Any system tweaks to boost cpu? my radeon hd 6670 is bottlenecked.

[Jdm13oiZz]

My amd radeon hd 6670 is getting bottlecked by my amd athlon x2 3.5ghz (its actually a amd phenom ii 521 3.5ghz from one of the Hp Pavilion p6000 series models. I found out it was just rebranded... -_-...)

are there any tweaks i can do to reduce the bottleneck so i can maybe squeeze a little more fps and reduce the lag spikes without having to buy a whole new processor and motherboard? (motherboard only supports a 95watt tdp so..... -_-)

 

[amuffin]

Just spend 50 for the corsair vengeance 8gb kit.

 

[jimmysmitty]

Just spend 50 for the corsair vengeance 8gb kit.

Well worth every penny. Corsair is the name for RAM really. Always works, almost never goes bad (in fact I have not seen any bad Corsair in my time with PCs) and is always stable at rated specs, sometimes at even lower specs (my XMS2 1066 ran at DDR2 1333 using 4-4-4-12 when it was rated at 5-5-5-18).

 

[Jdm13oiZz]

ah okay, ill go ahead and just get the corsair vengeance 8gb kit then..

 

[truegenius]

Yeah, ill upgrade the cpu eventually but thats going to cost quiet a bit of money... I might even have to upgrade my motherboard too because ill be pretty limited to what cpu i can buy because of the 95watt max tdp my motherboard has.

and btw are you sure dual channel really going to help my stuttering and boost my fps a bit?

no way, duel channel will not help.
None of your part seems to bottleneck otherone, your cpu and gpu are not suficient to get 60fps, You need a new gpu + cpu to se difference,
apply patch 1.0.7 to gta4 to see significant fps boost.
I have phenom2 x6 + hd6770 (both overclocked) and i can only get constant 70fps inside and outside at lowest possible settings on gta4 v1.0.0

List the system specification of your friend with cpuz screenshots, it seems that your friend is using a 6770 or better gpu

 

[truegenius]

oh i hope so, if it doesnt really do anything, at least id be pretty happy with my faster load times

huh, loading times depends on read/wright and random i/o ops of your hdd or ssd, i does not depends on ram.

So what to do.
You can save some pocket money to build a ivy + hd7 or gtx6 setup in second half of this year.

 

[Jdm13oiZz]

no way, duel channel will not help.
None of your part seems to bottleneck otherone, your cpu and gpu are not suficient to get 60fps, You need a new gpu + cpu to se difference,
apply patch 1.0.7 to gta4 to see significant fps boost.
I have phenom2 x6 + hd6770 (both overclocked) and i can only get constant 70fps inside and outside at lowest possible settings on gta4 v1.0.0

List the system specification of your friend with cpuz screenshots, it seems that your friend is using a 6770 or better gpu

hes definently using a 6670 ive seen it. as for the fps in gta 4 he was on a skype call showing his screen to me with fraps running, when he looks all the way down in the interiors his fps can reach over 100.

my friend bought this cyberpower pc http://www.walmart.com/ip/CyberPower-1TB-GUA140/16672335 then stuck this 6670 in. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161397

 

[truegenius]

more than 100 fps
even my setup can't get this much fps at lowest possible settings with gpu overclocked to 1000/1400 and cpu to 4ghz on all six cores.

So try patch 1.0.7 for gta4.
Duel channel will only give a max of ~5fps boost (not upto 80fps from 30).

If your friend is using v1.0.0 of gta4 and still getting 100fps at that setup then i think that your friend is lying.

 

[Jdm13oiZz]

more than 100 fps
even my setup can't get this much fps at lowest possible settings with gpu overclocked to 1000/1400 and cpu to 4ghz on all six cores.

So try patch 1.0.7 for gta4.
Duel channel will only give a max of ~5fps boost (not upto 80fps from 30).

If your friend is using v1.0.0 of gta4 and still getting 100fps at that setup then i think that your friend is lying.

hes using patch 2, and no joke. He showed me his screen on a skype call with fraps on so i could see how much fps he was getting and it was really over 100 when he looked down in the interiors.

btw his monitor size is like 1366x768 or something like that. and if windows experience index actually has some sort of meaning, all his scores were over 7.0 except for harddrive which got a 5.9.

 

[HostileDonut]

hes using patch 2, and no joke. He showed me his screen on a skype call with fraps on so i could see how much fps he was getting and it was really over 100 when he looked down in the interiors.

btw his monitor size is like 1366x768 or something like that. and if windows experience index actually has some sort of meaning, all his scores were over 7.0 except for harddrive which got a 5.9.

yeah, pretty much all drives are 5.9 unless you are using an SDD. WEI means nothing. Just, forget it is even there.

 

[Jdm13oiZz]

yeah, pretty much all drives are 5.9 unless you are using an SDD. WEI means nothing. Just, forget it is even there.

Oh okay.... I just feel like it has some sort of purpose behind it because it makes me wonder why that feature would even be in there if its concidered useless... lol

 

[HostileDonut]

Oh okay.... I just feel like it has some sort of purpose behind it because it makes me wonder why that feature would even be in there if its concidered useless... lol

Well, I believe they put it there so you can "see" how good your system is, but really, hardware moves so quickly, and it does a bad job of figuring it out. Plus, who does it on a scale of 0-7.9? Haha :lol:

 

[Jdm13oiZz]

Well, I believe they put it there so you can "see" how good your system is, but really, hardware moves so quickly, and it does a bad job of figuring it out. Plus, who does it on a scale of 0-7.9? Haha :lol:

haha, yeah. never really thought about it that way.

 

[jessterman21]

CPU is bottlenecking - I can testify. Athlon II X2 bottlenecks any card - Especially in a CPU-bound game like GTA4. Get a Phenom II X4 or go LGA 1155 - I am next year.

 

[HostileDonut]

CPU is bottlenecking - I can testify. Athlon II X2 bottlenecks any card - Especially in a CPU-bound game like GTA4. Get a Phenom II X4 or go LGA 1155 - I am next year.

That's cause you are using a hd6870 and that CPU..... Also, you have a low resolution. Not any card, just a powerful one like yours. And yes, a more powerful CPU will help him, but his GPU isn't bottlenecking it.

 

[jimmysmitty]

That's cause you are using a hd6870 and that CPU..... Also, you have a low resolution. Not any card, just a powerful one like yours. And yes, a more powerful CPU will help him, but his GPU isn't bottlenecking it.

You are right. His GPU may not be bottlenecking but his CPU is holding him back, in GTA4 at least. Not sure about GTA SA, it was out well before multi cored consoles were so it may just be a bug.

 

[jessterman21]

That's cause you are using a hd6870 and that CPU..... Also, you have a low resolution. Not any card, just a powerful one like yours. And yes, a more powerful CPU will help him, but his GPU isn't bottlenecking it.

Yeah, hate it for myself - talked to folks on here about what to spend my $175 on after Xmas and everyone said a better GPU to play the games I want to. I upgraded from an HD 5670, and there's definitely improvement - I can turn all games up to ultra, but there's still drops and stutters because of my weak CPU. A lot of games are playable, but Dirt 3, Crysis 2 DX11, Prince of Persia, Starcraft II, and Mafia II do not like my dual-core. Getting LGA 1155 ASAP.