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will an i5-2500k bottleneck
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Depends what games you're playing. I've seen alot of people in Battlefield 1 being bottlenecked by their AMD 8350's and 2500k's.
The fps isnt bad, but the fps drops much more than if you were to have a higher end CPU.
So yes you will bottleneck in some games (older games no problem
) especially if you are playing at a lower resolution. Have you overclocked that 2500k yet? even overclocked people still get bottlenecks but it should alleviate it a little if you upgrade later.
-good luck
The fps isnt bad, but the fps drops much more than if you were to have a higher end CPU.
So yes you will bottleneck in some games (older games no problem
) especially if you are playing at a lower resolution. Have you overclocked that 2500k yet? even overclocked people still get bottlenecks but it should alleviate it a little if you upgrade later. -good luck
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Anonymouselite5 :
Depends what games you're playing. I've seen alot of people in Battlefield 1 being bottlenecked by their AMD 8350's and 2500k's.
The fps isnt bad, but the fps drops much more than if you were to have a higher end CPU.
So yes you will bottleneck in some games (older games no problem ) especially if you are playing at a lower resolution. Have you overclocked that 2500k yet? even overclocked people still get bottlenecks but it should alleviate it a little if you upgrade later.
-good luck
The fps isnt bad, but the fps drops much more than if you were to have a higher end CPU.
So yes you will bottleneck in some games (older games no problem
) especially if you are playing at a lower resolution. Have you overclocked that 2500k yet? even overclocked people still get bottlenecks but it should alleviate it a little if you upgrade later. -good luck
i have not overclocked, right now i have a gtx 960, i want to get a solid 60fps in most games, i get almost that now, will it be able to do that?
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You'll be fine. I played Crysis 2, 3, Borderlands 1, 2, 3, Starcraft 2, BF4 and Fallout 3 with that CPU and a GTX 970 @ 60 fps. Your 960 will probably be the limiting factor in most of your games.
Here are some games that are going to burden your CPU though:
1. Witcher 3,
2. GTA V,
3. ARMA 2,3,
Your question can really only be answered properly if you state your favorite games, the resolution and the detail levels that you want to play at.
Here are some games that are going to burden your CPU though:
1. Witcher 3,
2. GTA V,
3. ARMA 2,3,
Your question can really only be answered properly if you state your favorite games, the resolution and the detail levels that you want to play at.
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i really want to play at max settings for most games, i play gta, fallout 4, and other various games like those
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Your i5 2500K will run fallout 4 and GTA V just fine.
In these titles @ 1080p, your GPU will be the limiting factor.
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBUpAxkfm0o
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9jvLaHKgl4
Sidenote: For fallout 4, you will need fast RAM. Anything from 2800Mhz and above really makes a 10 fps difference above 2133mhz ram. Regardless if it is DDR3 or DDR4. Ref: http://wccftech.com/fallout-4-performance-heavily-influenced-by-ram-speed-according-to-report/
In these titles @ 1080p, your GPU will be the limiting factor.
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBUpAxkfm0o
Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9jvLaHKgl4
Sidenote: For fallout 4, you will need fast RAM. Anything from 2800Mhz and above really makes a 10 fps difference above 2133mhz ram. Regardless if it is DDR3 or DDR4. Ref: http://wccftech.com/fallout-4-performance-heavily-influenced-by-ram-speed-according-to-report/
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It depends entirely on what resolution you play at. At 1080p the CPU works more and you may see a smallish bottleneck. At 1440p and over the load is almost entirely on the graphics card and you will see no difference in most games between a 2500K and a 6600K.
I upgraded from a 2600K with 8GB of DDR3 1600 to a 6700K with 16GB of DDR4 3200 and I saw less than a 5FPS increase. The 3 games I moved over were Rise of the Tomb Raider, Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3. Same 980 Ti with both base systems at 1440p.
This recent Tom's article explains more.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/multi-core-cpu-scaling-directx-11,4768.html
I upgraded from a 2600K with 8GB of DDR3 1600 to a 6700K with 16GB of DDR4 3200 and I saw less than a 5FPS increase. The 3 games I moved over were Rise of the Tomb Raider, Fallout 4 and The Witcher 3. Same 980 Ti with both base systems at 1440p.
This recent Tom's article explains more.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/multi-core-cpu-scaling-directx-11,4768.html
the i5-2500k is a very friendly OC chip. I just set my voltage to auto and then set multiplier to 45. voltage in prime95 is about 1.3, in games a little lower, sometimes voltage spikes to 1.35. don't really care, it doesn't seem to hurt anything.
it's also a very good chip that is still very viable today. I have a gtx 1070 (evga sc) and I basically play ultra in everything, all maxed out, with anywhere between 75fps (witcher 3) to 90 fps (bf1) to 144 (doom). yeah, I think i'm ok with not upgrading for a while.
it's also a very good chip that is still very viable today. I have a gtx 1070 (evga sc) and I basically play ultra in everything, all maxed out, with anywhere between 75fps (witcher 3) to 90 fps (bf1) to 144 (doom). yeah, I think i'm ok with not upgrading for a while.
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