Author Topic: Low power video card?  (Read 717 times)

Offline Debrody

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Re: Low power video card?
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2013, 01:26:51 AM »
overclock, that is  :)
Im afraid, the Athlon is multiplyer-locked, not sure if you can go far with it...

A new CPU would require a new mobo too (there are no AM2 CPUs in production)
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Re: Low power video card?
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2013, 06:11:43 AM »
overclock, that is  :)
Im afraid, the Athlon is multiplyer-locked, not sure if you can go far with it...

A new CPU would require a new mobo too (there are no AM2 CPUs in production)

Black edition is unlocked. The Athlons do however overclock also with front side bus unlike current Intel models.
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Re: Low power video card?
« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2013, 06:38:19 AM »
uhm, have you heard about the in-famous Athlon Black Edition?  ;)
I have a PhenomII 555BE, running as a 980, undervoltaged...
But i cant rise the "FSB" by more than 15% withouth problems. I know that the K10 and K10.5 dont have a real FSB, only basic clock what gets multiplyed to the CPU cores, to the northbridge and the L3 cache, and to the RAM too, by three different multiplyers. Athlon models dont have L3 though. But still, might worth a try to see how far that CPU can go and how it comes back in the in-game FPS.
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