I still have my GTX 970 installed and I tried looking for bottlenecking by running system monitor whilst fallout 4 was running on max settings. I noticed 1 of the 4 CPU's at 100% but all the others were at about 40%, the game doesn't run very smoothly though imo. Last time I played it the fps fluctuated quite heavily between 40 and 70 fps. Some areas (mostly cities) are just plain bleh...
But I'm not sure if the gpu was at 100% since I couldn't get the osd to show the data.
I've seen that bottlenecking isn't nearly as bad a problem as thought, but am I really asking too much of this particular Sandybridge i5 2500 (nonK) if I hook it up to the GPU?
If I do need to replace it, can you recommend a really well priced CPU + Motherboard combo please? Thanks chaps!
But I'm not sure if the gpu was at 100% since I couldn't get the osd to show the data.
I've seen that bottlenecking isn't nearly as bad a problem as thought, but am I really asking too much of this particular Sandybridge i5 2500 (nonK) if I hook it up to the GPU?
If I do need to replace it, can you recommend a really well priced CPU + Motherboard combo please? Thanks chaps!