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Will a EVGA gtx 660ti bottleneck my cpu ?

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June 9, 2014 9:32:15 PM

I was thinking of buying a 660 ti for gaming, but afraid it will bottleneck. Will it happen ? or do I need to upgrade my CPU ? More ram ? Higher PSU ?

Biostar A870U3 Ver. 6.x
Amd 1090t @4.0 ghz.
MSi geforce 1gb ddr3
PSU 650 watt
8 GB ram 1600

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June 9, 2014 9:44:48 PM

I'd defiantly upgrade the CPU. Your ram is fine your PSU is fine if its a good brand of course
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June 9, 2014 10:15:50 PM

Upgrade to what?

He has an AM3 socket, not AM3+ so there aren't any FX-series he can upgrade to.
http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/introduction.php?S_...

Thus, he'd have to buy a new Motherboard which also means a new copy of Windows.

If he DID consider replacing those parts I'd be recommending he build an Intel Haswell system.

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While his CPU would bottleneck many games it would VARY quite a bit by how much. In SKYRIM it would be quite a bit, but on the other hand if he can get a high enough frame rate it wouldn't be a big deal (i.e. if you can get 60FPS instead of 90FPS isn't that good enough?).
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June 10, 2014 11:53:22 AM

So upgrading to a 660 ti is pretty much useless. Unless I upgrade the CPU first
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