Difference between CPU and GPU frame drops in games

[Danny Rees]

Hey Community, I dont know whether its possible to tell, but when a game has a FPS drop, is there way to tell if my GPU isnt good enough or if its my CPU by looking at how it drops?

For instance, i know that when im playing ARMA 3, its a CPU intensive game so my frames are usually about 50 fps on an unmodded server, but if I add mods to the game it drops to about 25 cause its thinking harder I guess, so it drops my fps? So basically, is there a way to tell, maybe by the way that it drops, stutters, freezes ect?
(not isolated to ARMA 3)

I have:
CPU: AMD A8-6600K APU
GPU: Nvidia GTX 550ti 1024mb GDDR5


Thx guys

 

[fredfinks]

Its most probably both. Some mods are CPU intensive, some mods are GPU intensive, especially with VRAM. some mods are both.

AMD is easily outgunned by Intel and your GPU is showing its age.
Therse really nothing to be done except upgrade (get an intel i5 this time) or remove mods.