By how much will my CPU bottleneck my GPU

[Sebjay]

I'm going to buy a GTX 1060 gb and was wondering by how much my A8 6600k will bottleneck it.
Will it bottleneck it so much that I should buy a new CPU instead of a GPU?
Thanks.

 

[Sebjay]

What resolution will you be gaming at?

What is your current GPU?

I'd like to play at 1080p but don't mind going down to 900 or 720. And my current GPU is a gtx 950.

 

[Sebjay]

Actually,looking through the thread,the OP has not stated what games they want to run(thought it was FO4 looking at the previous post),so maybe we need to find out what the games are first??

Fairly new games, don't mind playing in 720p on medium or high settings.
Will my system be able to handle this?

 

[Sebjay]

Play them yes, but there is no point in getting a new card as you won't see any difference due to CPU bottle necking badly.

EG a GTX950 can run BF1 at stable 60fps, 1080p medium - but even the fastest FM2+ processor hasn't a hope of getting close to that. (framerate drops into 20's on 860K)

I only chose BF1 as an example but it would be also be true of most games - a graphics upgrade would be a waste as you wouldn't see any difference unless you were playing at insane levels on a large resolution monitor (1440p or 4k) @ locked 30fps.

The issue isn't IF your CPU can play new games - it can to varying degrees, from decent, to acceptable to unplayable - but a graphics upgrade would be wasting money.

A 2nd hand H81M and Haswell i3 or i5 would be pretty cheap, way faster and more up gradable for the future and you can re-use your old ram and GTX950.

The GTX950 is really not a bad card and will play all new games at pretty OK levels which can't be said of your processor.

As I said, may be easier to just sell the PC. The A8-6600 also has integrated radeon graphics, so maybe sell the PC without the GTX950?

Then, an old Dell Vostro 460/Optiplex 3020 type machine with a 3rd gen i5 can be gotten for around £120 on Ebay - throw your GTX950 into one of those and you've a way, way faster gaming PC and shouldn't really cost you any extra.

Alright thanks. Would it be worth selling my GTX 950 and getting a 1050ti, i3 6100 and a motherboard that supports it or should I just put extra money into getting an even better processor?

 

[Sebjay]

Or the OP could just get a £20 cooler and overclock their current chip?? Or even find the AM3+ copper cooler for £10 and use that??

The stock cooler for the A8 6600K is the AMD aluminium cooler of fail and it would not surprise me if the CPU is even downclocking under heavy load too.

Plus like I said,what games??

FO4 is a modern game which has mods which make the game far more playable with little or no visual loss.

Or it could be PS2 which can tank on any modern system during heavy battles.

I've changed the cooler for my CPU before and overclocked it to 4.2ghz.
Also the games I want to game are new games with medium to high settings.