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Started by Zimkader | | 5 answers
Will a I3 3220 Bottleneck a GTX 970
Hi I have been a long time reader of the forum. I was trying to find someone asking this but I had no luck. I just would like to know if a i3 3220 3.3 ghz dual core bottleneck a GTX 970 if so would it be a huge bottlebeck or just slight preformance loss.

Thank you in advance
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October 10, 2014 12:29:34 AM

What are you gaming with now? Which gpu?
October 8, 2014 7:12:52 PM

Zimkader said:
Thank you both for your quick answers I thought it would so I just needed to know if I should wait to get a new cpu or replace both now.



If money is not on issue than upgrade both. You could just get the GTX 970 and stick with your i3 3220 until you can upgrade that or waiting on the next gen such as Skylake.
October 8, 2014 7:08:04 PM

Thank you both for your quick answers I thought it would so I just needed to know if I should wait to get a new cpu or replace both now.

October 8, 2014 6:26:51 PM

Yes it will, the amount of performance you will lose is quite high.

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