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I currently have an amd 860k at 3.7 ghz. With that I have a r9 270x Hawks edition. Now since this current build seems to lag on some of the easier games. I was thinking of upgrading my graphics card to gtx msi 1060 6gb. But Im' not sure if this would fix my problem with the low fps I get even on low - medium at 1080p
 
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It always helps bottleneck to increase the CPU clock speed. But I doubt that it would help all that much with that platform. Turbo Boost is already 4 GHz. The 2 x 860Ks I had were pretty well maxed out at 4.2GHz for OC'ing.
Be sure when you game, that you don't run other apps in the background that can steal clock cycles from the 860K. Disable as much as possible that starts with Win that you can run on an as-needed basis instead of laying in the tray.
And try the CCleaner thing...
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The GTX 1060 6GB might be a bit overkill if you are concerned with CPU bottleneck. But it would definitely be an improvement over the 270X. However, it may not cure the lag or stutter if that issue is caused by the CPU. Is this problem associated with online, multiplayer gaming or in single player as well?
 
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I get the issue more during MP. But SP is also an issue.
 
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It would depend on the game in question, of course. But to eliminate most software issues that could be causing it, run CCLeaner and do the Clean and Registry portions both. If it finds a lot of crap, run it again... until it comes back clean.
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

The 1050 Ti would probably be less affected by CPU bottleneck. But you may get better frame rates with the 1060 in spite of the CPU bottleneck.
 
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It always helps bottleneck to increase the CPU clock speed. But I doubt that it would help all that much with that platform. Turbo Boost is already 4 GHz. The 2 x 860Ks I had were pretty well maxed out at 4.2GHz for OC'ing.
Be sure when you game, that you don't run other apps in the background that can steal clock cycles from the 860K. Disable as much as possible that starts with Win that you can run on an as-needed basis instead of laying in the tray.
And try the CCleaner thing...
 
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Forgot a suggestion that might be better than the 1050 Ti, and less overkill than the 1060 6GB. The RX-470 and GTX 1060 3GB are both sub-$200 cards that are GTX 970 class in performance. I have all three and have benchmarked them with DX11 games.
 
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