CPU Bottleneck after upgrading GPU?

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Quick look at my specs:

CPU AMD A10-5800K
Trinity 32nm Technology RAM 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (10-10-11-30) Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. F2A78M-D3H (P0) 33 °C Graphics SMXL2270 (1920x1080@60Hz) 4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (EVGA) 30 °C Storage 149GB Seagate ST3160813AS (SATA)
232GB Seagate ST3250310AS (SATA)
Optical Drives ASUS DRW-24F1ST b Audio Realtek High Definition Audio

I used to own a GTX 750 Ti. Played many games at 60+.

Ever since installing the 1050Ti, I noticed that some of those same games have been having a severe bottleneck. In comparison, I used to have 60+ in The Long Dark. Now I barely get up to 40 in some locations. Is there any way to reduce the bottleneck until I upgrade my CPU in the future? Maybe it is not a bottleneck?

I even tried running a Battlefield 2 mod called Project Reality, and I experienced frame dips when looking towards the entire map. In Battlefield 1, the campaign was flawless at 60+ on Ultra. On multiplayer, immediate stutter and drops when playing. In The Long Dark, I now get a huge framerate dip when staring towards certain locations. In Sleeping Dogs, my max FPS on the highest settings were just 80fps, minimum 22, average of 45. Battlefield 4 is the same. Dips and stutters compared to a smooth 60fps on the 750ti.

If this is a bottleneck, is there any way of reducing it until then?
 
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It is probably a CPU bottleneck, bit it might also be overheating of your CPU (it needs to work more now than it needed to do before - check your temps while gaming). You can somewhat reduce this bottleneck by putting more strain on the GPU - increase graphics quality to high or ultra if you are playing on low-medium, this should lower the bottleneck. You should end up with having the same or similar FPS to before, only with better graphics quality.
It is probably a CPU bottleneck, bit it might also be overheating of your CPU (it needs to work more now than it needed to do before - check your temps while gaming). You can somewhat reduce this bottleneck by putting more strain on the GPU - increase graphics quality to high or ultra if you are playing on low-medium, this should lower the bottleneck. You should end up with having the same or similar FPS to before, only with better graphics quality.
 
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Alright. I have the CPU fan speed amped to full speed while gaming.