would keep the OC down to no more than 3.0 Ghz though, if you must.

anyway how do i OC with my motherboard?

 

[coastie65]

If you have never done it and and don't raelly have an idea, that is probably something best left alone as you can easily brick your machine. If your computer is a prebuilt, then in all likelyhood you can't anyway as the BiOS is locked to prevent it. One place to find out a little more on that is : www.bios-mods.com

 

[kikobie]

If you have never done it and and don't raelly have an idea, that is probably something best left alone as you can easily brick your machine. If your computer is a prebuilt, then in all likelyhood you can't anyway as the BiOS is locked to prevent it. One place to find out a little more on that is : www.bios-mods.com

ill be buying a CM hyper 212 EVO for Overclocking. thanks