Will an i3 bottleneck......

[Saitex]

Hey guys, so recently looking at the new GPU's market and thinking about an upgrade I'm wondering would an i3 530 @ 3.5 bottleneck a 6950 or 560 Ti, and if there is a possibility of a bottleneck how much of it I should expect? I know on various types of games it will be felt more and on some less yet I'm still a bit curious, been searching for an answer and can't seem to find it hope that someone could shed some light here

 

[littlepuppy]

I would have said not, certainly not to a "noticeable" effect.

 

[Matterez]

I would have said not, certainly not to a "noticeable" effect.

+1

 

[Marine-RX179]

Just curious...why not overclock it to 4.0GHz...or higher? i3 530 would easily overclock to 4.0GHz on any half decent board...do you not have a 3rd party cooler?

 

[Saitex]

Just curious...why not overclock it to 4.0GHz...or higher? i3 530 would easily overclock to 4.0GHz on any half decent board...do you not have a 3rd party cooler?

I do but for some reason the OC fails all the time, I'm kinda new to OC'ing as well so atm looking into what might be causing the it to fail, but will move onto 4GHz once i figure that out

 

[Dark_Angel]

I'd not think so, maybe in some games (but an overclock will largely remedy this).