Bottlenecking GTX 550 ti

[ringelos]

Ive got an Athlon x2 4200+ 2.2ghz dual core CPU, and I was wondering if it will bottleneck the GTX 550ti and if it does, by how much? I'll be using it for gaming at 1280x1024 resolution.

 

[ringelos]

Anyone have an idea?

 

[The Halo Don]

It'll bottleneck for sure, how much? Not sure, but it would definitely hold back.

I want to say like a 20% bottleneck.

 

[psyxix]

2.2 ghz will inevitably bottleneck the GPU. If you want to, you could overclock your processor to reduce the bottleneck to 10%. You'll also match that overclock with the RAM latency/frequency.

 

[ringelos]

Best answer selected by ringelos.