Author Topic: Might be buying a new processor (Read 6736 times)

Alex · « **Reply #15 on:** Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 17:31:34 PM »

Why would I buy a new 775 mobo if it is on the way out? If I am going to drop that much cash I am going to actually upgrade to one of the newer sockets.

It is too much money to get a new mobo+case+cpu+OS to just stay at a 775.

Knight · « **Reply #16 on:** Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 17:40:57 PM »

Again I'll say it. i3/i5 is pointless its a crap platform. If you upgrade you should go to i7. But your budget wont permit upgrading to any of the new sockets. If you want your games to be more playable and within your budget upgrading your mobo is the best way to go. 775 is still a VERY viable platform. Its not on it way out. 775 will be around for 5+ more years before its totally phased out. Its just too solid to get rid of. I personally wont be upgrading to i7 or any new architecture until I'm sure its going to be as reliable and long lasting as 775.

Spanky · Quote from: ELiZ on Monday, February 16, 2015, 09:57:26 AM

i3/5/7 is pointless for those who have a solid 775 platform (good RAM/Board). For those that have a lower end (such as OEM) and older 775 (65nm dual), going to a quad on the new platform would be more worthwhile if you have the money. But, it's just not in Killaman's budget. It's certainly a tough choice in Killaman's shoes. If it were me, before buying, I would whip out task manager and GPU-Z and see which is pushed harder and upgrade that. I haven't had any experience with SetFSB but if it does what Knight says, go for it, you can usually go pretty far on stock volts and I find OEM's to use slightly higher than stock volts. I don't think 2.7 or 2.8GHz is out of the question.

Alex · « **Reply #18 on:** Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 17:52:13 PM »

Quote from: Spanky on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 17:49:40 PM

i3/5/7 is pointless for those who have a solid 775 platform (good RAM/Board). For those that have a lower end (such as OEM) and older 775 (65nm dual), going to a quad on the new platform would be more worthwhile if you have the money. But, it's just not in Killaman's budget. It's certainly a tough choice in Killaman's shoes. If it were me, before buying, I would whip out task manager and GPU-Z and see which is pushed harder and upgrade that. I haven't had any experience with SetFSB but if it does what Knight says, go for it, you can usually go pretty far on stock volts and I find OEM's to use slightly higher than stock volts. I don't think 2.7 or 2.8GHz is out of the question.

People said they have gotten my processor to 3.2GHz on stock volts. I'll see what strain my GPU is under but when Playing Bad Company 2, my CPU is 100%.

Knight · « **Reply #19 on:** Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 17:55:36 PM »

SetFSB is a great program if your chipset works with it. Going with the new sockets you are looking at new CPU/Mobo/Ram/os AND possibly even a new PSU. Its going to cost alot.

Alex · « **Reply #20 on:** Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 18:02:09 PM »

I just used GPU-Z and loaded up BC2. Everything seems to be working except one thing, the GPU load sensor. >

It just stays at 0% the entire time. It says enabled but it doesn't work.

EDIT: The card has to be broken because EVGA Precision also says it is at 0%

Knight · « **Reply #21 on:** Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 18:08:07 PM »

A fried gpu could be the cause of all your problems! Send it back and see if a good one solves the problem.

Alex · « **Reply #22 on:** Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 18:10:00 PM »

I will be sending it back now. And no, it's not the cause of all my problems. My CPU is still running at 100% while playing Bad Company 2 on Low settings.

Knight · « **Reply #23 on:** Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 18:19:27 PM »

If your GPU isn't functioning at its full capability then it is probably the root of your problems. I'm not saying its all of your problem but it could be the cause of most of them.

Alex · « **Reply #24 on:** Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 18:23:12 PM »

I've actually been considering RMAing it for a long time now. I'm just curious as to which card I am going to get. Since they no longer make the 8800 to my knowledge I will either get a 9800GT or a 9800GTX+ if they are feeling extra generous. At least I found out why the fan wasn't changing speeds automatically, the GPU wasn't giving and load info.

Spanky · Quote from: ELiZ on Monday, February 16, 2015, 09:57:26 AM

Sorry Knight, I'm gonna have to disagree. If his GPU wasn't performing, he probably wouldn't even be able to open 3D applications. A question would be, do the other sensors work? Memory controller and all that? I just opened BFBC2 and set it's affinity to 2 cores and it had no affect on FPS. So, effectively using a 4GHz dual-core CPU, the bottleneck was still my graphics card (even overclocked). Keep in mind I

the highest settings and run at 1680x1050.

For RMA, I'm sure they'll have plenty of stock and if not, I believe the 9800GT is the same thing, just different firmware and stickers.

Alex · « **Reply #26 on:** Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 20:44:44 PM »

Quote from: Spanky on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 18:28:17 PM

Sorry Knight, I'm gonna have to disagree. If his GPU wasn't performing, he probably wouldn't even be able to open 3D applications. A question would be, do the other sensors work? Memory controller and all that? I just opened BFBC2 and set it's affinity to 2 cores and it had no affect on FPS. So, effectively using a 4GHz dual-core CPU, the bottleneck was still my graphics card (even overclocked). Keep in mind I the highest settings and run at 1680x1050.

For RMA, I'm sure they'll have plenty of stock and if not, I believe the 9800GT is the same thing, just different firmware and stickers.

I hear the 9800GT preforms slightly worse than the 8800GTS 512 I could be wrong though. I don't know what I am going to do without a graphics card for a few weeks. :'( It's a done thing now, so it is back to whether I should get the processor or not.

Alex · « **Reply #27 on:** Monday, May 17, 2010, 18:08:14 PM »

Juts received my RMA from EVGA and got an 8800GTX in return for my 8800GTS 512. A little bit of an upgrade but not much. I'm just happy that I can finally play my games again. ;D

Spanky · « **Reply #28 on:** Monday, May 17, 2010, 18:12:24 PM »

Hmmm, I'm not sure what to think about that. The GTX is the older chip but it has more RAM. Glad it was successful and it's nice to see EVGA goes the equivalent or better route.

Alex · « **Reply #29 on:** Monday, May 17, 2010, 19:16:57 PM »

Quote from: Spanky on Monday, May 17, 2010, 18:12:24 PM

Hmmm, I'm not sure what to think about that. The GTX is the older chip but it has more RAM. Glad it was successful and it's nice to see EVGA goes the equivalent or better route.

Yeah. The real pain is that I had to go out and buy another SATA cable because the GTX is about an inch thicker than the GTS and my old cable didn't reach. $10 for a fucking cable. I feel ripped off.

I played BC2 and it actually seemed to run better than on my old card.

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