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dlisle20 · dlisle20 #1 (**permalink**)

10-07-2005, 03:39 PM

I've heard there is a lot of CPU consumption for this graphics card, will my overclocked AMD Athlon64 3000 @ 2.2Ghz take it? cheers

Note: i also have 1GB RAM

Dom

Avalon · Avalon #2 (**permalink**)

10-07-2005, 03:52 PM

I don't really see why a graphics card would use CPU power, unless it's a very old one.
The problem is if the graphic card is too fast compared to the CPU (the Athlon64 should handle it easily though), the CPU becomes the bottleneck as the graphic card can't send data faster than the CPU can handle.

But maybe you should ask this on a PC gamer's forum, the guys over there surely know a lot more about that stuff... :cool:

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Guest Posts: n/a	10-07-2005, 03:39 PM I've heard there is a lot of CPU consumption for this graphics card, will my overclocked AMD Athlon64 3000 @ 2.2Ghz take it? cheers Note: i also have 1GB RAM Dom
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Member Since: Jun 25, 2004 Location: Luxemburg, Europe Posts: 1,779 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz (June 2004), 2.5GB, Airport, black 5G iPod 30GB, white MacBook 2.0 2GB	10-07-2005, 03:52 PM I don't really see why a graphics card would use CPU power, unless it's a very old one. The problem is if the graphic card is too fast compared to the CPU (the Athlon64 should handle it easily though), the CPU becomes the bottleneck as the graphic card can't send data faster than the CPU can handle. But maybe you should ask this on a PC gamer's forum, the guys over there surely know a lot more about that stuff... :cool:
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