Is there any bottleneck left?, GTX 295 & Q6600 @ 3.6GHZ

[Trohax]

Hello, I have a GTX 295 and a Q6600 and I have heard that a stock clock will bottleneck my graphic card.

So the only thing in my mind was to overclock it to get rid of the bottleneck.

I have pushed my 2.4ghz Q6600 to 3.6 GHZ stable and stressed with OCCT for 4 hours without a crash

And just in case, My system specification are:-

Q6600 @ 2.4GHZ @ 3.6 GHZ - 1.4V
GTX 295 - Stock clock
Asus P5Q mobo
DDR2-800 MHZ @ 960 MHZ 4GB 5-5-5-15
700 watts psu
Running Vista ultimate x64

Playing @ 1440X900, getting a bigger screen next month.

My question is, have I removed all the bottleneck on my gpu? and what do you think of my core voltage, should I try going less or..?

Thanks

 

[TheViper]

That shouldn't perceptibly bottleneck the card.

 

[shadow187]

You have a bottleneck on that resolution, because there's probably more frames being produced than your CPU can process. If you UP the graphical stress, then it will disappear.

 

[TheViper]

He says he's getting a bigger monitor next month so that will alleviate that issue.

 

[Trohax]

Yup, I'm getting an Asus VW266H 25.5" monitor.

 

[MARSOC_Operator]

You have a bottleneck on that resolution, because there's probably more frames being produced than your CPU can process. If you UP the graphical stress, then it will disappear.

What? A core 2 quad at 3,6 can handle that just fine. You don't need an I7 Extreme for his PC. In fact, the only thing that makes the higher-end I7 better than stock Core 2 Quads at gaming is higher clocks-- not memory cache. Once you overclock a Core 2 Quad, it matches the top of the line I7 and even surpasses it (at current games, that is).

 

[KidHorn]

When you play the game, look at the performance tab in task manager. You can Alt-tab to it when playing. If you see the CPU usage at high and stay at high, then you have a CPU bottleneck. I doubt you have a CPU issue. A more likely bottleneck potential is having 4GB of RAM, which can also be checked from task manager and I doubt is a bottleneck either.

 

[MARSOC_Operator]

Which current games use more than 4GB of system RAM @1440X900?

 

[shadow187]

What? A core 2 quad at 3,6 can handle that just fine. You don't need an I7 Extreme for his PC. In fact, the only thing that makes the higher-end I7 better than stock Core 2 Quads at gaming is higher clocks-- not memory cache. Once you overclock a Core 2 Quad, it matches the top of the line I7 and even surpasses it (at current games, that is).

His FPS is going to be over 150 always, but that's not necessarily a high-end C2Q.