What CPU do I need to not bottleneck?

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WolfyTheBEAST

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So I got a Geforce GTX 750 TI for christmas, and my computer deffently isn't the best.

My cpu is a Intel core 2 duo e6750 2.66 ghz... So it is very shit, and It bottlenecks to fuck with my gpu...

What I'm looking for is something that is cheap like obviously you won't get a i3 for like £5 but just something cheap that wouldn't bottleneck. Thanks
 
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Hi,

1) Every game varies in how much CPU vs GPU processing it uses on average.

2) With some EXPERIENCE we do know that you have a big bottleneck in most games so you would get over 2X the FPS easily when paired with a modern i5/i7 CPU.

You can use Passmark as a rough guide:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Duo+E6750+%40+2.66GHz

About 1000 score per thread. That's meaningless to most people, but when you look at a lot of benchmarks it starts to make sense. It's also useful to compare to any CPU you might buy. At minimum you want a dual-core with much higher score, or at least a 4-core with the same.

3) LGA775 CPU's?
http://pcpartpicker.com/products/cpu/#k=13

USED on E-bay may be the way to go, but I don't have...
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WolfyTheBEAST

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Don't be mad please, but I know little to nothing about bottlenecking and cpus and such. So I have no idea how I would find out if my gpu reaches 100% usage. and I have no idea how to find the make/model of my board... Sorry but If you could explain how I would happly do it.
 
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Well... you said the CPU bottlenecks. How do you know? Do you know what bottleneck is? That means that the GPU cannot reach full potential because the CPU can't keep up.
Usually by running something like HWinfo while gaming or running a benchmark pgm, you can tell if you have CPU bottleneck. Check the GPU usage. If it is able to reach 100% usage, then there generally is no CPU bottleneck.
http://www.hwinfo.com/
 
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Does this help ? https://gyazo.com/6f75d52668e7a7a5cdbe3d487c83dc1b and also I only got this computer for christmas... So I think my family brought it as pre built. Not too sure though.
 
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OK. The GPU is only at 51% usage max in that screen shot. Now we need to know what the CPU is doing while the GPU is maxed out. It appears you do have some CPU bottleneck. Not surprising with an aging dual core if you are gaming on a busy server with lots of other players.

Your CPU-Z screenshot shows you have an old P35 chipset 775 socket board in a proprietary HP system. Because they have proprietary BIOS and micro code, your best bet would be to post this question on the HP forum and wait for an HP rep to answer. On a retail board, any quad core CPU that fits a 775 socket would work with a BIOS flash. But in the case of HP, you need to contact them to get the correct BIOS or micro code update.

Btw, when you game online on the busy server, disable as much stuff running in the background as possible. It may help let your CPU devote most of its resources to the game.
Another thing that may help is a system clean up. Run CCleaner and do the Clean and Registry portions both. That may release some resources and clean up registry errors. https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
 
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Hi,

1) Every game varies in how much CPU vs GPU processing it uses on average.

2) With some EXPERIENCE we do know that you have a big bottleneck in most games so you would get over 2X the FPS easily when paired with a modern i5/i7 CPU.

You can use Passmark as a rough guide:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Duo+E6750+%40+2.66GHz

About 1000 score per thread. That's meaningless to most people, but when you look at a lot of benchmarks it starts to make sense. It's also useful to compare to any CPU you might buy. At minimum you want a dual-core with much higher score, or at least a 4-core with the same.

3) LGA775 CPU's?
http://pcpartpicker.com/products/cpu/#k=13

USED on E-bay may be the way to go, but I don't have time to look. Here's one, the Core 2 Quad Q9450:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Quad+Q9450+%40+2.66GHz

It's a little bit better per core, and has four cores (vs two). So you'd do better but again it's going to VARY a lot depending on the game. Probably between 10% and 60% better depending on how well threaded the game code is but that's an educated guess.

4) Make sure motherboard supports it

5) Overclock if possible

Summary:
I hope that gives you a rough indication of what to expect. You won't do miracles on such an old platform but you can do better.

Other:
If you have 32-bit Windows then you really need Windows 64-bit. Since you have a 2GB video card, with 32-bit Windows you'd only have a max of 1.8GB memory roughly available regardless of how much system memory is installed.

Other:
There are some games that would run okay with your setup. You might want to investigate that as well. And for the record, I nearly didn't even reply since using foul language annoys me.
 
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