is a stock i7920 a bottleneck to graphic cards like radeon 5870?

Started by leonheartmm1 pages

is a stock i7920 a bottleneck to graphic cards like radeon 5870?

yea, just what i asked. will a stock i7920 2.66 ghz cause problems with playing games at extreme grahics settings at 1080p?

{p.s. is there a tech thread on kmc?}

Re: is a stock i7920 a bottleneck to graphic cards like radeon 5870?

Originally posted by leonheartmm
yea, just what i asked. will a stock i7920 2.66 ghz cause problems with playing games at extreme grahics settings at 1080p?

{p.s. is there a tech thread on kmc?}

No, it certainly won't bottleneck. Although most people prefer to overclock their CPUs to at least 3.0GHz.