Stock clock with I7 920 a bottle neck for a GTX 295?

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Scubie67

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It plays my games just fine on high settings ,but I havent Oc 'ed my processor yet(I was planning to down the road though), so does any one think it is bottlenecking my 295 card?


My build is listed in signature section below
 
i think it's safe to say that the i7 isn't bottlenecking ANY components at this point in time :D

it's the latest and greatest, and so is the GTX 295. great build all around, and one that should be able to handle everything without any slowdown. you definitely wouldn't be hurting anything by overclocking the CPU a bit, but i really don't think the stock clock is the "weak link" in your system.
 
DirtyD86 said:
i think it's safe to say that the i7 isn't bottlenecking ANY components at this point in time :D

it's the latest and greatest, and so is the GTX 295. great build all around, and one that should be able to handle everything without any slowdown. you definitely wouldn't be hurting anything by overclocking the CPU a bit, but i really don't think the stock clock is the "weak link" in your system.
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Okies thx for the reply ,DirtyD86 .Ill probably Oc it some and see if it gives any more performance although it seems to play Smooth on all the games I have tried on it so far
 
You think a Q9400 @ 3.5ghz will be a bottleneck for a GTX 295? Rest of the specs for my PC are in my signature.

Sorry to hi jack thread! But inquiring about a GTX 295 purchase!
 
Scubie67 said:
It plays my games just fine on high settings ,but I havent Oc 'ed my processor yet(I was planning to down the road though), so does any one think it is bottlenecking my 295 card?


My build is listed in signature section below
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There have been other members other the forums that have seen good improvement with OC'ing the processor near 3.2ghz. You have a great cooler to OC with and 3.2 is not hard to reach. If I were you I would go with a 16 multiplier and a 200qpi. That will allow you ram to run at 1604 mhz. You should be able to hit this with no adjustments to the voltages.
 
THERMAL-REACTOR said:
There have been other members other the forums that have seen good improvement with OC'ing the processor near 3.2ghz. You have a great cooler to OC with and 3.2 is not hard to reach. If I were you I would go with a 16 multiplier and a 200qpi. That will allow you ram to run at 1604 mhz. You should be able to hit this with no adjustments to the voltages.
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Cool ..thx for the advice, Thermal reactor..This will be my first ever OC so I would have kept it pretty modest for the first try ,probably stock voltage.
 
Scubie67 said:
Cool ..thx for the advice, Thermal reactor..This will be my first ever OC so I would have kept it pretty modest for the first try ,probably stock voltage.
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Yea you should no problem on stock voltage hitting that speed. I have actually seen people OC to 3.2 with less than stock voltage. You have nothing to worry about because you have a great cooler that will keep the temperatures low.
 
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