i5 2500K and i7 2600K for CoD

[lbuchele]

Originally Posted by kendo65

Ibuchele, I've got all the components and am just about to assemble a new i5-2500K build - I'll be using an Asus P8P67 with Corsair Vengeance 1.5V 2x4GB 9-9-9-24 memory.

Would be interested to hear if you had any issues with getting the ram to work? I have been reading some reports on forums of people with difficulties with ram timings on Asus P67 boards - most of which seem to be resolved ok after some work. (May have been due to early BIOS versions?)

Did you use the XMP profile or set it up manually?

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edit: sorry - just read again and realised that someone else put it together for you. Still, if you've any ideas on my questions feel free to reply,
Cheers.

Well,I know the guy who put it together and he reports no difficults with RAM ,only take sometime to understand how the ASUS bios works with the OC.
It's very easy in fact all I had to do is change the multiplier.
I read that 60% of SB goes up to 4,5 GHz , 40% 4,6-4,8 GHz and only 10% goes to 4,9-5,1GHz .
Mine is very stable @4,6 GHZ and surprisingly cool too.

[kendo65]

Ok - thanks.

[NLS61]

Originally Posted by lbuchele

Well,I know the guy who put it together and he reports no difficults with RAM ,only take sometime to understand how the ASUS bios works with the OC.
It's very easy in fact all I had to do is change the multiplier.
I read that 60% of SB goes up to 4,5 GHz , 40% 4,6-4,8 GHz and only 10% goes to 4,9-5,1GHz .
Mine is very stable @4,6 GHZ and surprisingly cool too.

Mine(i5 2500k) is 4.6 GHz at 31 C wich is pretty good I think.
also on a ASUS P8P67 EVO with kingstone 1333 i've put a Scyte Mugen cooler on it.

[DarkAdrien]

Just to add my own exprience : bought a 2500K last week, mounted on an Asus P8P67 LE, with 2x2 Gb of Corsair DDR3 PC12800 CAS7. Have to say it is a really great combination of hardware, both in terms of performance (with a good overclocking margin) and temperatures (the 4 cores never exceed 30° idle, and 55° full charge).

Combined with a GTX 460, I can't imagine this will not be enough to run CoD on high settings at least.

BUT I did not change my hardware only for CoD, doing so would be a bit early in my opinion.

[Talbot]

i5 2500K/OC 4,7 GHz,MB Asus P8P67 Pro,8 Gb DDR3 1600MHz,2xAti 5870

[lbuchele]

The question is : how many bombers our systems can draw without a loss in fps or if we will be able to fly over London without hiccups.
I vote we will be fine, maybe with some compromises in graphic quality.

[lee42]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

It actually is but you dont seem to understand what overall performance is. II try to explain it simply so you can understand it... Your monitor can only display 60 fps max if your refresh rate is 60hz..are you still with me... now if your cpu/gpu combo gets an average of 150 fps with intel and 100 fps with amd which one will have the best fps on your 60 hz monitor???? They will both get 60 fps because your monitor restricts your fps to the refresh rate. Any questions?? So if you pay 1200 for an intel system that gets "60fps" actual frame rate and you pay 800 for amd which gets "60fps" which one has the better fps?

If you turn off v-sync in the nvidia control panel you then get the max FPS in game that the cpu & gpu can handle. it's only locked to your refresh rate when v-snyc is turned on.

[ashj24uk]

If I was you I would get the i7 2600k it's the one I got along with the asus p8p67 pro motherboard it is an excellent system and well worth the extra money.I managed to get overclock it from a 3.4 to a 4.5ghz Im running 2 ati radeon 6970 on crossfire

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by lee42

If you turn off v-sync in the nvidia control panel you then get the max FPS in game that the cpu & gpu can handle. it's only locked to your refresh rate when v-snyc is turned on.

Wrong your refresh rate is still the same v-sync just synchronizes the frames so you dont get image tearing. V-sync or not your still capped by refresh rates.
LCD's are a little different with this but they still have similar limits.

[Talon89]

Originally Posted by ashj24uk

If I was you I would get the i7 2600k it's the one I got along with the asus p8p67 pro motherboard it is an excellent system and well worth the extra money.I managed to get overclock it from a 3.4 to a 4.5ghz Im running 2 ati radeon 6970 on crossfire

What kind of framerates are you getting with that setup?