Performance gain with gtx 650

[gamepoint]

hi, i wanted to know how much performance i will gain from 9400gt to gtx 650.
c2d e7400 2.8 ghz, ram 3gb ddr2.
my gtx 650 will arrive today and i wanted to know how much performance will i get over my xfx 9400gt.
my max screen re is 1366x768

 

[cookybiscuit]

Don't expect miracles considering your processor.

 

[gamepoint]

my processor is not that weak, actually u dont know anything.

 

[DryCreamer]

It really depends on the games your playing but you will see gains. The problem is the low resolution will tax your cpu much more than it will your gpu, so your cpu being so old will hold back a lot of the gains you will get

Dry

 

[gamepoint]

yes, thats i wanted to hear. i saw many gameplays with c2d and gtx 650 or 550ti. they were not bad and he is saying my processor is that weak, i will not see any improverment.

 

[DryCreamer]

if you are interested, here's my thread on my Crysis 3 benchmark, where I saw a HUGE CPU bottle neck, just to give you an idea of what to expect:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/395367-33-crysis-benchmark-560ti

LinusTechTips also has a GREAT video on you tube about CPU bottlenecks, where he takes a GTX660 and hooks it up to the Core 2 Duo, not unlike yours, and its pretty incredible

while certain games are much more prone to CPU bottlenecking, like StarCraft 2 and Skyrim, its really your low playing resolution of 1366x768 that forces the bottle neck. its just doesn't ask the GPU to do enough graphically so the work falls to the CPU instead.

Notice in my thread, at 1280x720 on low settings, my average frame rate is 41 with i3 and 65 with the i7. thats a 50% increase in performance, just swapping in a faster CPU. now, if you look at the 1080p performance, the difference is only about 10-15% increase in performance going from the i3 to i7. its because 1080 is more graphically demanding than 720

Happy hunting! Let me know if you get it!


Dry

 

[gamepoint]

after so much analyzing i saw there will be no noticable bottleneck

 

[Cons29]

to be fair, he did not say that you will not see any improvement. he just said that well, dont expect much. it is true that your cpu is a bit on the low side nowadays.

and for future reference, such a question is more useful BEFORE you buy your upgrade. asking it now will just give you a heads up, of a few days maybe. but since you already bought it, it is what it is unless you do something.

but coming from a 9400, you should see decent improvement, just dont expect to max out heavy games.

 

[DryCreamer]

after so much analyzing i saw there will be no noticable bottleneck

I repeat:

"Notice in my thread, at 1280x720 on low settings, my average frame rate is 41 with i3 and 65 with the i7. thats a 50% increase in performance, just swapping in a faster CPU. now, if you look at the 1080p performance, the difference is only about 10-15% increase in performance going from the i3 to i7. its because 1080 is more graphically demanding than 720"

Dry