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September 9, 2014 8:10:54 AM

I have an nvidia GTX 760.A hulking beast of a video card, that should run crysis 3 with max settings at 60 fps(according to multiple benchmarks).But i see the performance take dips to 30-20 fps.
My processor is an intel core i3-560.
I was thinking abut getting a i7-860 , the best i can get for my motherboard MSI H55M-E23.The stores in my country aren't selling it, but second hand ones go for 110 bucks.Are there any alternatives?

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September 9, 2014 8:14:48 AM

What's your max budget?
Cuz you may be able to get a better mobo and a good LGA1150 Core i5.
But if the budget is only $110,then the i7 860 is a good choice too. ;) 
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September 9, 2014 8:15:46 AM

Please mention your ram
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September 9, 2014 8:15:54 AM

The i7 is still very solid by today's standards.
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September 9, 2014 8:16:04 AM

You are bottlenecking your GPU. Those old i7's wont be able to contain that mammoth either. You're better off going with a Core i5 Ivy Bridge or maybe even a Haswell if possible. Either way, you're gonna have to upgrade that motherboard too.
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September 9, 2014 8:17:37 AM

JamesHeller said:
Please mention your ram

8 gigs.
Max this ol' mother can hold.
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September 9, 2014 8:17:41 AM

BlittzOff said:
I have an nvidia GTX 760.A hulking beast of a video card, that should run crysis 3 with max settings at 60 fps(according to multiple benchmarks).But i see the performance take dips to 30-20 fps.
My processor is an intel core i3-560.
I was thinking abut getting a i7-860 , the best i can get for my motherboard MSI H55M-E23.The stores in my country aren't selling it, but second hand ones go for 110 bucks.Are there any alternatives?


Your GPU can't bottleneck your CPU, and, one can hardly manage 60+ FPS on Max settings on Crysis 3 even with 780, let alone 760.
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September 9, 2014 8:18:30 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
BlittzOff said:
I have an nvidia GTX 760.A hulking beast of a video card, that should run crysis 3 with max settings at 60 fps(according to multiple benchmarks).But i see the performance take dips to 30-20 fps.
My processor is an intel core i3-560.
I was thinking abut getting a i7-860 , the best i can get for my motherboard MSI H55M-E23.The stores in my country aren't selling it, but second hand ones go for 110 bucks.Are there any alternatives?


Your GPU can't bottleneck your CPU, and, one can hardly manage 60+ FPS on Max settings on Crysis 3 even with 780, let alone 760.


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September 9, 2014 8:21:01 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
BlittzOff said:
I have an nvidia GTX 760.A hulking beast of a video card, that should run crysis 3 with max settings at 60 fps(according to multiple benchmarks).But i see the performance take dips to 30-20 fps.
My processor is an intel core i3-560.
I was thinking abut getting a i7-860 , the best i can get for my motherboard MSI H55M-E23.The stores in my country aren't selling it, but second hand ones go for 110 bucks.Are there any alternatives?


Your GPU can't bottleneck your CPU, and, one can hardly manage 60+ FPS on Max settings on Crysis 3 even with 780, let alone 760.


The question was if my old ass CPU is bottlenecking my gtx 760.
And the crysis benchmark was on High settings, not max.Oppsie.
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September 9, 2014 8:24:06 AM

yes, the 1st gen dual core i-core processor is holding your card back from performing at its max in intense parts of the game. The rig in my sig can't even play Crysis 3 at its highest settings w/o uncomfortably low frame rates. So don't expect too much from your GTX 760.

But (with the i7-870/875) if you disable AA and lower motion blur, you should be able to average around 40 fps @ Very High, which is fine in single player.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/06/25/nvidia-gefo...
The above benchmarks were with an i5-3570K. The i7-875K I used to have was almost as good a gaming CPU as my i5-2500K is.
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September 9, 2014 8:28:04 AM

BlittzOff said:
MeteorsRaining said:
BlittzOff said:
I have an nvidia GTX 760.A hulking beast of a video card, that should run crysis 3 with max settings at 60 fps(according to multiple benchmarks).But i see the performance take dips to 30-20 fps.
My processor is an intel core i3-560.
I was thinking abut getting a i7-860 , the best i can get for my motherboard MSI H55M-E23.The stores in my country aren't selling it, but second hand ones go for 110 bucks.Are there any alternatives?


Your GPU can't bottleneck your CPU, and, one can hardly manage 60+ FPS on Max settings on Crysis 3 even with 780, let alone 760.


The question was if my old ass CPU is bottlenecking my gtx 760.
The crysis thing i saw on a benchmark.Maybe it was inaccurate , but it shoud be 60 fps if you cut a tiny bit from the AA.


Yes your CPU is bottlenecking the GPU, to confirm, while you're in a very intensive part of the game, check your CPU and GPU usage, if CPU usage is 100% and GPU is not 100%, it means a bottlneck.

You won't get 60+ FPS even with no AA:


^the above is for everything maxed out but not AA and AF.
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September 9, 2014 8:32:29 AM

$110 for a second hand i7? Not a bad idea really, as it will keep you from having to get a new copy of windows as well. Gen 1 i7's are still very capable CPU's. Your i3 is definitely bottlenecking your GPU. They really were not much better than an core 2.
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September 9, 2014 8:34:22 AM

MeteorsRaining said:
BlittzOff said:
MeteorsRaining said:
BlittzOff said:
I have an nvidia GTX 760.A hulking beast of a video card, that should run crysis 3 with max settings at 60 fps(according to multiple benchmarks).But i see the performance take dips to 30-20 fps.
My processor is an intel core i3-560.
I was thinking abut getting a i7-860 , the best i can get for my motherboard MSI H55M-E23.The stores in my country aren't selling it, but second hand ones go for 110 bucks.Are there any alternatives?


Your GPU can't bottleneck your CPU, and, one can hardly manage 60+ FPS on Max settings on Crysis 3 even with 780, let alone 760.


The question was if my old ass CPU is bottlenecking my gtx 760.
The crysis thing i saw on a benchmark.Maybe it was inaccurate , but it shoud be 60 fps if you cut a tiny bit from the AA.


Yes your CPU is bottlenecking the GPU, to confirm, while you're in a very intensive part of the game, check your CPU and GPU usage, if CPU usage is 100% and GPU is not 100%, it means a bottlneck.

You won't get 60+ FPS even with no AA.

Yep.Seems resonable.Also, yes, the benchmarks were not on max settings(oppsies).
So, anything i can to stop the bottleneck?
The max processors my mainboard can get are also kinda old.
Any reccomandations, prefferably 250-350$?
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September 9, 2014 8:46:46 AM

pcgaming98 said:
You are bottlenecking your GPU. Those old i7's wont be able to contain that mammoth either. You're better off going with a Core i5 Ivy Bridge or maybe even a Haswell if possible. Either way, you're gonna have to upgrade that motherboard too.


A gen 1 i7 can still hold it's own very well. They trade blows with FX 8350's. They can handle a GTX 760. The GTX 760 is a midrange card, and far from being a mammoth.
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September 9, 2014 8:50:46 AM

logainofhades said:
pcgaming98 said:
You are bottlenecking your GPU. Those old i7's wont be able to contain that mammoth either. You're better off going with a Core i5 Ivy Bridge or maybe even a Haswell if possible. Either way, you're gonna have to upgrade that motherboard too.


A gen 1 i7 can still hold it's own very well. They trade blows with FX 8350's. They can handle a GTX 760. The GTX 760 is a midrange card, and far from being a mammoth.


Well, it gets the job done.I don't use dual monitors or ridiculous resolutions , so a titan is just overkill.

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September 9, 2014 9:02:34 AM

The 760 is a solid card, that I do not argue. I almost bought one myself, then a friend offered me his HD 7970 for a lower price than what a 760 was going for, back when it was still $350 for my 7970.
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