Is my cpu bottlenecking my GPU?

Jaster111

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This may be a stupid question but I'm not a pro so I'm asking.
Is my AMD Athlon ii x3 450 bottlenecking geforce gt 520?
 

Jaster111

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i have around 150$ and the best gpu i can get for that money is Sapphire radeon hd 7770 ghz edition OC... I asked on other forums and they say that i might experience bottleneck on some gpu intensive games like crysis 3 or battlefield 3
 

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The 7770 (and pretty much any GPU) will bottleneck in Crysis 3.

Your CPU may bottleneck BF3 (especially in 64 multiplayer), but the GPU will be fine here.

It depends on the specific application/game as well as the resolution/settings.
 

Jaster111

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Hhahahaha well it's just that in my country you can get that card for around 200-250$. Really stupid but, hey, it's not my call :p
Btw I'm 16 and my parents wont let me buy stuff on the internet. Well, I'm getting a new processor also for about half a year so I'm gonna have quite a boost in my gaming performance ^^