Need Help About My GFX Card

[Evan Gibbard]

Hey everyone i ask on the fourms yesterday and everyone said i was bottlenecking but i dont know i called up my local Comp shop and they said i wasn't bottelnecking

Here are my main spec:

http://imgur.com/tSQOLKX

So yeah and for some unknow reason i cant get shadow play when i have a better amd then what it says s i dont know if anyone could help me and i would like to know which amd to upgrade so i dont bottelneck anymore.

have the FM2 socket and would like to know which one to upgrade to i dont wanna go intel or have to buy a AM3 mother board.

Thanks for the help and fast replys

 

[Evan Gibbard]

When you install it the thermal paste should take a couple days to "set". I would break it in over a couple days before you overclock.

yeah okay ill just play a ton of games and that for about a week then OC thanks do i have to buy more Compand or does it come pre installed and how do i wash of the old compand from the CPU cooler

 

[rolandzhang3]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/333968-28-thermal-paste-removal-installation-guide

 

[Evan Gibbard]

Haha shady :lol:

he is shady lol. i call him uncle shady because he one of thoses guys where u seem them and your like he seems a bit shady

 

[Evan Gibbard]

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/333968-28-thermal-paste-removal-installation-guide

does the new cpu come with compand pre installed

 

[ewok93]

Everyone has to have a weird uncle.
Most CPUs come with compound in a packet, but some come with it on the heatsink. I would buy a tube of Arctic Silver 5.

 

[Evan Gibbard]

Everyone has to have a weird uncle.
Most CPUs come with compound in a packet, but some come with it on the heatsink. I would buy a tube of Arctic Silver 5.

yeh and any suggestion on how much i should OC it to

 

[ewok93]

It's different for every card. Install it and run Prime95 for a couple hours and I can give you an estimate, but case ventilation, your cooler, thermal paste, ambient temperature, dust, are all factors. Won't know what you can do until you get numbers.

 

[Evan Gibbard]

It's different for every card. Install it and run Prime95 for a couple hours and I can give you an estimate, but case ventilation, your cooler, thermal paste, ambient temperature, dust, are all factors. Won't know what you can do until you get numbers.

Okay thanks so much guys for the help but is there anyway i can get fps before i buy a new cpu or to help with a bottelneck

 

[rolandzhang3]

When running P95 keep a close eye on your CPU temp using coretemp

It's an artificial load that will rarely happen in the real world, so you can expect your load temperatures to be lower with your overclock

I don't think so, an overclock on your 660 using Afterburner might yield some results

 

[ewok93]

Not really anything you can do. Turn down settings.

 

[Evan Gibbard]

When running P95 keep a close eye on your CPU temp using coretemp

It's an artificial load that will rarely happen in the real world, so you can expect your load temperatures to be lower with your overclock

I don't think so, an overclock on your 660 using Afterburner might yield some results

Okay thanks so much for a quick reply and all your help really happy with how nice you guys where

 

[Evan Gibbard]

Not really anything you can do. Turn down settings.

Okay thanks so much for a quick reply and all your help really happy with how nice you guys where

 

[ewok93]

I like helping people out, it's satisfying to solve a problem.

 

[rolandzhang3]