Bad CPU good gpu - bottleneck?

talik49

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I have a bad pc. My CPU is very bad (pentium g3220). Also my gpu is very bad. I'm going to buy a better gpu this summer (gtx 1060 or 1050 ti). I know that if I switch a CPU I have to buy ram for that too. So I won't buy a better CPU this summer... but if I have this epic gpu (gtx 1060 or 1050) and this bad CPU will I have bottleneck???? Please help
 
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Yes, that is by definition a bottleneck. Your processor wont be able to keep up with the GPU, so the GPU will simply not be used fully.
There is nothing bad about that if you know and plan to upgrade later.

That being said, you dont have to get a new motherboard and RAM. You can still get an LGA1150 processor that would be leagues ahead of yours.
Yes, that is by definition a bottleneck. Your processor wont be able to keep up with the GPU, so the GPU will simply not be used fully.
There is nothing bad about that if you know and plan to upgrade later.

That being said, you dont have to get a new motherboard and RAM. You can still get an LGA1150 processor that would be leagues ahead of yours.
 
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