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The sudden "jolt" in a high demanding game. (advice please!)

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by bennasher, Dec 16, 2007.

  1. bennasher

    bennasher Regular member

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    also, if i did end up getting the AMD X2 4200+ and overclocked it, how would i go about that?
     
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    abuzar1 Senior member

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    Yeah but at what resolution? Maybe he has a crappier graphics card, maybe he has a better GFX hard then yours but likes to turn up the resolution much more. It all depends. If you can't afford a motherboard right now get a X2, but later on consider upgrading to core 2. What I suggest is that you save up some money and then buy something good. Try overclocking your current setup to improve performance a bit.
     
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    i had a look in the overclocking thread, but how can i learn to overclock my cpu atm? for my psecific cpu how would i do it!?
    thanks.
    ben
     
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    abuzar1 Senior member

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    It's easy just go to your BIOS and change your FSB speed.
     
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    yeh, i was reading somewhere about that, but it also said something about knowing if your pc can handle it and the risk of overheating, how will i know what to change it to?
    im jsut asking all of this because i really am cautious for changing these settings, however until i do upgrade, i think overclocking will be a good idea. so any help to do with that would be great (AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3000+)
    thanks alot for all the help.
    Ben
     
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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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    so what? should i try one speed, for a bit, and then change, or just change, check temp, change again?
     
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    Yeah like that.
     
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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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    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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    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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    Alright good luck I hope it goes well with your games! :)
     
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Yeah I think you were probably talking about bang for the buck.
     
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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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