With a higher screen resolution (gaming) does the load increase on the CPU? I have an 8800GTS 512 and E5200 @ 3GHz - fps in Farcry2 at very high settings & 4 x AA is around the 23 mark, this increases as I drop the resolution down but have a 24" screen and find the native 1920 x 1200 is far crisper so wish to always use this resolution. I often read about CPU bottlenecks with higher powered GPU's and was wondering if my CPU was the limiting factor on the 23 fps and getting a GTX280/GTX285 would be a pointless exercise with my CPU - so would an E5200 bottleneck a GTX280/285? Or only at lower resolutions?
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CPU Speed vs Screen Resolution
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CPU is only really a factor when maxing out GPUs (for silly benchmarks) at lower resolutions... in most cases the CPU load on the game is the same and the GPU is taking up most of the work for rendering higher resolutions so CPU hit is minimal.
Not drastically. AA can use more CPU however albeit still primarily dependent on GPU.
Chances are the reason you get more FPS at lower resolution is because it is reducing the load on your 8800GTS. At 1920x1200 4xAA you are almost certainly GPU limited.
Chances are the reason you get more FPS at lower resolution is because it is reducing the load on your 8800GTS. At 1920x1200 4xAA you are almost certainly GPU limited.
