Is my computer too weak to be using direct11?

[admin89]

If you don't overclock , you should buy i7 4790k.
With 4.4GHz turbo boost , it's more powerful than an OCed i7 4770k

Quote:they said overclocking can be dangerous and damaging to your CPU

Depends on the CPU and mobo generation .
_Ancient CPUs such as Core 2 Quad or first gen "non k" i3/i5/i7 or AMD Phenom II : overclock them will damage the whole system (BCLK OC) . However , CPU will last more than 10 years as long as you don't go overboard with Vcore (Vcore must be lower than 1.35V)
_Modern CPUs such as second gen "k" i5/i7 , AMD FX-series : overclock them won't damage your system (CPU ratio / multipler OC). CPU will last more than 10 years as long as you don't go overboard with Vcore

[Growlith1223]

Yes, Overclocking can get dangerous, if you increase the voltage dramatically. however, intel cpus are meant to kind of self-protect if something goes horribly wrong.

to get a decent clock speed for your specific processor, increase the clock by one and start the system back up and do a stability test. if it survives and you're ok with the temp, go back to the bios and up it one more time, rinse and repeat until you get a blue screen. then take the last one that actually worked, usually the previous clock speed you had it before it blue screened.

after that, check to see if your voltage(bios) is ok. i would generally not go above 1.32v for the cpu. try and stay at or below 1.25 though.after you get that better clock speed, try and up the voltage a bit and try again with the clock that DID blue screen and see if it does it again, if it bsods again, then i wouldn't try any higher if it gets over 1.25v

Hope this helped!

An i5 is a wonderful choice for both dolphin and outside-dolphin gaming. i use the 4690k and it works really well, albeit didn't really live up to the hype of "better overclocking" but in terms, i am able to get 4.6GHz really quickly and able to stay on it.
- Growlith1223

EDIT: i should also mention, the voltage will kill a cpu faster than a clock increase, so keep that in mind.

[moonshadow86]

Thank you so much. I think I'll consider buying that i7 4790k but one question. Will it be ok with my motherboard?
My mobo is "ASUSTeK Computer INC M48A9GTD-PRO/USB3" I got it as a birthday present in 2010.

[zephyrsurfer]

(08-10-2014, 01:39 AM)moonshadow86 Wrote: Thank you so much. I think I'll consider buying that i7 4790k but one question. Will it be ok with my motherboard?
My mobo is "ASUSTeK Computer INC M48A9GTD-PRO/USB3" I got it as a birthday present in 2010.

No unfortunately, that's for an AMD chip, it can't work with Intel CPUs

[admin89]

It's the latest Intel CPU which was just released 2 months ago . Obviously , it must be paired with latest mobo (Dirt cheap Asrock Z97 Anniversary for example)

[moonshadow86]

Can that mobo still run my "ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series"

[DJBarry004]

Well, which PCI version does that thing supports? The Z97 handles PCIe 3.0 and 2.0, and PCI 2.0.

[zephyrsurfer]

(08-10-2014, 03:07 AM)moonshadow86 Wrote: Can that mobo still run my "ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series"

Yes any newer motherboard will have backward support for your graphics card. Although you know you're giving us information on which series of graphics cards and not a specific card which is just a little odd?

[DJBarry004]

On that series there are Radeon 5830, 5850 and 5870.

[moonshadow86]

Looking in device manager, all it says is 5800 series, but not exactly which within the series itself. I also right click into the desktop>personalization>display>adjust resolution and then click advance settings, still says the same thing.