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i3 2130 vs. gtx 980 [bottleneck?]

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i read around a bit, and quite a few people said that it should be ok.

i know it largely depends on whether the game is cpu or gpu intensive.

i will be looking at getting either an i5 or i7 as the next purchase (3-4 weeks after?).

as far i can understand, if i do have a large bottleneck on certain games with this temporary set-up, i will see general performance drops, especially frame drops?

the other point is, i have a 60hz monitor, and i always have vsync on, so i average 60fps most of the time (depending on how well i tweak the settings).

i found myself thinking that i wanted to install crysis and see if i could max it out and hopefully see a constant smooth 60fps?

i know it depends on what type of games i am going to play (stalker complete, bioshock infinite).

i would like to see how far i could push the stalker complete mod.

with my gtx 660, i could not max out stalker clear sky and cop with modern texture packs and maintain a smooth 60.

please feel free to correct me if some of my "findings" are way off the mark ;)
 
insufficient for a gtx 980, or in general with my current 660?

if you mean 'in general', i find that entirely incorrect, as i quite happily play lots of recent titles such as crysis 3 on medium settings with 60fps 90 percent of the time.

if you mean insufficient with a 980, then explain what you mean by unplayable?

is da inquisition a cpu intensive game, and is it even unplayable with lowered settings?

as mentioned in my opening post, this is intended as a temporary set-up, until i get an i5 or i7.

here is some more info:

the most intensive games in my steam library are about three years old or more (bioshock infinite, alan wake, dishonored). i have metro 2033 & last light redux that came out in 2014.
but i should not have any issues running them.

this is not a pointless discussion, i just want to know that the cpu is not going to explode in flames, due to huge bottlenecking.

for instance: until i get a new cpu, i will only be playing bioshock infinite or the remastered bioshock when it comes out in september.
 
i still need to install my new arctic pro 7 with my cpu, as i fear the paste was needing to be replaced.
i was getting quite high temps with the stock intel cooler when playing crysis 3.
it reached 98 then stopped, so i assume it was throttling itself back.

i will do this first, because if i didn't, i wouldn't know if the 980 was throttling the cpu or the cpu needed new paste and a decent new cooler.

i am planning to completely upgrade soon.
this includes the mobo, monitor, ram (?).

i have 2x4gb hyperfuryx DDR3 1333MHz BUT...(i'm ashamed to say..)

atm, i am still using vista 32, so only have access to 2.5 of that?

temporarily, will this be a problem with the 980 until i plan on installing the cooler and upgrading to windows 7 64, as i have it here waiting to be installed?

like i said, i just need to install the 980 to see that it actually works before i go ahead and install a new 64bit os, cpu cooler etc.
 
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