Crysis 3 cpu bottleneck....?!

Saurav Paul

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My Spec is :-
AMD Phenom 8650 X3 Triple Core Processor @2.3 Ghz
2 X 2 G.B. DDR2 RAM @ 800 MHz
Gigabyte M68MS2P Motherboard
320 G.B. HDD
XFX Core Radeon HD 7750 1 G.B. GDDR5
Screen Resolution is 1360*768.

When I play crysis 3 on high settings then, especially my fps drops during the second chapter that is "Welcome to the Jungle". And I noticed on the windows task manager that my cpu usage goes to 100%, while with the MSI Afterburner on screen the gpu usage drops to 60% to 50%. So, is my cpu bottlenecking or should I lower my graphics setings? Not only on this chapter but my fps drops at sudden times and at that moment the cpu usage is always at around 95% to 100%. Minimum F.P.S is 10. But Max F.P.S I get is 32.

Will I be able to play the entire game on high settings without any issue at the above mentioned screen resolution with a new upgrade to the AMD FX 6300 @ 3.6 Ghz 6 core with a new AM3+ Motherboard with 4 G.B. RAM? (If the main culprit is CPU not the GPU)


Please any one reply me as soon as possible.........


Thank You.
 
Solution
Your CPU is bottlenecking your system. That being said, your GPU is low midrange. The FX is a great choice for gaming and I highly recommend it. In your case that's what I recommend doing.