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Bottlenecking

3lackMamba

3lackMamba

3lackMamba

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Hi guys

With the new gpu’s being right around the corner I am planning on buying an 1180 if all goes well, however I am currently running a 4670k (I’ll be upgrading to 8th gen later in the year) and am wondering will this completely bottleneck the 1180 or will it be acceptable until I get a new CPU?

Thanks
 
Nope just 60hz with my current monitor, so shouldn’t be too much of a problem unless I go over 4K/144hz? My main concern was battlefield, atm BF1 has my cpu under 100% load so I can only imagine how it’s going to be with BFV lol
 
billysielu said:
Yeah, so do the GPU, CPU/etc, Monitor all at the same time. The CPU is at 100% already, so there's absolutely no benefit from upgrading GPU early.
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Really, upgrading the GPU won’t make any difference at all until I upgrade the CPU etc?

Is this why I’m struggling to run constant 60fps on LOW settings on BF1 with a 770, is my CPU throttling?
 
String said:
Run Afterburner and see for yourself. If your GPU is 100% usage then the upgrade will be worth it.
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I’ll do that when I’m home from work! But if my gpu and cpu are both at 100% which I think they will be, then is there any sense in upgrading gpu now and cpu later or is it pointless like billy said?

I’d have thought/hoped it would make some difference, even make the game a bit smoother on low/medium settings at a slightly higher fps until I upgraded cpu.
 
Okay I’ll overclock to around 4.2/.3 and see how that goes, only got a 212x cooler so I think that would be a reasonable clock.

Gah.. I’ve got so much upgrading to do :rolleyes:
 
So, I overclocked to 4.1 (best stable clock I could get considering my cooler) re-downloaded afterburner and according to the graphs, my GPU didn't go over 70% whilst my CPU is completely maxed out the entire time I was playing BF1.. My friend had the same CPU but with a 970 and he claims he was able to run BF1 at a constant 60fps at medium settings whereas I'm getting drops down to 30-35fps at LOW settings.. Am I missing something? Would VRAM be playing a big part here?
 
Hmm, maybe I’ll have to rethink this and upgrade my CPU now and GPU later, because if it’s struggling with BF1 what’s it going to be like with BFV :eek:
 
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