CPU Bottleneck?

[skyscanner]

I have a home built PC with following specs:

MOBO Asus P5N32 SLi Premium
CPU Pentium D830
GPU Asus EN8800GT
RAM GEil DDR2 667 2GB in dual channel mode
PSU Hiper around 800W
Case Thermaltake Xaser 3

I enjoy playing flight sim x with a lot of add ons and believe my current bottleneck might be my CPU. I have tinkered with overclocking but have not progressed very far until I know a bit more about it.

Any ideas on my best options for improving performance? CPU change?

Thanks

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[Clunk]

Welcome to the forums

Absolutely, get a new CPU, you are a couple of generations behind with your current one.

You don't say how much you have to spend, but if you can stretch to it, a Q6600 should be a good buy

[godsdog]

I know it likes C2D. Does it support Quad?

[skyscanner]

Thanks for the replies...

I've checked the ASUS website for compatible CPU's, and there doesn't seem much in the form of high performance units. I have the latest MoBo BIOS which I believe addresses newer CPU's.

Would the new E8400 do the job?

Thanks

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[Beowulf1100]

Originally Posted by skyscanner

Thanks for the replies...

I've checked the ASUS website for compatible CPU's, and there doesn't seem much in the form of high performance units. I have the latest MoBo BIOS which I believe addresses newer CPU's.

Would the new E8400 do the job?

Thanks

Skyscanner

I have a friend who is into flight sims. He too plays Flight Sim X. He had a problem where he would get a juddering effect whilst in play. He changed his cpu to a E6750 and now no more juddering.

So an E8400 I would imagine would be even better.

[Kelainefes]

The new E8400 will do the job, but even a E6850 should be enough..
BTW check MS site for updates, the new patch should bring HUGE performance improvements.

[Clunk]

Personally, I would go for the G0 over the E8400, much more power and cheaper at the moment too.

[skyscanner]

Thyanks again...Beowulf, this is exactly what's happening. I can play for about an hour no probs, but then game starts cracking up. I have SP1 on Flight Sim X, so have all latest patches.

Clunk - sorry, what is G0?

I would like something that is fairly future proof (Ha Ha!), so don't mind paying a few bucks (but not stupid prices) for something decent. My board supports up to 1066Mhz FSB.

Regards

Skyscanner

[godsdog]

Originally Posted by skyscanner

Clunk - sorry, what is G0?

Q6600 G0 - G0 is the stepping ie, B3 was the older stepping.

I'd go G0 for what it's worth, great value at the moment and more than do what you need. Just re-double check that that latest BIOS supports them, like you said, you should be fine. Won't kill you to take another look though.