Well, the BIOS is just the standard one where you can't control anything except for boot order. I just do the 99% Maximum processor state trick to turn off Turbo Boost during summer. CPU WEI reduces from 7.5 to 7.1 if Turbo boost is off. Single or dual core optimized games suffer from CPU bottleneck while there is no FPS drop from quad core optmized games when Turbo Boost is off.
If it keeps the heat down then that's all that matters! Or play in the fridge... As you will probably know Turbo Boost will only activate on dual and single threaded applications. Quad core makes no difference. Also to be frank many would not see WEI as a proper benchmark, however I do like it. PCmark or something like that is really what will separate PC's.
sorry for posting this here but i cant find where
does a athlon 2 x4 3ghz 651 fm1 socket bottleneck an hd 7770
i have an fm1 socket platform with an amd a4 2.7ghz dual core overclocked to 2.9ghz and i m thinking to upgrade to the athlon and the hd 7770
Here's mine with my new GPU but without SSDs as one died today and had them setup in RAID0.
I'm running OS from 120GB LD in RAID0 spinners (Barracuda 1TB 64MB, 7200 RPM) till replacement SSD arrives in a week or so.
Numbers look nice for spinners, don't they?
Very happy with new GPU!
Cheers,
J
Last edited by Bungee18; 03 Jan 2013 at 23:11.
