Am I really getting a bottleneck from CPU if it isn't 100% or should I upgrade GPU instead

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Hello, if my CPU performance isn't reaching 100%, Im not getting bottleneck? Because the thing is I leave a high graphics MMORPG open while playing Overwatch, and my CPU never reach more than 70% max. with whatever game or games open. But, If I leave that mmorpg and play Overwatch, its feels really lagging, and my CPU is 60% max. and my GPU is 100%. People keep telling me my CPU is slow and dated, but I have that question, because I don't really know what to upgrade for keeping both games open if the bottleneck is on the CPU or GPU.

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CPU: I5-760 @ 3.8GHz OC
GPU: R9 280X

My budget is 450€ so I cant upgrade both GPU and CPU. I was going to get an i7-6700/wait for Ryzen. Im sorry if my English was bad and isn't really understable.
 
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To keep it simple:
Your cpu is a quad core, so it is possible to be bottlenecking on 25% overall CPU load (100%/4 = 25%) depending on the type of load.
MMORPGs usually tend to be rather light on the GPU and be rather poorly coded in terms of multithreading.
For Overwatch I can conform my GTX 1060 being held back by my i5-3570K @ 4.3 GHZ on around 150 fps. (1080p, mixed settings)

In both cases (BDO and Overwatch) switching your CPU would give you more noticable performance increase than a new GPU. You might also try to overclock it. around 3.5-3.7 GHZ is fairly common to reach with that chip and even around 4 GHz is possible.
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How does your RAM look?
The GPU isn't exactly top of the line, but i really like the 280x - solid little card.

What is the MMO?

The fact that both games run fine independantly. And your GPU hits 100% but your CPU never does - it tells me that something in your rig is being slowed down due to the fact that BOTH are open. The only thing i can think of is RAM or VRAM causing the lag.
 
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I use G Skill Ripjaws 8 GB, the mmo is Black Desert, also I meant games in Windowed Screen, for fast change. If the CPU isn't bottlenecked unless its 100% then almost any game Im getting bottleneck of it lol althought its really outdated and I'd like to change it. If thats the case I may wait for nvidias 11XX series/vega for getting more fps in new games and keep CPU even for another year lol.
 
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Your cpu is bottle necking you quite a bit. I would recommend an upgrade to either a skylake/kaby lake i5 or if you also want to do the gtx 1060 + new cpu motherboard and ram you might just get away witht the new pantium g4650+ a cheap b250 motherboard and 8gb of ram and the gtx 1060/ rx480.
 
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To keep it simple:
Your cpu is a quad core, so it is possible to be bottlenecking on 25% overall CPU load (100%/4 = 25%) depending on the type of load.
MMORPGs usually tend to be rather light on the GPU and be rather poorly coded in terms of multithreading.
For Overwatch I can conform my GTX 1060 being held back by my i5-3570K @ 4.3 GHZ on around 150 fps. (1080p, mixed settings)

In both cases (BDO and Overwatch) switching your CPU would give you more noticable performance increase than a new GPU. You might also try to overclock it. around 3.5-3.7 GHZ is fairly common to reach with that chip and even around 4 GHz is possible.
 
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