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[Freelancer]

So i'm kinda fed up with my cpu being the botleneck of my gaming. Any tips on improving the cpu , WITHOUT overclocking it ?
I got a descent Vcard , 2 gigs of ram ( games run smoothly on 2 gigs now days , why do i need more? xD )
Maybe some of you guys know a trick or two to make games like L4D2 not to choke on CPU ...
I'm not a PC tweaker overall but i am good at LAN cracking and Gfx tweaking in games on my Videocards , still i cant find any usefull source for CPU tweaking without overclocking , or buying a new CPU :X NEEDZ help

Thanks in advance

[Ghost Dog_TSGK]

L4d is the most demanding source game ver created, you might not be able to run it at all.

Use an fps config of course, ditch all on board hardware because it will use your cpu to compensate for it's lack of individual power all the way down to the on board LAN, use none of it.

Download and use Gamebooster, from here http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5952

That not enough? Gonna need more power ;p

[Lawitz]

why no overclocking? not the right hardware or you don´t want to risk anything?

if you are well informed the risk is low. overclocking isn´t hard at all, you just need a mainboard that supports overclocking, higher clocked ram and a good cpu cooler, air is fine. if you are lucky you made the right choices when you bought your pc and you can start right away. ram isn´t expensive, 2gb ddr800 for example costs 35€ here, good cpu coolers are affordable too. overclocking friendly boards cost a bit more. however if you don´t have any of these it might be much more useful to buy a new pc than changing those components, maybe take some components over to the new pc like the gpu and its even cheaper. I build a low cost pc for a friend with:
amd x3 435 (3x 2.9ghz)
arctic cooling freezer (reason: more silent than stock cooler)
cheap board by msi
cheap case
4gb ddr3 ram
ati 4770
500gb hdd
400w corsair psu
for a total of 440€.

[Growling_Mad_Scientist]

[Freelancer]

THanks Gdog i will try that out .
And Lawitz , you can build an even better PC with lower prices here The point is that i dont have ANY money at all right now xD and everything i need is a new CPU tbh I didnt want to overclock it but i still will do t sooner or later lol all i need is a couple of clean , brand new big coolers and thats it ^^
thanks guys.

P.S. GMS dont FRY IT !!

[Lawitz]

what temperature does it get gms? my e6400@3.44ghz hits 50°C max.

so latvia is cheaper than germany. can you give me a link to some latvian pc component shop (online) so I can check it out?

[Freelancer]

no guaranty that all of them have ENG support ... so just search what u need XD
http://www.salidzini.lv/rus/interneta-veikali.php

P.S. Gdog, that software makes L4D2 drop 15-25 fps so instead of a 45 in-battle FPS i get like 20-22 fps .... but still thans for the soft.

Will change to w7 and have al ook see. Maybe the fps lag is mostly the windows problem , like 4 months ago hl2dm ran at 100 fps now 50-70-90

[Lawitz]

I dont see much of a difference to our prices (checked intel 920, e8400 and nvidia gtx295). take a look here: http://geizhals.at/deutschland/ for our prices.

[Growling_Mad_Scientist]

[Lawitz]

did you use this: http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/ ? this will give the real readout. most readout programs like everest for example give me much lower core temps and higher cpu temps. coretemp reads out the temperature sensors inside the cpu according to the description.

[Growling_Mad_Scientist]

well, i actually tried a bunch of them, that one, coretemp, realtemp, HWmonitor, Everest, and i think another one i cant remember.

pretty much all gave me almost same temps( 1-2ºC degree diference) , except for realtemp, the only one that really had a diference, and showed lower temps (cpu, and cpu cores) than all of the other, a diference between 5-10ºC degrees.

I ended up using HWmonitor http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php, and guide trough it, its very simple, doesnt need any install, and shows all the temps i want in one simple window, gfx card, hdds, mobo, cpu, cpu cores, fans speeds, voltages, etc.

I found HWmonitor pretty acurate, apart from the cpu, wich seems to differ just a little bit from other software, the rest of the components temps, like the gfx, hdd, etc, was always the same as indicated by other software, so, its the only software i use for temp reading.

I also use EVGA precision for OC the gfx, and set fan speed.



Edit: SpeedFan, i tried that one to.

[Growling_Mad_Scientist]

Lawitz, i leave a screenshot here, so u can see, coretemp, and HWmonitor read the same temp, but real temp have a 5ºC lower diference.

[Zog Ecosse]

Lawitz wrote ~

[Freelancer]