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Bonsai Bill
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We know that you have a Q6600 but we don't know what the rest of your system specs are.
If you could please post what other components you have such as
Mainboard (Mfg and model#)
RAM (Mfg, amount and rated speed)
Cooling (CPU and system fans)
PSU (Mfg and rated power output)
Hard drive(s) (Mfg, Capacity and Interfaces/Ports)
GPU (Mfg and model #)
Then some of these fine people may be able to help you a little more.
That way we will all know if we're talking about Apples or Oranges.  |
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wooptido007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Here is some info about my PC:
Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
Mainboard: Megatron Corporation Benica
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Socket 775 LGA
Memory: 3326MB RAM
Hard Drive: 492 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
RAM: 4096 MB DDR2-SDRAM / 4 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM / ( 333-400 MHz)
Hard Drive: Hitache ( 500 GB )
Monitor: Philips 170S
Where can i see GPU / cooler / PSU ? I even don't know what GPU / PSU are :d |
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wooptido007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| But it's stragnge.. I play CoD5 and now I have 2.4 GHz there is no differents when I had 1.60 GHz. ?? |
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Qwerty
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| wooptido007 wrote: | Here is some info about my PC:
Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
Mainboard: Megatron Corporation Benica
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Socket 775 LGA
Memory: 3326MB RAM
Hard Drive: 492 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
RAM: 4096 MB DDR2-SDRAM / 4 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM / ( 333-400 MHz)
Hard Drive: Hitache ( 500 GB )
Monitor: Philips 170S
Where can i see GPU / cooler / PSU ? I even don't know what GPU / PSU are :d |
Generally speaking most brand PCs are not overclockable at all.
Especially HP PCs for home use have inadequate CPU cooling facilities.
I wouldn't recommend you to overclock the CPU in your case.
| wooptido007 wrote: | | But it's stragnge.. I play CoD5 and now I have 2.4 GHz there is no differents when I had 1.60 GHz. ?? |
Because your video card is a bottleneck and not the CPU.
That's why overclocking of the CPU won't bring you any benefits.
You should buy a new video card instead - if your PSU (power supply unit) is powerful enough to support it. |
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Bonsai Bill
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Just as Qwerty stated above, your vid card is holding you back.
If you wish to keep your current setup, upgrade your video card. Do some Googling and look at power consumption and connectors needed on perspective cards and then compare to the Power Supply Unit you have now. That way you will know if an upgrade is needed in that area also.
Because... if you upgrade a card and don't have enough power or the proper power connectors to run it properly, you will end up with more problems than you have now.  |
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Thandor
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| wooptido007 wrote: | | But it's stragnge.. I play CoD5 and now I have 2.4 GHz there is no differents when I had 1.60 GHz. ?? |
Because you probably already had 2.4GHz during the game. After all Speedstep/EIST will increase the multiplier from 6x to 9x when the CPU load rises  .
And of course your graphics card plays an important role in games. Having a very fast CPU and a modest graphic card will probably be slower with CoD then having a modest CPU and a very fast graphics card .
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wooptido007
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:02 pm Post subject: hmm |
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Bonsai bill, what you said about upgrading graphic card, you have a program where i can do it for my GeForce 8600 GT ?
PS: i have a question for all of you again, i hope my last 1
I can't play cod4 with highest graphics, but some1 else, ( with just the same pc as me, graphic card / CPU / RAM / ... ) He can .. So is it possible my screen isn't a good screen for this PC. Cause i already had the screen be4 i bought the pc.
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Bonsai Bill
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What I ment by upgrade is purchasing a different video card.
I'm an Nvidia fan so I would suggest looking at the 8800 or 9800 series. If you like ATI take a look at the 36XX or 38XX series.
I have a feeling if you were to purchase any card higher up in the food chain than the models I just listed, a PSU upgrade would be mandatory.
As far as not being able to play COD4....try lowering the resolution of your monitor, not an ideal fix but it might help until you figure out what you want to do. |
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