Will the Athlon II x4 635 @ 3.45ghz bottleneck hd7850

BigFeet13 · May 1, 2013

Need some opinions. I'm thinking of upgrading to the hd7850 from the gtx460se. Using HWiNFO64, my cpu usage playing bf3 averages 83% while my gpu averages 63% (my frames are capped at 59 fps). On low/med settings I run an almost constant 59 fps. My question, do you think the cpu will bottleneck the hd7850? Thank you.

popatim · May 1, 2013

I would think you will be fine.

BigFeet13 · May 1, 2013

popatim :

Thanks. Probably buying it anyway. Hopefully I'll be building a new "budget" rig before next year, and the card will go with that.

ohyouknow · May 2, 2013

Resolution?

BigFeet13 · May 2, 2013

ohyouknow :

1920x1080

ohyouknow · May 2, 2013

I had an athlon x4 645. Athlon won't bottleneck a 7970

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/radeon_hd_7970_cpu_scaling_performance_review,9.html

Once you get to 1920, GPU does majority of the work. Unless Skyrim is your sole game. Bottleneck is a term thrown around too much and gets blown out of proportion too often.

BigFeet13 · May 2, 2013

ohyouknow :

I see some complain about it in the bf3 forums. Before capping my frames, my gpu was almost always pegged. I worried a little since all of a sudden it's running 60-65% most of the time. But I've read capping frames or running vsync can cause this. Thanks for the replies!!!

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