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Will my CPU bottleneck my GPU?

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April 3, 2014 4:32:42 PM

Hey guys I have:
CPU: AMD FX 6300
GPU: EVGA GTX 760
RAM: 8GB

And i was wanting to upgrade to the GTX 780 because I feel let down by the 760. I was expecting a lot more.
But I was wanting to upgrade to the GTX 780. And was wondering if my CPU would bottleneck it and if so what CPU should i upgrade to?
Thanks!

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April 3, 2014 5:24:28 PM

I would say an 8320 or 8350 is what you need....but, since hardly any games would even use the extra 2 cores, it probably wouldn't make much difference. Your CPU would be the weaker of the two, but that's usually the case these days. Obviously one is going to be weaker than the other (unless they're somehow perfectly matched) so bottlenecking is normal, not a terrible thing that will destroy your experience (unless taken to some crazy extreme like a C2D and a GTX Titan)
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April 4, 2014 3:25:39 PM

Jaxem said:
I would say an 8320 or 8350 is what you need....but, since hardly any games would even use the extra 2 cores, it probably wouldn't make much difference. Your CPU would be the weaker of the two, but that's usually the case these days. Obviously one is going to be weaker than the other (unless they're somehow perfectly matched) so bottlenecking is normal, not a terrible thing that will destroy your experience (unless taken to some crazy extreme like a C2D and a GTX Titan)


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April 4, 2014 3:27:03 PM

Thank you! I think I'm going with the 680 though!
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