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E7400 and a 5850..............?

I have a Intel E7400 oc'd to 3.0, I'm thinking of upgrading my 4850 to a 5850. Will my cpu bottleneck my 5850? thank you and god bless

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Your CPU will bottle neck it, but if you do a higher overclock, about 3.5-3.7, there shouldn't be any problems.

    As long as you have good cooling, there's no need to worry about moderate overclocks, the Wolfendale line of chips can easily go past 4 provided it stays cool.

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