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yevekhziel

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My current desktop spec is:
core i3-6100
8 gb of ddr4 ram
450 watt psu
and a screen which won't get replacement until its broken (it has native 1366x768 resolution, 60hz refresh rate)

I'm currently playing casually after work, until i get to sleep in the night.
the game i mostly play are Dota 2 and TESV:Skyrim, probably wont be adding more current titles since i got less and less time to play now.
currently i play on ~40-50 fps medium tex, low shadow, with all candies unchecked in dota 2 and 30+ ~ 40+ fps outdoor on skyrim modified high setting (low shadow and medium decals).
i want to get the ultra setting running 60 fps in dota 2, and maybe some lite ENB in skyrim.

I'm currently see the option to add the new RX 460, or maybe the GTX 950, but idk will it be able to do what i want to. or should i go up to RX 470 or RX480? will my PSU enough to handle the single 8-pin? (iirc it got silver+ or something written on it).
Do i need more that 2GB of GPU memory for my current games and resolution? or does ENB need 4GB? i'm clueless.

answers from personal experience preferred.
 
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audie-tron25
You shouldn't have to worry about bottle necking in those games, the i3 6100 will be fine. As long as the CPU remains somewhat cool, the stress it undergoes shouldn't be a problem and in high likelihood, the CPU will outlast the motherboard anyway. The only reason that you would consider getting a higher res monitor is to make the most of a GPU but you can play fine at 768p if you happy with it.
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for that build a gtx 1060 or rx 470 would be idea. although the size of the monitor may be an issue.
as the screen is so small the gpu could easily bottleneck the cpu if the games dont stress the gfx card enough.
so think about jumping to 1080p sooner rather than waiting for the screen to die.


 
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yevekhziel

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ok so i read more about your answer and got this quoted from previous answer in another post by another user
"In theory you could introduce a bottleneck but whether you will or not you would have to test and it wouldn't be a problem. By reducing the resolution you increase fps, this gives the CPU less time between each frame so will actually push the CPU workload up, if that reaches 100% you have introduced a bottleneck but it really does not matter."

i assume this will happen as the cpu need to work faster to output frames from gpu into the monitor because the excess of frames in low res monitor, and i believe it wont do harm, no? or does working the cpu in high workload for a prolonged time does any harm? will turning on Vsync or triple buffering decrease the CPU workload as it limits the fps to the monitor refresh rate?
 
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You shouldn't have to worry about bottle necking in those games, the i3 6100 will be fine. As long as the CPU remains somewhat cool, the stress it undergoes shouldn't be a problem and in high likelihood, the CPU will outlast the motherboard anyway. The only reason that you would consider getting a higher res monitor is to make the most of a GPU but you can play fine at 768p if you happy with it.
 
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