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What's the CPU bottleneck for game performance?

So best bang for buck would be to get an easily overclockable dual core that's pretty cheap, and then upgrade when an overclockable quad core comes down in price?
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- Post #13
- May 7, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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What's the CPU bottleneck for game performance?

So at the same price, a Phenom II X2 BE that can be easily overclocked would outeperform a Phenom II X4 at the same base clock speed without overclocking?
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- Post #6
- May 6, 2011
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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What's the CPU bottleneck for game performance?

I've found with GPUs, when comparing cards from ATI and nVidia, and between various generations that the difference for performance seems to come from the memory interface. 256-bit seems to be the minimum (I suppose it could just be that the 256-bit interface correlates with another feature...
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- May 6, 2011
- Replies: 20
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Comparing netbook cpu's

I would think the CPU isn't as important as the graphics chip. The Mini 311 with Ion is looking good, particularly since it seems it'll have full Aero support with Peek. That's what I'd be primarily concerned about. If it can't handle Aero, or at least can't handle Aero well, it doesn't matter...
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- Post #11
- Oct 20, 2009
- Forum: Laptops
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Upgrading the CPU in a tablet PC?

I had an Acer TMC 303XMi-G a few years back. The hinge broke, so I eventually threw it out but I salvaged some parts. Among them are the P-M 735 (1.7GHz Dothan), 2 512MB RAM sticks and BlueTooth and WiFi modules. I still liked the tablet PC functionality, and wouldn't mind it back. I saw a...
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- Oct 20, 2009
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Laptops
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Intel SSD for under $150?

Also neat that they have a USB port to use as an external drive.
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- Post #4
- Dec 26, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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NAS Enclosure options?

I'm not sure where to start looking for this. I see there are several options with built in drives (like the WD MyBook World Edition), but they seem to come with some complicated software options. I'd prefer something that's more bare bones or configurable so I'm not limited to using it on...
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- Dec 25, 2008
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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C2D IVT equivalent?

I read on Wikipedia that IA-32 and IA-64 chips support Intel Virtualisation Technology, but there was no mention of that support for the C2D. AMD however has support for it for the K8, so I'm assuming it should be possible on the C2D. Does Intel not do that for their lower end CPUs or has...
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- Dec 8, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Prevent P-M from clocking down?

Thanks. For some reason the NoteBook manager software that came with the system had the Always On profile even though the control panel didn't. I'll probably go ahead and do it through the BIOS as well to be sure.
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- Post #5
- Dec 4, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Prevent P-M from clocking down?

I don't have the Always On option available from the Power Control applet. That's the way to disable Speed Step that I've found by searching. Any other ways of doing it?
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- Post #3
- Dec 4, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Prevent P-M from clocking down?

My system hangs periodically. My best guess is that the system is going from 600MHz -> 1.7GHz and back down again. How can I prevent this clock change from happening? I'm using an Acer TMC303XMi-G - Phoenix NetBios 4 Rev 6, Intel 855GM chipset and PM 735 (1.7GHz Dothan). I'm running Windows...
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- Thread
- Dec 4, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Intel G35

That's $249 AUD -> $220 USD/CAD. With discounts it'll probably go for $190-$200.
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- Post #14
- Nov 29, 2007
- Forum: Motherboards
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Digital Coaxial vs Optical Toslink

Will shielded 3.5mm cables pretty much guarantee that they won't act as antennae or am I best off going digital as well?
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- Post #49
- Nov 28, 2007
- Forum: Audio Components
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Digital Coaxial vs Optical Toslink

Thanks. That makes perfect sense.
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- Post #47
- Nov 28, 2007
- Forum: Audio Components
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Digital Coaxial vs Optical Toslink

than with... I'm talking about the normal cables that you get with most speaker systems. Every time I place a call or get an incoming call I can hear it ahead of time on my speakers since the cable picks up the signal. That's mainly dependent on the length of the cable from what I understand...
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- Post #44
- Nov 27, 2007
- Forum: Audio Components

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