Is a bottleneck possible ?

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shadovraven

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If your cpu is not overclocked then of course it would bottleneck both of those cards by huge margin. Absolute maximum for this cpu is a 8600GT or other gpu's with smiliar performance. Anything more powerful will be bottlenecked.
 
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If you overclock your CPU, the chances go down a lot. If you keep it at stock speeds, most likely yes.

I would wait; buy a CPU and a good GPU at the same time. If you upgrade your CPU you may also need a new motherboard and power supply.
Of course, this costs more money but it will keep gaming for years.
 
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I can't overclock the cpu, the bios doesn't support overclocking :( :(
The cpu does fine even now, though I agree it is ancient, it runs stuff pretty okay.
And I can't get a hd 7750 at all, not a money issue, but compatibility.
PCIE 3.0 of the 7750 is not compatible with my motherboard's 1.1! Only backward compatible with 2.0. The 6670 was the only choice I had. Anything higher won't work, anything lower won't be good ;(
I'll post my 3dmark scores, what other benchmarks should I post?
II don't have the gpu yet, the orders processing.
My resolution is 1280x1024, fine for a 6670 I guess....

Edit -Wait. There is a Frequency and voltage control tab in the bios , but everything is greyed ! :((
 
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The CPU will bottleneck in many games. My Core 2 Duo E6700 @ 2.66GHz bottlenecks in some cases. Not bad but a 2GHz pentium with a slow FSB will probably bottlenack significantly.
A 7750 should work in the PCI-E 1.1 slot but it would be way overkill for the CPU.
 
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griptwister

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A HD 7750 should still be compatible with PCIe 1.1. Even if you cannot OC, you won't get much of a bottleneck. These guys are feeding you nonsense. Next year or this year during Cyber Monday, you should pick up a new cheap mobo and Pentium.

 
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It isn't nonsense. I have seen the CPU graph max out while the GPU usage falls in certain games in certain sections.

That doesn't mean it isn't worthwhile to get a decent GPU since you could carry it over to a new board/CPU.

 
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compgenie

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Ah, guys, thanks a lot for your options! I'll get back and post a thread if I experience any problems! Thanks again!
 
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griptwister

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When I said "nonsense" I was referring to it being a "Huge Bottle neck" as someone previously stated. The CPU will bottleneck, but not nearly as bad as everyone claims. Thanks for agreeing with me smeezekitty.

@compgenie You could come back to this thread if you come across any difficulties. You'd be surprised how many guys come back to threads after seeing a new post. lol. And, like I said, your CPU should be JUST enough to run with a bottleneck. Most of these guys are over exaggerating it. But I do recommend a future upgrade to either the highest end Pentium you can afford, or a FX 4300 at the minimum.
 
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It's not nearly as massive as everyone says though. There will be a bottleneck though. It's more important he buy a better GPU so he doesn't get screwed over later. He will not get full performance out the CPU, but at least he'll be able to run a game. The HD 6670 is hardly considered capable of game running.
 
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IMO, if you have enough money to dump into a GPU but not a CPU, it's best to buy the HD 7750. Which, you can get a better deal online than you can get at a retail store... except for Fry's and Microcenter on CPUs and MoBos. But GPU wise, online. the HD 7750 is pretty cheap.

Infact, he should just buy an APU.
 
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