How to tell there is a bottleneck?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
S

skyywalkr

Reputable
Mar 19, 2014
23
0
4,510
I'm running a MSI 2 gb r9 270 with an amd fx-6350. I'm upgrading my card to a HIS 3gb R9 280. At what point do I have to worry about a bottleneck between the CPU and GPU? Like, how does one tell that you've hit that point?
 
Solution
maxalge


Easiest way is to install afterburner and turn on gpu and cpu usage in osd.

If gpu usage is near 100% then cpu is not the limiting factor. - Have bad fps? overclock the gpu, if you gain fps then you are gpu limited -

If gpu is not reaching near 100% levels, then overclock the cpu. If you gain fps/gpu usage then you have a cpu bottleneck.

Overclock until you reach proper fps, if you can't then it's time to upgrade something.



Sort by date Sort by votes
maxalge

maxalge

Champion
Ambassador
May 31, 2012
13,373
4
56,960


Easiest way is to install afterburner and turn on gpu and cpu usage in osd.

If gpu usage is near 100% then cpu is not the limiting factor. - Have bad fps? overclock the gpu, if you gain fps then you are gpu limited -

If gpu is not reaching near 100% levels, then overclock the cpu. If you gain fps/gpu usage then you have a cpu bottleneck.

Overclock until you reach proper fps, if you can't then it's time to upgrade something.



 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom