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Old 07-24-2008, 05:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Would a AMD Athlon X2 5000+ 2.6 ghz with an HD4850 bottleneck? Also would i need more than 450 watt psu with the hd4850?
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The cpu probably wouldn't bottleneck it, at least not significantly. A 450w psu may be enough but it depends on the amps on the 12v rails. If you post the model of your psu we can make sure it is enough.
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Just overclock the 5000 BE to at least 2.8 or 3.0 ghz then you should have no problem.
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Would a AMD Athlon X2 5000+ 2.6 ghz with an HD4850 bottleneck? Also would i need more than 450 watt psu with the hd4850?
The X2 5000+ can hit 3.0ghz on stock cooling with no voltage increase. Once a CPU hits 3.0ghz it doesn't or barely bottlenecks. Dude just OC you CPU and you won't have to worry about bottle necking. My 4800+ at 2.8ghz wouldn't bottle neck a GTX 280 so you don't have much to worry about.
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Would a AMD Athlon X2 5000+ 2.6 ghz with an HD4850 bottleneck? Also would i need more than 450 watt psu with the hd4850?
No it won't, plus it hits 3.0ghz easily

Depends if its a good quality PSU
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CPU bottleneck is pretty much determined by the resolution you play at. The smaller the resolution, the less the video card becomes the bottleneck and the more the cpu does.
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