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hello i have an amd athlon 64 x2 6000+ and i want to know if i upgrade to an HD 4890amd gpu will my current cpu bottleneck my new gpu if so what gpus that are considered high end gamming gpus will work well with my card
 
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It will bottleneck a lot. Its hard to say what card to buy because your CPU will bottleneck any existing gaming GPU. Your first priority should be upgrading your MB/CPU to AM3+,FM2 or LGA. The lowest CPU I recommend for gaming is probably the phenom II x4. There is no point in trying to game with that CPU. Hope this helps
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It will bottleneck a lot. Its hard to say what card to buy because your CPU will bottleneck any existing gaming GPU. Your first priority should be upgrading your MB/CPU to AM3+,FM2 or LGA. The lowest CPU I recommend for gaming is probably the phenom II x4. There is no point in trying to game with that CPU. Hope this helps
 
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That should be fine for gaming, at least on the low end. I wouldn't run that CPU with anything more then a HD 7790 or GTX 650 Ti Boost probably. Maybe a 7850.
 
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what about a phenom x3 not the phenom 2 but the phenom 1 will that work to be honest all of the phenom 2's that will work in my mobo which are few and far between cost about 80 dollars and i cant afford that right now so im thinking a phenom x3 at 2.5 overclocked to 2.8 will work what do you think im trying to play resident evil 5 at 1024x768
 
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It might play it but the Athlon II is better then the Phenom I. The Phenom I is not a CPU I would get. The phenom IIs are very good for gaming. If you could save up they are perfect for modern gaming with high end cards. If you can't, I'd get the athlon II x4. The athlon II x3 also has the possibility to become a phenom II x4 with L3 cache if you unlock the extra core. Its not for sure, but its possible.
 
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It would be better for sure. You could probably run most games on low, maybe medium. I would only pair it with max a radeon 7770, but I'd probably only pair it with a 7750.
 
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In that case, the best is the 2.6 Ghz phenom x4. As I mentioned, it is not great, but it is much better then what you have.
 
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Since you probably don't have a good cooler, or a cooler at all, I would probably go for the faster one. There is no guarantee that you can get a good OC on the slower one and it will potentially heat up too much. If you want to take that risk you can, but that's my recommendation!
 
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Since your board doesn't support a good enough CPU to support CF properly, you will have to by a new MB regardless. In addition CFing low end cards is not a good idea. I highly recommend you save up and make yourself a new build. The most parts you throw into an old build, the less money you can spend on a new build. Many components you want to upgrade will not be able to be carried forward to a new build( weak GPU, new CPU, ect.). Do you know what I'm saying?
 
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Okay, obviously its your decision. If you want a bit better then make the CPU and GPU upgrades, you should be able to play on low-med settings probably. HMI hope I've helped and feel free to ask any more questions! When you're ready and you've got all the answers you need remember to select best answer :)
 
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