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    Cpu/gpu

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cloudbyday, Jun 12, 2009.

  1. cloudbyday

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    Within the next two weeks I will have my laptop, but the processor it has in it is a 2.0 (P7350) processor. The GPU in the laptop is a 4670 and I am thinking of upgrading the processor to 2.53 (P8700). I don't want to get a processor that will bottleneck the GPU, although the Video Card is a pretty high end card.
     
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    Maybe you should list your uses.

    I'm not sure where that CPU will be a bottleneck - if is gamin, yes somegams will need a high end CPU - but from what I hear, the most common games will need a high end GPU.
     
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    Mostly Gaming, but I'll be going to college in the fall. So I'll pretty much be multi-tasking (running Itunes, Word, a web browser or two, and etc). The Video card is a pretty high end card so the cpu that I'll want to upgrade on it should run seamlessly with gpu. So basically I want a cpu that would be the best mate for the GPU.
     
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    I don't think the CPU will necessarily be a bottleneck.

    Try with the one you have first.

    Maybe list specific games.

    Your multi tasking should be fine.
     
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    Civ IV, Battlefield 2, Supreme Commander FA, NBA 08, and the like. Because of my "religious" upbringing the type of games that I will playing probably won't include a lot of high end games like Crysis.
     
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    :D Don't worry, I don't play them either - the most demanding I played -in 2 weeks over the summer holidays was World In Conflict :D (My Vaio was new at the time)

    Civilization is an old game, is it not?
    That may be more CPU intensive - but I'm pretty sure it'll run well.
    (I have an old version somewhere - which didn't seem too stable on XP and I never got the hang of it)
    Battlefield 2 - never played it... Googling, it needs a Pentium 4 - you'll be fine
    Supreme Commander FA - never played it... Googling, 1,8GHz - possibly assumes a DualCore - try with the current one - it should run fine.
    NBA 08 - never played it either... Googling - Pentium 3??? That should run fine too.
     
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    Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance should play under normal settings. Probably won't want to tax your system unless you had lots of AI and lots of units together.
     
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