well heres my situation

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ok well the game runs like ass in multiplayer

talking 18-30fps, its so jumpy that i cant do much, usually i just lag around and get shot before i can react.

so i was originally gonna replace my processor with an X4
so that i can run the game decently, its a 95W processor and would be supported with my board.

but then i did some research about revision 2 of my board, i have revision 1 the only difference being a heatsink(s) on the cpu mosfets of the board... apparently my board will die if i use 125W processors... severely limiting my upgrade to barely an upgrade.... which makes this even more of a pain in the ass... to spend money on something barely an upgrade.


soooo after doing research i found out revision 2 all they did was add a heatsink to mosfet and then claim it can do 125W processors again, although a quick fix i believe this would also solve the issue with the revision 1 board... especially since they didnt change ANYTHING else but the lack of a heatsink in revision 1.

so im gonna get some zalman video ram coolors, lil ram heatsinks and put them on top of the mosfets, maybe grab some kinda pci fan cooler thingy and drop a 6 core amd in there and hope it dont go up in smoke.

the reason im gonna try it is because there are ppl on the net reporting that their boards are running fine with this solution. it should be fine as long as i dont overclock and keep the heatsinks cool to keep the mosfets cooler.

as is im on a 65w processor but with my overclocking i exceed 95w as is, probably near to 100w so i am already over straining this board for last year and a half, so i am pretty sure this will be the solution that i need.

and i will be on 6 core amd to boot. xD

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did more research and find out some of those 6 cores are actually 95w as well

FFS, im signin up on the forum to my fave local computer shop and then cussin em out for labeling every processors TDP but the 6 cores, and tellin them how stupid that shit is cause they just lost a sale because had i known that months ago i would have dropped 1 in.


fuckin idiots in IT, i know what they will say "well we just copy and paste from the manufacturer".... just like when i picked up this motherboard incorrectly labeled an AMD790FX when it was a AMD790X chipset, pretty big difference glad i know most my shit.

you would think they would want to give the customer as much information so they can make an informed decision. and if that information was incorrect or vague improve upon it.

so mad right now about that, of course they are out of stock of all 95w 6 core amds... of course.... also makes me mad that they didnt hire me, because i know more then what the guy who interviewed me gave me credit for.


imadBRO, i really MAD.


*update*

found 6 core 1055T 95w processor at a different shop, gonna pick it up ASAP (provided they really do have it in stock, apparently there are 2 versions of this processor a 125w and a 95w one)

210dollars Canadian but at least i would be somewhat future proofed.

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either the phenom II x4 925

or

1055T 6 core


all depends if the 6 core is 95W version or 125W, will let you guys know how upgrade goes in a few hours, if you dont hear back from me then you know i somehow fucked up the installation

lol wish me luck.

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bah no one had shit for 95w parts

sooooooo.....

i know its not much of an upgrade but im now on an
athlon II x4 640 @ 3ghz

so far seems to be definite improvement and its numbers shouldnt be to far off in gaming from its phenom II big brother.

was only 120.00


*edit*

turns out was excellent choice getting 65-91 fps in multiplayer now, smooth enough to enjoy the game, and make others run better too!

remember my arma at 18 fps well im gonna check right now what its at now!