Bottlenecking

[andrey2pro]

Will there be a bottleneck effect with this video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102952 and my athlon x2 3.0 ghz ( its a 250 )

 

[spirit]

I very much doubt your CPU would bottleneck that card.

 

[jonnyp11]

Probably won't bottle anything untill maybe 6900's and 560ti's and above

 

[Fooozball]

you could probably run that with a P4 3.8 ghz and not be bottlenecked lol.

 

[FuryRosewood]

^ i dont know about that... P4 was a pretty crap chip...hate them with a vengance...

 

[Fooozball]

ha i was joking. why'd you hate the P4's?

I loved my 775 3.2 HT back in 05 =D


edit: the p4's were pretty crappy... i forgot about how friggin hot they ran.

 

[andrey2pro]

I get the same fps on gta iv max resolution and lowest resolution ??? thats a sign of bottleneck isnt it?

 

[jonnyp11]

What's the fps? and there is no way that gpu or cpu is bottlenecking the other, the thing is that that game is terrible coding wise, one of the worst ports out there i think, and it takes a quad core i think to run well at all, but that cpu should still play it.

 

[claptonman]

What are the CPU and GPU usage levels at?

 

[andrey2pro]

Its pretty good now i can get 30-40 fps medium settings, i have another problem now, i on;ly get 22-30 fps bf3 low settings 1024x1280

 

[jonnyp11]

Well unless you ever got more, i doubt you'll get much higher than that with those parts. Lower the shading and AA as much as possible, also go into the CCC and see if you can lock some options lower, that can help performance.

 

[andrey2pro]

DO i need a better proccesor, is the graphics card ok?

 

[jonnyp11]

DO i need a better proccesor, is the graphics card ok?

Depends on the game, when it comes to battlefield, a quad might be smart, but a better graphics card would be smarter. a dual core is still plenty capable in games.