PC Bottlenecks. CPU vs GPU???

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HillWindstonChurch

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Hi.

I've always been under the impression that the graphics card will nearly always be to slow for your cpu. But after doing some reading, i found that most of the time, even an I5 4590 will be to slow to handle a 270x.

Is this true?

If so, what on earth cpu could be powerful enough for say a 290x or 980, or is it just down to the way that the games uses both of these?

Thanks
Dan
 
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An I5 will never be too slow to handle a 270x. That CPU can handle 980 in 2-way SLI (probably 3-way as well).

If you are playing a game and it indicates the CPU is the bottleneck with a 270x then the game sounds terribly optimized.

Where have you heard this? Is this from experience? if so, what game. Maybe there is an underlying problem that needs to be addressed.
 
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ExKiller

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Hey there,
Its quite funny to see how ppl have just made a big rumor with this fancy word ''BOTTLENECK''
acc to some ppl
GPU USAGE:99% =Bottleneck
GPU USAGE:100% not a bottleneck
bottlenecks are only seen in pc's which are highly unballanced like combining a FX 4300 with a R9 290X
For R9 290X or GTX 980 i would recommened these cpu's if you're just up for gaming:
If you're on a budget : AMD FX 8350 Octa-Core
If you're a free man : Intel i5 4690K Devil's canyon
 
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Its usually games like dayz or arma3 that does it. The reason I asked the question was because i read an article someplace that said basically if you turn the graphics down, and there is no frame increase, then its most likely the cpu holding back the gpu. Although im fairly sure that dayz is very poorly optimized, im not sure about arma 3, but on ultra i usually get 30-60fps. Other games like BF3 usually hit the 60fps limiter.
 
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