How badly would this cpu bottleneck the GTX 650?

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CPU:AMD E2 3200 APU dual core 2.4 Ghz

 

[theonerm2]

CPU:AMD E2 3200 APU dual core 2.4 Ghz

Which games are you wanting to play? I'll tell you which ones you can't run and why. Also how much RAM do you have?

 

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CPU:AMD E2 3200 APU dual core 2.4 Ghz

Which games are you wanting to play? I'll tell you which ones you can't run and why. Also how much RAM do you have?

I have about 4GB ram, I really want to play Borderlands 2 Ultra and Hawken on high

 

[bigj1985]

Your going to be bottlenecked hard bro I'll give it to you straight. Buying a 650 would be a waste of money and is better spent changing out your processor first. That's basically a Tablet APU. Will you be able to play borderlands? Sure. Just don't hope for anything above Low w/o that processor taking the system down with it.

 

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The 650 will run like 20-30% of its potential in games gpu load wise so basically instead of 60fps in a game gtx650 with no bottleneck gets you will be looking at getting 10-20fps.

Would I be ok with the Triple core A6-3500?

 

[theonerm2]

CPU:AMD E2 3200 APU dual core 2.4 Ghz

Which games are you wanting to play? I'll tell you which ones you can't run and why. Also how much RAM do you have?

I have about 4GB ram, I really want to play Borderlands 2 Ultra and Hawken on high

You cannot run Borderlands 2 at all with that hardware because it fails the minimum requirements. The CPU fails the minimum and the GTX 650 passes the minimum but fails the recommended requirements.

You can run Hawken but not on high settings because you pass the minimum requirements but fail the recommended requirements.

Upgrading to the A6 3500 will help a great deal. If you insist on upgrading to that then Also get a GTX 650 ti Boost. That's your best option for that CPU. The GTX 650 non ti version will actually bottleneck an A6 3500.

 

[theonerm2]

The 650 will run like 20-30% of its potential in games gpu load wise so basically instead of 60fps in a game gtx650 with no bottleneck gets you will be looking at getting 10-20fps.

Would I be ok with the Triple core A6-3500?

Nope still a very slow cpu, designed for more watching videos. My laptop has an entry level ulv 17w i5 3317u is like 50% faster then the a6 3500cpu and most games I play are like 100% cpu usage codemasters games like f1 and dirt series. Luckily gpu load is 99% as well so no real bottleneck. My i5 3317u is 50% faster then that a6-3500 cpu. Gtx650 is like 2x faster then my 640m. You need an a10 or i3 minimum.

No You're wrong right there. The A6 3500 is actually about 20% faster than the i5 3317u in 3Dmark11. And in the best case scenario for the Core i5 3317u vs the A6 3500 the i5 3317u is only 15% faster. I'd say there's not going to be much difference between those CPU's while gaming. The GTX 650 Ti and the A6 3500 can run 100% of games going by minimum requirements and 78% of games by recommended requirements. While the E2 3200 can only play 50% of games at minimum requirements. Seems like a good upgrade from the previous CPU.