Nvidia Gigabyte GTX 660 bottleneck ?

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Anguish

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My Setup:

GPU:
Nvidia Gigabyte GTX 660

CPU:
Intel core i3 2120 (Sandy Bridge)

RAM:
8gb

This is my current set-up, is my GPU being bottleneck, I have been playing games and getting bad FPS, would it be wise to upgrade to a i5 or i7?
 
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For today's games and at higher resolutions both those components are bottlenecks. If you're playing at low resolutions like 1360x768 and still getting bad FPS then it's definitely a CPU bottleneck.

My 670 played any modern game perfectly smooth on max settings, (1360x768) but when I went to 2560x1080 and beyond the card really struggled. If you want to play at high res, then the 660 is definitely the bottleneck, and your CPU to a lesser extent.
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caqde

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What games are giving you bad FPS and what graphical settings are you trying to use? Also if you can post your system temps for your cpu and gpu before and during gameplay if possible. You could run CPUid's HWMonitor to get the high and current temps play a game for a bit and let the system idle for a while post a screenshot or 2 with the values or grab the high and low/current temps for each and post them.
 
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The only games that the i3 will hold a 660 back in are VERY cpu-heavy games like large-scale BF3/BF4 multiplayer matches, Planetside 2, etc. Large player count multiplayer games basically. For the majority of games however, the i3 and 660 are well matched.
 
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For today's games and at higher resolutions both those components are bottlenecks. If you're playing at low resolutions like 1360x768 and still getting bad FPS then it's definitely a CPU bottleneck.

My 670 played any modern game perfectly smooth on max settings, (1360x768) but when I went to 2560x1080 and beyond the card really struggled. If you want to play at high res, then the 660 is definitely the bottleneck, and your CPU to a lesser extent.
 
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