What's a good CPU to pair with my 4850?

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Gawd
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I'm wondering what's a good cpu to get with my 4850. I'm running an AMD 3500+ and I can just feel it holding my system back.
 
Great video card.

I'd go with at least a E8500 with E0 Stepping or a Q9400 with R0 stepping.


I prefer quad core.
 
Do you do anything intensive other than gaming? If not just stick with a dual core, either E7200 or E8400/8500 EO depending on your budget.
 
Another vague overposted thread. Budget? What do you want to do with it? I mean.. there's so many posts below that answers all that. I ran away from guru3d's forum because every page of threads were the same and the same and the same..

http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=770 will answer your question, titled CPU Scaling with the 4870x2.
 
I started out with an E2160 and my HD4850, then I switched to the E8500 and HD4850 and I noticed a HUGE difference. The cache is what made the biggest difference since my E2160 was OC'ed to the same speed as the stock E8500.
 
CamaroZ28 said:
I started out with an E2160 and my HD4850, then I switched to the E8500 and HD4850 and I noticed a HUGE difference. The cache is what made the biggest difference since my E2160 was OC'ed to the same speed as the stock E8500.
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looking at your sig... you got an allendale to 4ghz?
 
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