Q8200 bottlenecking my GTX 560ti

[grimey]

I am currently using this processor and wanted to know if the Q8200 bottle neck my GTX 560 ti? I wanted to know because I plan on either buying i5 2500k or just waiting a few months for the Ivy Bridge.

 

[grimey]

depends on the exact game but it will in any game that is dual core optimized

I am going to playing Batman: Arkam City and Battlefield 3.

 

[hapkido]

Probably not in general, but you can tell by running some cpu, gpu, and fps monitoring software. If your cpu usage is maxed, but your gpu usage isn't, it means your cpu is the limiting factor. But if you're getting playable frames, it's not a big deal. You're always going to have one part "bottlenecking" another (i.e. being the limiting factor to more performance), but I think that term is thrown around way too much. BF3 is going to like a fast cpu probably more than some other games, but you'd maybe see a few extra fps from upgrading, since you already have a quad core. If you're going to upgrade, i5-2500k is an excellent buy, but if you were planning on holding out for an ivy bridge anyway, you might as well wait.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

in general yes, you will be bottlenecked, as said above, especially for games that only use 2 cores

 

[neonneophyte]

personally i would get a 2500k and then wait for ivybridge 2.0, after the first round of wrinkles are out

 

[Raidur]

Are you unhappy with your performance in any games?

If so, which?

I'm waiting for IvyBridge and/or when games need more than a 6970.

Maybe look into a little overclock?

If you must upgrade now, definitely the i5-2500k.

 

[grimey]

Are you unhappy with your performance in any games?

If so, which?

I'm waiting for IvyBridge and/or when games need more than a 6970.

Maybe look into a little overclock?

If you must upgrade now, definitely the i5-2500k.

No not really. All the games I play currently run every game fine for me. I am just worried that Battlefield 3 is going to kill my system. I should have went into the beta to get a feeling of how it would perform.

I checked on overclocking it and it really will not budge any higher because of the high FSB. Anyways my CPU at stock speed reaches 70 when playing games. My old case does not have great air flow. I am looking to replace with Corsair 650D.

I was just asking because Microcent has a great deal on the i5 2500k for 179.99 and Asus Z68X-V Pro MB for 169.99

 

[iam2thecrowe]

^you can get better motherboards for cheaper. The asrock z68 extreme 3 gen 3 for example.

 

[grimey]

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