6990 CPU Bottleneck?

[smarshallsay]

So my question is, is my 6990 bottlenecked by my CPU and so is it worth me upgrading my CPU / motherboard to improve performance?

I play games at 1920x1080 on a 120hz monitor. I play games quite competitively and try to keep as close to 120fps as i can at max settings (preferably vsynced). I want to avoid the FPS ever dropping below about 90 if possible.

I have a 6990 (stock) with an old i7 920 D0 @ 4.1ghz stable. 12gb of 1600mhz ram though its currently underclocked at 1164mhz but at 8 8 8 2t timings.

If i bought a 2500k and overclocked it to as close to 5ghz as I could, what performance increases would I see? Are we talking about 10fps max?

Many thanks in advance guys.

 

[romper76]

a i7 920 D0 @ 4.1ghz is a very fast setup i personally think the difference would be minimal, and theirs no way to guarantee 5ghz from an i5 2500k.

 

[arc@css]

I highly doubt you are bottlenecked by your cpu at that speed. There is a difference between upgrading to more recent tech and finding benefits (which I believe it would give), and being bottlenecked by what you have now, which you are not, bar the odd, unlikely situation.

 

[smarshallsay]

Thanks, this is kind of what I was expecting. I have a flatmate who wants to buy my old parts off me hence me being eager to upgrade

 

[Marine-RX179]

I'm pretty sure most modern/future FPS games would be optimised for quad, so don't think you will have a problem. But in the original Crysis it might, but it is due to the game being an old game that only use two cores. WOW and Total War series also comes to mind for not using all 4 cores.