See you are still trolling. The example, fits what I said perfectly.
1. As I have stated several times, I said from the beginning that the 11400 would be good for a future upgrade. You seem to be agreeing with me now
You are trolling yourself by continuing to pretend there was an argument about that.
Please provide evidence of when I said that he must stick with the 3470 as you seem to be implying I said.
Your failure to state your case for him upgrading CPU now, other than it would be a good chip for a GPU upgrade. Your sustained argument that the 3470 is "great" for a 970. And your complete lack of acknowledgement of how the webpage you linked to, and the vids I posted, show how massive the bottleneck can be. Ignoring those for one vid, with particular settings, that only show a bottleneck not a massive one, a bottleneck which you still refer to as "well used".
So go ahead and state your case for him upgrading CPU now. Why haven't you done so? Is it because I already stated the case for that and you just don't want to agree and continue to argue?
2. You say that the 3470 is a massive bottleneck for the 970
It is. There is proof of that in this thread. Not only that I provided but which you provided. Evidence of massive bottlenecking in some games, and evidence of bottlenecking in the video you linked to. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them drink.
a bottleneck is considered 10% so lets say a massive bottleneck is 20%, what % of time does the video show the 970 being used 80% or less compared to over 90%
Re: the video - I said bottleneck. Now you agree it is a bottleneck so isn't being well-used. Massive bottlenecks in other games and/or other settings.
Since you mention it we should talk about what's going on in that particular video and what you said about turning down settings to get increased fps:
He has set the graphics settings high enough so that the 3470 can (barely) cope with the (fewer) frames it has to provide. At the same time the GPU also has to work harder to provide frames of greater quality. This minimizes the bottlenecking from massive to just bottlenecking (as I said) but can produce a misleading impression and is actually a form of self-bottlenecking lol. Turn some of those settings down for increased fps and you then see GPU Usage % going down, down, down and CPU Usage % going up and staying up.
Now, with an 11400 you would see either of two things:
1. With the same settings, you'd get a fair increase in fps, more smoothness in general.
2. If you turned some settings down, you will hit about twice the fps that is achievable with the 3470.
Bringing it back to the OP's needs - if he says it is struggling right now, he's not going to turn the graphics settings UP just to see a number on a screen show that the 3470 isn't hitting 100% Usage all the time. And if he isn't completely asinine, he will already know you can turn down graphics settings for more fps and has likely already tried that, and has found the 3470 letting him down.
