Q8200 bottlenecking Asus ENGTX460 1GB?

[NickAiman]

Website of Asus ENGTX460 DirectCU 1GB Top
http://my.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=UATIvdWePp9oPSIk&templete=2

 

[linkin]

I doubt it. What are the rest of your specs? RAM/Mobo/HDD/PSU

 

[FuryRosewood]

doubt it as well, im running the same card...well roughly, and im on a similarly performing phenom, so i think your okay.

 

[CardboardSword]

I'd say you're getting the whole of your 460, and if you aren't, its definitely not enough to warrant the small upgrade.

 

[linkin]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 3.2GHz
Asus Maximus Formula
DDR2 OCZ Reaper 1066MHz
Asus ENGTX460 TOP 1GB

How much RAM? 2GB or less is a bottleneck, so is running a single 4GB stick as it's only single channel.

 

[NickAiman]

I'm using 4GB and thanks for your help.

 

[linkin]

Everything should be fine. You still haven't told us your PSU brand and model yet though.

 

[NickAiman]

Cooler Master GX 550W

 

[linkin]

Well it's not the best but it should do the job. If you ever plan on upgrading your CPU and having multiple GPU's I'd recommend a new powersupply as well.

 

[NickAiman]

Hmm...Maybe 1 or 2 month later I'll upgrade to 700W and planning to overclock the GPU.

 

[Candlepally]

doubt it as well, im running the same card...well roughly, and im on a similarly performing phenom, so i think your okay.

nah man your Phenom at stock competes more so with the Q9650 not the Q8200 lol

 

[Twist86]

How much RAM? 2GB or less is a bottleneck, so is running a single 4GB stick as it's only single channel.

That could be argued. Most the Tomshardware's benchmarks on that showed a 5% gain from single channel to dual channel. They tested both integrated and after market GPUs as well and noticed a very small boost. The only advantage is in heavy memory tasks which most games (GTAIV being a exception) would take advantage of it.


To the main question no your not bottle necked from the GPU however overclocking your CPU to 3.0ghz-3.2ghz would show a increase in performance. 2.33ghz is pretty slow for a processor now a days and especially for gaming as most games still use 2 cores only.

 

[NickAiman]

Is Q8200 @ 3.2GHz will bottleneck on GTA4 Games?It's mean I can't get full performance on Asus ENGTX 460 1GB?

 

[tech savvy]

Is Q8200 @ 3.2GHz will bottleneck on GTA4 Games?It's mean I can't get full performance on Asus ENGTX 460 1GB?

bro, the q8200 @3.0 or more will NOT bottle neck any game or your 460.

 

[NickAiman]

Could OCZ Reaper 1220MHz will bottleneck with Intel Q8200 3.2GHz?

I've one more question.
I already overclock my RAM (OCZ Reaper) from 1150MHz to 1220 MHz.
My Question is, could my Ram will bottleneck with Intel Q8200 (3.2Ghz)?

 

[CardboardSword]

If you have 4Gb or more of respectably clocked ram, it won't be a bottleneck. If you only have 2gb then I'd look into getting some more but other than that you shouldn't need to worry.

 

[CrayonMuncher]

I highly doubt that would be a problem and it it was your still gonna get very high frame rates that wont affect your gaming.

You know that gta 4 is buggy and if it is not performing well then it is highly likely because of the game not your pc.

 

[NickAiman]

Thanks for your help..