I'm so lost (bottlenecking)

[gman_42]

So I am unfortunate enough to own a Pentium processor, but want to have a newer GPU to play most games (ie not BF3 ultra). Does bottlenecking lower performance a little or to the point of unplayability? Thanks!

PS: Specs are ready if needed

 

[rolli59]

It all depends on the Pentium CPU, we need to know which one!!

 

[Raiddinn]

Also which video card you intend to use would be nice.

 

[gman_42]

No problem!
CPU: Pentium Dual-Core E5800 @3.2GHz

GPU: Planning on GTX 550 ti 1GB

 

[rolli59]

They will work fine together! Hardly any bottleneck if any.

 

[Raiddinn]

Sounds fine to me too.

 

[clutchc]

Bottlenecking when refering to a graphics card, is simply the fact that the card can produce frames faster than the CPU can use them (very over simplified explanation). Not to worry. When gaming, It's always better to have a cpu bottleneck the GPU than the other way around.

 

[gman_42]

Best answer selected by gman_42.

 

[gman_42]

Phew! I've been doing at least 10+ hours of research and it would be a shame for it to go to waste!