Bottleneck?

[fengpwns]

Hi. Will my system bottleneck if I get the HD 6970 or the HD6870? I'm have a phenom II x4 3GHZ. I don't plan to do any overclocking.

 

[fengpwns]

Nope that's a fine pairing. You just want to avoid the real high end stuff like the 7970 or 680 or any crossfire/SLI setups on that CPU.

6970 might see a tiny bit of bottlenecking, but nothing that would warrant saying "don't make that purchase". Either card will do fine with that CPU.

Oh, then that changes my mind. I want to get a HD6970 for future-proof. I guess I'll watch the price drop for amd cards before I buy it. Hoping Nvidia cards can beat AMD all the way.

 

[cbrunnem]

Oh, then that changes my mind. I want to get a HD6970 for future-proof. I guess I'll watch the price drop for amd cards before I buy it. Hoping Nvidia cards can beat AMD all the way.

You will see better performance with the 6970 by far but to say your cpu will not hold you back is a per game basis question. In some games you will be bottlenecking but in a lot you won't.