Will Pentium G2030 Bottleneck HD 7770 ??

samox

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Hello I'm Planning to upgrade my GPU but I've low budget ;(
In short, Will This CPU Bottleneck HD 7770 ?
My Specs:
Mobo : GA-H61M-S2P
Ram : Kingston 4G 1333Mhz
CPU: Intel Pentium G2030 3.0GHz
Current GPU : Sapphire HD 6670 1GB GDDR5
PSU: 350W (hec) gamma;
Res: 1366 x 768
Win7 x64 (lite moded version)

I'm just afraid to get the 7770 because of the bottleneck thing!
final question what about 7750 if i planned to play BF4, Saints Row Iv, AC Black Flag ?
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bf4 is VERY cpu intensive. the 7770 will net you more fps, but with that system you would still struggle to play that game, particularly online multiplayer. With your low screen resolution you may actually be better off upgrading your cpu to a quad core, or dual core with hyperthreading, model... Keep in mind your 350w psu is fairly low powered, you wouldnt want to put any GPU that requires an external power connector with it. Ram is also an issue for bf4, you will experience a lot of stutter and loading from HDD without more ram. But the 7770 will get you better gameplay across a wider range of games, yes.

samox

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Thanks for the reply,
but won't I get 25/30+ fps in battlefield 4 if i upgraded to 8GB Ram ?
 

Kanja007

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Ram can't really save you from bottlenecking but yeah there's a possibility that may this reduce the effect of bottleneck. You seriously need to upgrade your CPU, motherboard in order you want to run such high end games. So i would suggest don't waste money on gpu upgrade. Also if you just upgrade your Cpu/mother board then with your existing 6670 you'll see a boost in fps and smoothness.
 

samox

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Thanks for replying,
I really can't upgrade my PC at this moment because it's only 2 months old!!!!
I saw a guy on youtube playing high end games on high/ultra with the same cpu and gtx 650 ti without any bottlenecks, however that gpu is better than 7770!
 

StarBG

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You don`t need to upgrade your CPU, you can go up to 7850HD without problems and get minor fps loss with 7870HD/270x but when you increase the resolution and use high AA and AF settings the bottleneck will decrease or go away since this makes the GPU work more. What is your budget? And it is thrown away money to get 8GB ram since no game will use that much RAM, use the money for better GPU.
 

samox

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Ty for replying,
well my budget is around 140$, I'm not looking to upgrade my RAM after a while from getting the card, I just want to play on ultra i just want to play bf4 on medium without bottlenecks :( or at least 29+ FPS
 

samox

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I'm from Egypt and almost everything is overpriced! I Can't get the 7790 It costs 195$
 
bf4 is VERY cpu intensive. the 7770 will net you more fps, but with that system you would still struggle to play that game, particularly online multiplayer. With your low screen resolution you may actually be better off upgrading your cpu to a quad core, or dual core with hyperthreading, model... Keep in mind your 350w psu is fairly low powered, you wouldnt want to put any GPU that requires an external power connector with it. Ram is also an issue for bf4, you will experience a lot of stutter and loading from HDD without more ram. But the 7770 will get you better gameplay across a wider range of games, yes.
 
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