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Old February 25, 2009, 04:30 PM
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will the e8400 bottleneck a 4870x2.
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Old February 25, 2009, 04:39 PM
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A low resolution will bottleneck it far more than a CPU that is not fast enough. 4870X2 is meant for 1920X1200 and higher resolutions and TONS of AA/AF and max settings.
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Old February 25, 2009, 04:48 PM
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i will be playing at that res. let me refraise the question should i buy a q9550 or a e8400 to go with this card.
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Old February 25, 2009, 05:01 PM
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Q9550 for sure!
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I'm always for a quad. The arguement that quad cores don't get used in games just doesn't wash anymore.
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Old February 25, 2009, 05:15 PM
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good enough for me. thx guys for your help
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Old February 25, 2009, 05:35 PM
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Pretty much every game that's being released is not optimized to use 4 cores, so I don't think dual's are really worth it anymore.
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Old February 25, 2009, 05:55 PM
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As long as you're planning on giving that quad an overclock, my vote goes towards the Q9550. We've still got a ways to go before quad is the norm, but we're definitely making some progress.
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Old February 25, 2009, 06:07 PM
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Yeah- You probably won't experience much difference in bottleneck but I'd still go for the quad for the future. I shouldn't talk though- I have a GTX 850 on the way for my HTPC which is running a conroe e6400. It will always be used at 1920X1200 though so I'm not really sure how bad it will be.
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