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CPU Bottleneck?

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Hi all,

Out of curiosity, would my current cpu (in sig running @ stock speeds) bottleneck a 7950/70? I'm hoping to wait until nvidia release kepler but might end up getting a 7950/70 for the time being.

Cheers
 
Hi all,

Out of curiosity, would my current cpu (in sig running @ stock speeds) bottleneck a 7950/70? I'm hoping to wait until nvidia release kepler but might end up getting a 7950/70 for the time being.

Cheers
BF3 in Multi Player perhaps... all depends on the games really. What you play and at what res?
 
BF3 @ 1920x1200.
I'd probably say not. when I run a single 6990 which is a little quicker than a 7950... I get around 80% usage on the GPU's in BF3... but when I get the 2x6990's in... the CPU is a major bottleneck and I drop to 50-55% usuage on the GPU's... so I reckon at that res, maxed out, you'd probably be fine.
 
Thanks for all your help. I think I'll wait for kepler and if I go for one of the top range cards, I'll upgrade to a 2500k.

Cheers
 
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