Mosqwik Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 apparently... even the quad core q6600 bottleneck to the gtx... so i was wondering whihc processor can fully utalize the gtx to its full potential Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65461-processor-to-use-8800-gtx-to-full-potential/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_muad_dib Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 huh? what do you mean? cpu bottleneckin' the gpu ?!? with latest indirect acceleration technologies, cpu isn't used that much to "draw" images if a game is heavy in graphics and it's clearly too heavy for your gpu.. having a 32 cores cpu will not help, ATM cpus are not the bottleneck in videogames anymore current bottlenecks can be, RAM, HDD... not a QUADCORE man Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65461-processor-to-use-8800-gtx-to-full-potential/#findComment-463616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 The processor will be a bottleneck if it's slow, but not a core 2 duo or a fast amd. The Q6600 is fine. It's just not ideal for pure gaming. (quad-core has more benefits in multithreaded apps) But hey! It's a great processor. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65461-processor-to-use-8800-gtx-to-full-potential/#findComment-463668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
u1m2 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Don't believe in processor bottlenecks so much except for physics which is one area that is calculated by the CPU and might require some processing power (for example GRAW) but that is about to change when drivers start o offload the physics calculations to "assistant" graphics cards in the system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65461-processor-to-use-8800-gtx-to-full-potential/#findComment-463822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonshadow Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 I know what you need! A QX6850! /sarcasm Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65461-processor-to-use-8800-gtx-to-full-potential/#findComment-465097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackintom Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 A quadcore can't be a bottleneck, the only bottleneck is that most applications aren't optimized yet for quadcores. What you are asking is weird: "what's better than a quadcore ?" My answer would be a watercooled overlocked quadcore ! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65461-processor-to-use-8800-gtx-to-full-potential/#findComment-465102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Besides the new Opterons, I don't feel that there are any really Quad cores that are worth it. Intel has no REAL quad core cpus out yet. They are fast though, but they still aren't at their full potentional. I think we need to go through steps to get good quad cores, just like the first steps taken with Dual cores. Pentium Ds, then the Core duos, then core 2 duos, and now more than 2 cores. ATM cpus are not the bottleneck in videogames anymorecurrent bottlenecks can be, RAM, HDD... Pentium D bottlenecks it Pentium 4 Not really much of a bottleneck, but any dual core AMD cpu still holds back a single GTX. And core 2 duo clocked under 2.3 ghz. You won't see the bottleneck if you're running it at a high enough resolution, where as lower resolutions bottleneck. If you want a cheap dual core that won't bottleneck it, grab either an e4300, or e6300, and OC it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/65461-processor-to-use-8800-gtx-to-full-potential/#findComment-465358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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