Is my CPU bottle-necking by GPU?

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OrangeKing64

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Not too big a deal as my PC works great, more curious than anything.

CPU: Intel G4600 (2 Cores 4 Threads, 3.60 GHz)

GPU: AMD Radeon RX470 (4GB RAM)
 
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theonerm2
Maybe in games that need a little extra CPU power like Battlefield 1 or Assassin's Creed Origins for example. Most of the time you'll be more GPU bottlenecked though because the GPU isn't super powerful anyway. I'd say the CPU and GPU make a good pair. Generally you can spend more than double on your GPU than you spend on your CPU and you're fine. For example... And I'm going with normal GPU prices here... You can spend $350 on an i7 8700K and $750 on a good GTX 1080 ti. The GPU is 2.14x more expensive than the CPU. In your case The CPU is $58.99 and RX 470 is $170. That's 2.88x more expensive than the CPU. In general as long as you're not spending more than 3x on the GPU vs the CPU you should be good on the bottlenecking.
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theonerm2

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Maybe in games that need a little extra CPU power like Battlefield 1 or Assassin's Creed Origins for example. Most of the time you'll be more GPU bottlenecked though because the GPU isn't super powerful anyway. I'd say the CPU and GPU make a good pair. Generally you can spend more than double on your GPU than you spend on your CPU and you're fine. For example... And I'm going with normal GPU prices here... You can spend $350 on an i7 8700K and $750 on a good GTX 1080 ti. The GPU is 2.14x more expensive than the CPU. In your case The CPU is $58.99 and RX 470 is $170. That's 2.88x more expensive than the CPU. In general as long as you're not spending more than 3x on the GPU vs the CPU you should be good on the bottlenecking.
 
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geofelt

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Looks balanced to me.
There is no such thing as "bottlenecking"
If, by that, you mean that upgrading a cpu or graphics card can
somehow lower your performance or FPS.
A better term might be limiting factor.
That is where adding more cpu or gpu becomes increasingly
less effective.

As a test, Run YOUR games, but lower your resolution and eye candy.
If your FPS increases, it indicates that your cpu is strong enough to drive a better graphics configuration.
If your FPS stays the same, you are likely more cpu limited.

FWIW, I consider the "bottlenecker" to be junk science.
 
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