Download the Tom's Hardware App from the App Store
The reference for current tech news
Yes No
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Motherboards > Is my motherboard bottlenecking my GPU?

Is my motherboard bottlenecking my GPU?

Forum Motherboards & Memory : Motherboards Is my motherboard bottlenecking my GPU?

Related Content
You have searched for "Is my motherboard bottlenecking my GPU?" . You might be interested in the following threads:

See more for "Is my motherboard bottlenecking my GPU?"

Can't find your answer?
Ask!

Motherboards

|

Memory

|

Chipsets & Bios

|

Abit

|

Aopen

|

ASRock

|

Asus

|

Chaintech

|

Corsair

|

DFI

|

Elitegroup

|

Epox

|

FIC

|

Foxconn

|

G.SKILL

|

Gigabyte

|

Jetway

|

MSI-Microstar

|

Shuttle

|

Soyo

|

Supermicro

|

Tyan

Word :    Username :           
 
underdogg123   02-06-2012 at 10:33:26 AM
- 0 +

Hi there.

I´m running a GA-P55M-UD2 motherboard with a 860 i7, 8 gigs of DDR3 and a GTX 470 graphics card. When I´m running demanding games like BF3 (high seeting) and Crysis 2 (extreme setting) EVGA precision says my GFX card i using 99% of the GPU - I´ve tried overclocking my CPU from the stock 2.8 GHZ to 3.8 max but with no difference in FPS, while overclocking the GFX gives me a few extra FPS. My question then is "would I benefit from a newer motherboard"?


On an related topic. My PC keeps crashing when I´m checking my mail and giving me a colourful pattern on my Windows startup screen and then beeing unable to load windows. When I start it again it works fine. Is there any way to know if I damaged my CPU or motherboard when I overclocked it?

Reply to underdogg123
Register or log in to remove.
vrumor   02-06-2012 at 10:38:34 AM
- 0 +

470 isnt a bad card still, however its 2 years+ old. Cant expect to play with all the eye candy on. Lower your settings a bit. And those kinds of issues sounds like maybe your vid card is going bad, corrupted memory maybe, hard to tell with little info.

------------------------------ 1090T 3.75 ghz | ASUS M5A99X | G Skill Ripjaws X 8gb 1600 | 2x 120 gb Mushkin Chronos Deluxe SSD (Raid 0) | 3 x WD 640gb BE (Raid 0) | 1xXFX Black Edition R7970 1xMSI R7970 1125/1575 stock voltage | Hanns-G 28 inch 1920x1200
 Reply to vrumor
Ask the community Add a reply
See all topics related to "Is my motherboard bottlenecking my GPU?"
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Motherboards & Memory > Motherboards > Is my motherboard bottlenecking my GPU?
Go to:

There are 212 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 1.061 seconds
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Latest best answer
Can i use a comcast cable box at another location
By SmurfOnABoat, 144 days ago:

Yes, all your paying for is the rental of the box, not the service going to it. The...

Best offers
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?
Top experts
Become an expert The rank
Partners