is my CPU bottlenecking?

[Yuanji]

after OCing my 6800GT, i have found scores of around the 12k mark when OCed to 380/107 there is no increase in score afterwards but i see lost pixels. these pixels turn back to normal and stop flickering when i downclock. is this my video card or my CPU bottlenecking?

[spyder003]

There's a certain point you reach when OCing a card where your performance starts decreasing. When you find that point, just bump it down a tad to your highest score and where there are no artifacts. I don't think there is a card out there that would bottleneck your 3.2

[Hi Ho]

Nothing is "bottlenecking". Artifacts like that are caused by heat. When you overclock a video card past it's cooling ability you will get that. It has nothing to do with the CPU.

[Yuanji]

i dont mean the artifacts i'm talking about how the score isn't going any higher.
edit- thanks btw, would getting a better heatsink for my video card allow it to OC farther without any artifacts?

[kram 2.0]

Basically, OC'ing the GeForce 6800GT is making it a GeForce 6800U...and take a look at what the GeForce 6800 Ultra looks like. It has a massive heat sink on it, which results in its taking up the near PCI Slot as well as the AGP slot it's in. You will need a fair amount of cooling on the OC'ed GeForce 6800 GT. I would probably highly doubt that it's a bottlenecking issue...though there's really no way to tell for sure, the Intel P4 3.2 Ghz Processor is plenty fast to handle it. If anything, though this really may sound rediculous, a lack of RAM.

Also remember...are you going to be impressed with the scores or are you going to want a card that's going to perform well? Remember the common saying - benchmarks don't play games...YOU do

kram

[Yuanji]

Originally Posted by kram8806 Basically, OC'ing the GeForce 6800GT is making it a GeForce 6800U...and take a look at what the GeForce 6800 Ultra looks like. It has a massive heat sink on it, which results in its taking up the near PCI Slot as well as the AGP slot it's in. You will need a fair amount of cooling on the OC'ed GeForce 6800 GT. I would probably highly doubt that it's a bottlenecking issue...though there's really no way to tell for sure, the Intel P4 3.2 Ghz Processor is plenty fast to handle it. If anything, though this really may sound rediculous, a lack of RAM. Also remember...are you going to be impressed with the scores or are you going to want a card that's going to perform well? Remember the common saying - benchmarks don't play games...YOU do kram

i know i know guess i'm just jelous of people with 13k+ scores

[handicapper]

kram, youre right, he could use better ram....and yuanji, scores only go so high without much better cooling...but yeah, better ram...

my specs:
amd 64 fx-53 (939 pin)....
msi k8n neo 2 platinum mobo....
silverstone nimiz case....
thermaltake a1772 heatsink/fan....
enermax 600W rev.2 noisetaker psu...
2x512 g's corsair pc3200 xlpt 2225
2x512 g's corsair pc 3700 pt 3448....not used together
mitsumi floppy...
lite-on cd/romx52 drive..& lite-on dvd/rw cd/rw drive....
2x90 mm fans & 2x120 mm fans...(stock).....
ati radeon x800 pro vid card...
4x74 g's W.D. raptors hd in raid 0+1...(cost waaaay too much)
xp pro O/S ....
on order/fan control...
samsung 712n 17" lcd..12 ns job.....
logitech mx duo key/mouse...lol...am always forgetting stuff....

[Yuanji]

hey would you mind donating your ram?? lol yeah i know i need better RAM but i have decent RAM. CAS latency is 2.5 so its decent and i have a gig i plan to get a gig of corsair's XMS series when i save up the money.