i have core 2 duo e8400 3 ghz with geforcew 8500gt is it bottlenecking my cpu

[simran544]

i have core 2 duo e8400 3 ghz with geforcew 8500gt is it bottlenecking my cpu as i am having lags in gaming

 

[RobCrezz]

Yes. To put it bluntly, the 8500gt is a old crap graphics card. It wasnt good when it was new.

What PSU do you have? And what budget for a graphics card do you have?