Bottleneck and Upgrading

[thehotter1]

Hello Tom's Hardware Community.
I bought this system back in March 2010.

I wonder if I upgrade my video card to the new 7970 or the new 680 gtx, will it bottleneck with the CPU, If i keep CPU at stock settings.

If so. I want to know how to overclock the processor so i can make the system a little bit faster without upgrading.
I have a big cooler and its overkill at stock speeds cpu.
Thanks!


CPU: Intel Core i5 750 OEM 2.66ghz running at stock speed

Motherboard: Biostar T5 XE P55

RAM: 4gb of memory Gskill ripjaws 1600

CPU Cooler: Zalman CNPS 10x Extreme

Video card: Powercolor PCS+ Radeon HD 5850 1GB

PSU: Coolermaster GX 750w

Hard drive: 1Tb 7200rpm WD black

Computer Case: NZXT Lexa S Mid Tower

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate

PSU: Coolermaster GX 750w

 

[lowjack989]

OC the i5 and get one of those cards you won't be sorry the new cards are amazing

 

[thehotter1]

OC the i5 and get one of those cards you won't be sorry the new cards are amazing

if i just left the cpu at stock speed, and upgrade the card. Will the fps increase greatly or more if i also overclock it?

 

[Jay-Z]

Get the 7970. You may not experience "bottlenecking" in most games except some particularly CPU intensive games like Skyrim or even BF3. How much fps difference a new CPU will make is a new question altogether.

 

[akshayghai29785]

are you planning to play on one screen or more if one than a Gtx 670 would be more than enough but bigger the better for future proofing

 

[thehotter1]

I have no problem playing skyrim, it does not lag at all. Battlefield 3 tho i can play it over 60fps on medium settings.
I'm going to just play on my hp 21.5" 1080p screen, no point in upgrading unless its like a real badass screen.
so gtx 670 can rip through all games with 1920x1080 res?