Will an i3 bottleneck a single HD 7850?

[bulldoser]

Will an i3 bottleneck a single HD 7850? I really would like to save my money and not buy an i5.

I plan to play a lot of:
Battlefield 3
Diablo 3

Thank you in advance.

 

[FattyPatty]

Will an i3 bottleneck a single HD 7850? I really would like to save my money and not buy an i5.

I plan to play a lot of:
Battlefield 3
Diablo 3

Thank you in advance.

Well what CPU do you have and have you overclocked it? my guess is there will be no bottleneck but it doesn't hurt to check.

 

[Outlander_04]

What resolution are you playing the game at? If its high enough the answer is the i3 will not be a problem

 

[manu 11]

No.

 

[mad2]

The i3 series are great gaming cpu's and they will not bottleneck a 7850. Most games use 2 cores so the i3's often compete with the other intel cpu's in gaming.