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The sudden "jolt" in a high demanding game. (advice please!)
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16. December 2007 @ 14:16 |
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Ok just make sure you go slowly. If you get to a point where the temps are too high turn it back down.
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16. December 2007 @ 14:19 |
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so what? should i try one speed, for a bit, and then change, or just change, check temp, change again?
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16. December 2007 @ 14:25 |
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Yeah like that.
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16. December 2007 @ 15:10 |
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ok, so i went into my bios at startup and i oculdnt find one thing todo with overclocking. no whre to change anything. what does than mean? i cant overclock it?
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16. December 2007 @ 15:42 |
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ive searched google, but i cant find out how to overclock that specific chip. its not he bios from what ive seen so i cant think how to do it.
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16. December 2007 @ 17:16 |
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k, im not going near overclocking lol i just screwed sumthing up and ive gone back to the original!! and i think im gna buy the X2, thanks alot for all of your help, its been GREAT!
hopefully ill be able to run crysis on full without drag lol - thats my overall goal. =)
so yeh again, thanks alot.
Ben.
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16. December 2007 @ 18:21 |
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Alright good luck I hope it goes well with your games! :)
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16. December 2007 @ 18:23 |
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thanks, i may post back here when i get he X2 tell you how its running hehe!
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16. December 2007 @ 20:55 |
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Your graphics card is outdated, but still relatively powerful. It's your CPU letting you down, the 3000+ is way too slow to play modern games luike Crysis.
Don't change your graphics card yet.
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17. December 2007 @ 08:22 |
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hey sammoris! you probably dont remember me! ermm...
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/541526
and a quote from you "The 8800GTS is the best GPU out there"
hehe. anyway back to this problem!
i dont think i can upgrade my mobo (money issues) do you personally thing that upgrading to the X2 4000+/4200+ would make it so i can play these modern games?
thanks.
ben.
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17. December 2007 @ 14:49 |
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Dude that was HALF A YEAR ago. You have anyway idea how much technology can change in that time?
Anyway I'm sure the X2 CPU would help a lot.
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17. December 2007 @ 15:03 |
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OMG, youre right! that was half a year ago, bloody hell! sorry i completely went mad!!! wow, time has gone by fast with this! n its been great!
yeh i think i will get he X2 as soon as i can. tbh ive just played bioshock on full settings with out and lag or anything. it was amazing!
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17. December 2007 @ 20:12 |
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That was a bit of a hiccup then, because even back then the 8800GTX was the best GPU. I may have meant 'on a realistic budget' though, or at least I hope I did!
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17. December 2007 @ 20:15 |
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Yeah I think you were probably talking about bang for the buck.
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18. December 2007 @ 11:48 |
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oh well lol, im very happy with it and i use a website called system requirement labs to check out my games (fantastic site!!) compared to my system and the processor is the only red. my gfx card seems to always be full bars on even the latest most demanding games. hopefully itll become green when i get the X2 i dont want to be wasting my money lol!
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18. December 2007 @ 13:09 |
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ok guys, i want to order within the next 5 days to avioid the whole christmas problem! so, do you think that this:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/134127
X2 3800+ will improve my performance for what i want? becuase i cant find the 4000+
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18. December 2007 @ 13:21 |
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The 4000+ doesn't exist for Socket 939, so the 3800 and 4200 are your two options.
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18. December 2007 @ 13:22 |
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oh right thanks.
i read a few reviews for the 3800+ 2ghz one and they said they could run crysis well, but that may just be a one off lol!
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18. December 2007 @ 13:24 |
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The 3800+ is fine for gaming. It's not so great for video encoding etc., but for games, with a good graphics card you'd hardly notice the difference between the 3800+ and a decent core 2 duo.
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18. December 2007 @ 13:26 |
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oh really! thats fantastic! i dont do much video editing etc. wow! thanks. im gna buy it straight away! avoid the christmas rush!
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18. December 2007 @ 13:34 |
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18. December 2007 @ 14:47 |
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Yeah it will work. Notice how it says socket 939 inthe description ;)
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18. December 2007 @ 18:20 |
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i dont hink i will be overclocking the chip because like i said i have no clue and my motherboard does not have a way to do it through bios. i did try using ntuen but it wen thorribley wrong and i ende up having to reset the cmos. so yeh, ive ordered the chip now so thatyou everyone that helped and i will post back to say how it went.
Thanks alot.
Ben
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20. December 2007 @ 07:45 |
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Im running a socket 939 3800+ x2 and quite satisfied with its performance. I think it will give him the boost he needs and probably the best option on a budget.
Also the socket 939 x2s have been known to outperform their socket am2 counterparts for some reason. (I have seen a couple benchmarks which showed these results for the x2 3800+)
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20. December 2007 @ 08:14 |
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WOW! thats great news! in fact its JUST come in the post, i jsut need to get my hands on some thermal paste! shouldi be uing a blob? or spreading it. also im going to use the heatsink and fan from my last proccessor, is this ok?
cheers.
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