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Merkwürdigliebe;1233218 said:That's a dangerous way to look at bottlenecking. In this case, even a QX9650 will bottleneck any video card. What you're actually seeing is solely your CPU score in 3DMark go up, and hence, your overall score in 3DMark goes up. Just because your score goes up once you overclock doesn't mean you're un-bottlenecking your graphics card! I've gone over this before. Trust me, that Opteron will NOT bottleneck the graphics card. It MIGHT run a little slow on CPU-bound games but most games aren't anyway. There'd have to be a decent gap in age between your CPU and GPU before you notice any real bottlenecking.
Back on topic, I'd donate something, but the only spare part I have is a super crappy Aopen Sound card that's not worth the shipping. When I make my new build I'll order something cool for you, but not too expensive. Maybe an HSF?
yes i am aware that as you overclock (your cpu) the cpu score goes up and hence the overall score goes up. but i beg to differ that it is SOLELY a gain in the cpu score. and no, by my argument a qx9650 would not bottleneck any graphics card...but, i dont have one of those to prove it.
but, i do have my trusty 3600...
look at these two scores from my own system. the ONLY difference in the test rig is that the cpu is at 2.95 and the other is 3.06. the card settings are exactly the same.
Futuremark - ORB - Result Analyzer
Futuremark - ORB - Result Analyzer
if the cpu was not bottlenecking the card, all the scores would be the same except the small increase in cpu score, correct? they are not. all the scores go up.
so, my point here is that while you may not NOTICE the bottleneck in real world gaming, it IS there. it certainly will be there running TWO of these cards in SLI with an opteron. dont get me wrong, it will be rockin performance no doubt.
but, i dont place too much hash on benchmarks anyways...even 3dmark.
i say if you're spittin 100+ FPS in your new games who cares whats bottlenecking what.
p.s. whats "dangerous" about that?>,>