Botleneck

[dillondeysel23]

hey guys I was wondering if you could help me determine how to upgrade. A few months ago i bought a new gpu a gtx550 Ti the gigabyte version. when i installed the card it ran fine but evga is telling me that only about 50% of my gpu is being used in most games so naturally i figure i have a bottle neck. As i only have a Pentium duel core e6700 @3.2ghz. I think it is to slow for the gpu, am I right? i overclocked the cpu to 3.98ghz but that did not seem to help. I am thinking of buying a Intel Sandybridge Socket 1155 i3-2120 Processor along with a MSI - H61M-P21 (B3) - Socket 1155 Motherboard will this along with the mid to low end 550Ti run in perfect harmony or should i try for a larger cpu in the 1155 socket. Funds are low so i cant spend much, overclocking is also in considaration as i have a coolermaster v6 gt and some proper corsair xms3 4gb will it run well?

http://www.takealot.com/electronics/pc-components-1111/msi-h61m-p21-b3-socket-1155-motherboard,9724157

http://www.takealot.com/electronics/pc-components-1111/intel-sandybridge-socket-1155-i3-2120-processor,10815085

 

[jsc]

Is the system satisfactorily playing the games you life?

If so, don't worry about it.

 

[dillondeysel23]

If Les than 50% of my card is being used no. There is also a slight stuttering a lot of the time even though im running at 60fps i believe that the cpu not having inough time to process is the cause of that. before the 550 i had a gt430 it ran only a litle bit worse on my pc than the 550 so something is not right.

 

[coastie65]

Hi. I believe you may be being bottlenecked by your processor. Should have a good Quad core with that card.

 

[amuffin]

The i3 will be a HUGE upgrade.

 

[HEXiT]

to see if you have a bottleneck you reduce the image quality and turn vsync off.
if you dont get an increase in fps then its a 99% chance that your bottlenecking...
i found most dual cores can handle up to a gtx 260 b4 bottlenecks tend to show up.
a 560 is about x2 the power so your looking at a 50% bottleneck at the very least...
which is backed up by the fact your only using 50% of your gpu...
you could jump platform to an i3/i5 based 1 but if you dont have the cash then a 2.6 core 2 quad will have enough grunt to cope with that card...

 

[dillondeysel23]

thanks for the replie guys im going to see if I can get better than the i3