How Bad Of a Bottleneck?

XSlayerAssassinX · Dec 5, 2014

i have an old prebuilt i've been upgrading, i'm gonna upgrade my cpu and motherboard soon, i already have my 500 wat evga psu.

i kinda asked this and some other questions and they were very helpful. Bottom line is i have an old AMD Dual Core CPU clocked barely under 3ghz, how hard will i bottleneck this 7950? I know i can put it in my computer and everything. But will i at least be able to run any game i want on High with no problems? Worst comes to worst, Medium at least till i get my new CPU and motherboard:/ ? Thanks for the help!

clutchc · Dec 5, 2014

There'll be some bottle neck, but how much depends on which AMD 3GHz Dual core you have, and at what resolution you game.
Athlon or Phenom? First or 2nd generation?

XSlayerAssassinX · Dec 5, 2014

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02479685&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=4299473#N108 Here you go. My PC i'm upgrading. That's the CPU. I at least have 5 gigs of ram. I hope the bottleneck will make my card at LEAAST preform like an r9 270 until i get my new motherboard and cpu. What do you think .. ?

sincreator · Dec 5, 2014

Yes you will be bottlenecked. Badly bottlenecked. Sure even my Phenom X6 overclocked to 4.0ghz bottlenecks one of my cards(see sig) in some games. I am in the process of buying a new CPU and motherboard myself because of how badly my crossfire setup is currently bottlenecked. Im going for the i5 4690k, and the MSI Z87-GD65 myself.

=on&prod[5811]=on]http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/cpu-charts-2013/compare,3175.html?prod[5755]=on&prod[5811]=on Take a look at the gaming benchmarks. Yikes!

XSlayerAssassinX · Dec 5, 2014

Like. . bad to the point where i can't play games on medium-high? :c .. because i'm used to being an integrated graphics gamer.. it's so depressing. xD

larkspur · Dec 5, 2014

The short answer is yes it will definitely bottleneck. You will certainly not be able to play any game you want as some games won't run with your cpu (its just too weak these days). Some games will run but will run very poorly since the 7950 will be hampered by the old, slow cpu. Older games should run ok, but if you really want to play modern games you'll need to upgrade the cpu/motherboard. If you already have the 7950 then you might as well install it and try it.

Dark Lord of Tech · Dec 5, 2014

Bad pairing the card will be wasted.

XSlayerAssassinX · Dec 5, 2014

Yeah, i bought it off ebay. i know it's such powerful card. I won a bid on it and got it for 104 dollars

. But since my CPU was also supporting the graphics. Don't you think it should be a bit more .. stronger? even in the slightest? because now i have a graphics card? And i'm going to upgrade once i get my paycheck. But i couldn't run modern games not even on normal settings with MSAA and everything like that turned down for now.. ?

XSlayerAssassinX · Dec 5, 2014

You are right.. I'm just want to put it in until a week where i can upgrade my CPU and Motherboard.

Dark Lord of Tech · Dec 5, 2014

The Dual core pairing is just not going to work with it.

The great card needs a better CPU to really perform.

clutchc · Dec 5, 2014

XSlayerAssassinX :

Yeah, that processor is near the bottom of the food chain, so to speak. My Athlon II X2 270 @ 3.4 GHz was barely able to keep from bottle necking my GTX 750 Ti. The CPU would be at 100% usage in most games trying to keep up the 750 Ti. Although in most games I have, it allowed the card to reach near 100% usage. Your CPU is far less capable than even my lowly Athlon II X2 270. And your HD 7950 is more than my 750 Ti.

If you have a decent PSU, the card should work (assuming HP hasn't locked the BIOS). Try it and see.

XSlayerAssassinX · Dec 5, 2014

That's upsetting.. I at least wanted to run Diablo 3, Battlefield, some games like that on decent settings till i get my new CPU and motherboard.. :/

XSlayerAssassinX · Dec 5, 2014

Yeah.. the 7950 is a pretty beast card. My friend had told me that i'd at least be able to run things on medium settings.

larkspur · Dec 5, 2014

Specifically which games do you want to play? Take a look at their minimum requirements. Most popular new released games are not going to play on that cpu. Yes, the system is "stronger" with the 7950 rather than the integrated graphics but most popular modern games require a stronger cpu to run. Also, the 7950 is a powerful graphics card and needs to be paired with a modern cpu to take advantage of it.

It's ok, don't freak out. The 7950 is a good card and you can use it when you upgrade to a new motherboard and cpu.

clutchc · Dec 5, 2014

XSlayerAssassinX :

You won't know till you try it. Pop it in and see if the HP recognizes it. That's the first hurdle.

XSlayerAssassinX · Dec 5, 2014

clutchc :

XSlayerAssassinX :

Yeah, that processor is near the bottom of the food chain, so to speak. My Athlon II X2 270 @ 3.4 GHz was barely able to keep from bottle necking my GTX 750 Ti. The CPU would be at 100% usage in most games trying to keep up the 750 Ti. Although in most games I have, it allowed the card to reach near 100% usage. Your CPU is far less capable than even my lowly Athlon II X2 270. And your HD 7950 is more than my 750 Ti.

If you have a decent PSU, the card should work (assuming HP hasn't locked the BIOS). Try it and see.

Yeah.. the 7950 is a pretty beast card. My friend had told me that i'd at least be able to run things on medium settings.

XSlayerAssassinX · Dec 5, 2014

clutchc :

okay. thanks m8

larkspur · Dec 5, 2014

You can probably play Diablo III since the minimum system requirements are so low. Like clutchc said, give it a try! And start planning to upgrade that motherboard and cpu.

XSlayerAssassinX · Dec 5, 2014

larkspur :

Will do! Thanks bud

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