Yorky & ultra video card.

[enewmen]

Hi all.

I have an old Yorkfield , Q9550, 8 gigs RAM, etc.
If I had a high-end next gen video card (think AMD 6990), should I be able to play ANY DX11 game in ultra settings? Even 64bit Crysis 2 DX11, Metro 2033, etc. At least the CPU won't be a bottleneck?

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

With a YorkY Q9550 quadcore your looking at Deneb performance such as Phenom II X4 955.

I would think maybe yes however you might get a slight stutter or bottleneck at times.

Make sure you have enough juice in your psu to run that monster.

 

[enewmen]

Thanks for the post!
The monster PSU is a 850w Seasonic. But the high end (single GPU) Southern Islands card should be around 250w or less - same as a 6970.
I was hoping the quad cores and lots of RAM & G-RAM will help reduce any slight stutter or bottleneck. At least for a generation or two..

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

Thanks for the post!
I was hoping the quad cores and lots of RAM & G-RAM will help reduce any slight stutter or bottleneck. At least for a generation or two..

I really think it would be wise to spend money for an Ivy bridge build.
Its next year and i am sure you wont regret it.

Sandy(i5 2500k) packs almost 2 times more power clock for clock than a Deneb(Phenom II X4 955).
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/288?vs=88
And with Ivy you would most likely be able to get more performance.
I dont suggest you wait to long to upgrade and wait for Skymount.

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

And dont buy a 6990 they are loud and crude.
Better buy dual 6950s or dual 570s for better and more graceful performance

 

[enewmen]

I was thinking of the Southern Islands 7970, not the 6990. Just used 6990 to describe the kind of performance I was looking for, not the watts.
In the other thread, I notice my mistake. I should have said waiting for Broadwell, not Skymount.
In any case Ivy Bridge will be a big upgrade like you said and you did answer my main question ..

 

[Cygnus x-1]

What resolution is your monitor? That's a pretty important thing when talking about hardware and frame rates in games. Your chip is still pretty fast especially when overclocked. At 3.6-3.8 your chip and the right video card will chew through any game.

 

[enewmen]

The monitor is 1920x1200.
Again, I don't have a 6990 (might get a 7970). Just making sure my CPU won't be the bottleneck @ 2.8-3.0 GHz - within a year or two anyway.
I agree not to get high-end video card or SLI/CF for obvious reasons. Not much happend in games the past few years and my 4870 did well for years (even a Nvidia 8800 GTX might still work OK). But I think Crysis 2 DX11 is a sign of things to come - so a 7970 may be necessary if I don't want to turn down settings anytime soon.

I know the Ivy Bridge will be awesome (maybe Bulldozer to), just reluctant to upgrade the CPU because I'll need new everything (CPU, Motherboard, RAM, etc). Since I also do real development work that requires a high-end PC, there will be an upgrade sometime no later than Haswell/Broadwell.

thanks for the posts!

 

[enewmen]

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