GPU and CPU help

hey guys, i see all these HD radeon 5770 reviews on youtube and they max out nearly every game on max settings but all these people that make the reviews have quad core 3.2ghz cpu's but mines dual core 3.2ghz..... will most games still be able to be maxed out with no lag and able to run smothly seeing as though mines a dual core?

hey guys, i see all these HD radeon 5770 reviews on youtube and they max out nearly every game on max settings but all these people that make the reviews have quad core 3.2ghz cpu's but mines dual core 3.2ghz..... will most games still be able to be maxed out with no lag and able to run smothly seeing as though mines a dual core?

razz2k8

god damn it... its gonna be christmas untill i can upgrade again... i just built this pc myself u see...

specs:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 3.2Ghz

OS: Win7 Ultimate 64Bit

RAM: 3x2Gb stick running at 1333Mhz each

GPU: at the moment i only have a Geforce 8500gt but my 5770 should arrive in the post on monday

PSU: corsair 650W

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hey guys, i see all these HD radeon 5770 reviews on youtube and they max out nearly every game on max settings but all these people that make the reviews have quad core 3.2ghz cpu's but mines dual core 3.2ghz..... will most games still be able to be maxed out with no lag and able to run smothly seeing as though mines a dual core?

jstamm33

I agree with most of what you said, except for a quad being "mandatory" for Bad Company 2. It ran beautifully on my E8400. That game doesn't need a quad. Sure, it runs a bit better on my Phenom II X4, but the E8400 ate it up too. And it's not just because I have a 5870. The effect of lacking CPU power is that of "the bottom falling out" of your performance, whereas having a GPU that's too weak makes games skip, stutter, and run in slow-motion. It's hard to describe the difference in words, but there is a distinctly different effect between a GPU and CPU bottleneck.

god damn it... its gonna be christmas untill i can upgrade again... i just built this pc myself u see...

specs:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 3.2Ghz

OS: Win7 Ultimate 64Bit

RAM: 3x2Gb stick running at 1333Mhz each

GPU: at the moment i only have a Geforce 8500gt but my 5770 should arrive in the post on monday

PSU: corsair 650W

razz2k8

well im gonna buy the valve complete pack on steam in a few weeks... so i guess ill just be playing l4d and half life and stuff like that for a bit untill i buy things like gta4 and bfbc2 and i would enjoy crysis. the 5770 im buying dus hav 1G memory whereas some have 512mb

well im gonna buy the valve complete pack on steam in a few weeks... so i guess ill just be playing l4d and half life and stuff like that for a bit untill i buy things like gta4 and bfbc2 and i would enjoy crysis. the 5770 im buying dus hav 1G memory whereas some have 512mb

razz2k8

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well im gonna buy the valve complete pack on steam in a few weeks... so i guess ill just be playing l4d and half life and stuff like that for a bit untill i buy things like gta4 and bfbc2 and i would enjoy crysis. the 5770 im buying dus hav 1G memory whereas some have 512mb

jstamm33

Actually Valve Source Engine games were among the first to support quad-core CPUs. They almost all do. The issue isn't that they don't support multi-cores, it's just that they aren't demanding enough on the system for them to need anything more than a decent dual-core to run perfectly.

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well im gonna buy the valve complete pack on steam in a few weeks... so i guess ill just be playing l4d and half life and stuff like that for a bit untill i buy things like gta4 and bfbc2 and i would enjoy crysis. the 5770 im buying dus hav 1G memory whereas some have 512mb

hartsickdiscipl

Actually Valve Source Engine games were among the first to support quad-core CPUs. They almost all do. The issue isn't that they don't support multi-cores, it's just that they aren't demanding enough on the system for them to need anything more than a decent dual-core to run perfectly.

well i saw the amd phenom II x4 3.2ghz cpu for £127... shud i go for it wen i hav the money?

well i saw the amd phenom II x4 3.2ghz cpu for £127... shud i go for it wen i hav the money?

razz2k8

well i saw the amd phenom II x4 3.2ghz cpu for £127... shud i go for it wen i hav the money?

razz2k8

£127 would be around $180-$200

£127 would be around $180-$200

razz2k8

my friend sent me this link....http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186428

but the one i wanted that i mentioned earlier was...http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190673

is an extra £20 worth it for an extra 0.2ghz?

my friend sent me this link....http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186428

but the one i wanted that i mentioned earlier was...http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190673

is an extra £20 worth it for an extra 0.2ghz?

razz2k8

ok so, I now have the HD radeon 5770 and i have a dual core 3.2ghz cpu, but some people say i need a quad core to make the 5770 function properly, but yet i can run mass effect 2 at full graphics and the same with world of warcraft and alien swarm, should i still go for the quad?

ok so, I now have the HD radeon 5770 and i have a dual core 3.2ghz cpu, but some people say i need a quad core to make the 5770 function properly, but yet i can run mass effect 2 at full graphics and the same with world of warcraft and alien swarm, should i still go for the quad?

razz2k8

Some people are delusional. No, you don't need a quad to "make a 5770 function properly." I'm sorry that someone told you that. The fact is that your CPU wouldn't bottleneck a 5870 in 95% of games, let alone a 5770. There are certain games (very few ATM) in which a dual-core CPU can't keep up the framerates that a good GPU would be capable of pushing out with a decent quad-core. However, as a rule.. CPU architecture and frequency (clock speed) are what determine if they are a bottleneck to a GPU.

So, in short.. your CPU would only be any kind of a bottleneck to your GPU in games that really utilize quad-core CPUs, and overstress dual-cores.

will my cpu last untill christmas ish time if i wer just to play games like L4D2 and other valve games up until then?

will my cpu last untill christmas ish time if i wer just to play games like L4D2 and other valve games up until then?

razz2k8

will my cpu last untill christmas ish time if i wer just to play games like L4D2 and other valve games up until then?

razz2k8

Your computer can play anything at least decently. It will play 90% of games extremely well on highish settings.

Your dual core will run fine. You don't need a quad just yet.

ye, i can run just caused 2 demo on full with just a dual core, this is pretty sweet thanks guys