GPU too powerful for CPU

Tabob · Apr 10, 2014

Im having issues with my pc performance fluctuating. Ive been told my GTX 560ti is too powerful for my Pentium D 940 CPU. It makes the CPU work to hard to match the GPU. Is there a way to reduce the performance of the GPU in order to reduce the CPU load?

smeezekitty · Apr 10, 2014

No need to. The GPUs performance is already compromised. I do strongly reccomend you upgrade that CPU though

Catalyzer · Apr 10, 2014

That graphics card will get severely bottlenecked by the CPU , the CPU would be unable to keep up.
I'd rather recommend a complete upgrade : upgrade mobo , ram and cpu.

Joseph DeGarmo · Apr 10, 2014

The CPU is severely bottlenecking the video card. Either upgrade to at least an i3 CPU / new board / RAM, which is a more expensive upgrade, or exchange the GTX 560 Ti for a GT 620.

theonerm2 · Apr 10, 2014

You need a new motherboard and CPU.
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pfEo
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pfEo/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3pfEo/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 450 3.2GHz Triple-Core Processor ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Biostar A960D+ Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($35.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $132.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-10 02:17 EDT-0400)

You can use everything else from your old computer. It's nothing fancy. Just a simple upgrade for less money than buying a whole new computer. If you can afford more then by all means get more.

Tabob · Apr 10, 2014

Alright it was worth a try. i just gotta get the money together to upgrade th emajority of the hardware then. thanks

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