DJBarry,
2 - If the CPU isn't what he upgraded, this doesn't hold relevance. At all. Seriously.
3 - OGL runs slower on AMD GPUs. In fact, I've measured a hilarious 10 fps drop on my own card when switching to OGL. What he SHOULD do is try OGL with the vertex streaming hack, or D3D. But, his GPU is more than adequate, so it won't make a massive difference.
5 - Unless he has water, that's not happening. The 8-core visheras get REALLY hot at high load, and demand large voltage raises to be stable when OCed.
EDIT: What did you upgrade?
2 - If the CPU isn't what he upgraded, this doesn't hold relevance. At all. Seriously.
3 - OGL runs slower on AMD GPUs. In fact, I've measured a hilarious 10 fps drop on my own card when switching to OGL. What he SHOULD do is try OGL with the vertex streaming hack, or D3D. But, his GPU is more than adequate, so it won't make a massive difference.
5 - Unless he has water, that's not happening. The 8-core visheras get REALLY hot at high load, and demand large voltage raises to be stable when OCed.
EDIT: What did you upgrade?