bottlenecking HELP!!! (NEED ANSWERING) again

[randomguy12680]

i have a geforce gt 610 and now want to upgrade to NVIDIA GTX660 2GB DDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card and i was wondering if upgrading this would bottle neck my pc i have a amd a8 6600k 3.9 (can overclock to 4.2 ghz)

 

[whitecat]

Dont worry ! No bottleneck . A8 6600K is on par with i3 2120
A8 6600K -3710 points ,3D Mark 11 Physics
i3 2120 - 3880 points

in single core tests .A8 6600K is on par with FX 8350 ! Just FX 8350 has 2x more cores . But 4 are enough .
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php

 

[clutchc]

Any bottle neck that the APU would offer would be minimal... if at all.

 

[randomguy12680]

clutchc what do you mean

 

[Trenchcoat]

i have a geforce gt 610 and now want to upgrade to NVIDIA GTX660 2GB DDR5 PCI-E Graphics Card and i was wondering if upgrading this would bottle neck my pc i have a amd a8 6600k 3.9 (can overclock to 4.2 ghz)

Not to worry.

Be wary of further advice from the person who told you about bottlenecking; upgrading from an entry level GFX card to a mid level GFX card will increase performance, not decrease it.

Still if you're worried, we will need full system specs so we can identify actual bottlenecks.

 

[randomguy12680]

here:
AMD A8 6600K Quad Core Processor / CPU running at 3.9GHz (With 4.2GHz Turbo Mode!)
8GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
LATEST AMD HD 8570D Graphics! ugraded to gt 610 wanting to upgrade to gtx 660
1TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
CD / DVD-RW Dual Layer Optical Disc Drive
MSI FM2-A55M-E33 uATX Motherboard (Full specifications of this board can be found here)
500W Quiet Power Supply Featuring Large 120mm Cooling Fan
High Quality Vantage RED Desktop PC Gaming Case with 3 x 120mm RED LED Cooling Fans.
SD Memory Card Reader Built Into Top of Case
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN
4 X High Speed USB 2.0 Ports on Back Plus Further 2 On Top
8 Channel HD Audio
4 X SATA II 3GB/s Ports
1 X PCI Express X16 Slot
1 X PCI Express X1 Slot
1 X PCI Slot
2 X PS/2 Port (For Keyboard / Mouse)
1 X VGA Port
1 X HDMI Port (With Audio)
Dual Monitor Support
UK Mains Cable Included
All Relevant Driver Discs Included

 

[clutchc]

clutchc what do you mean

There are several forms of bottle neck. Some games that are very CPU demanding or online play in those games on busy 64 player servers might show some minor CPU bottle neck, but the CPU will be strong enough to keep up with the GTX 660.

 

[randomguy12680]

thanks

 

[Trenchcoat]

here:
AMD A8 6600K Quad Core Processor / CPU running at 3.9GHz (With 4.2GHz Turbo Mode!)
8GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
LATEST AMD HD 8570D Graphics! ugraded to gt 610 wanting to upgrade to gtx 660
1TB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
CD / DVD-RW Dual Layer Optical Disc Drive
MSI FM2-A55M-E33 uATX Motherboard (Full specifications of this board can be found here)
500W Quiet Power Supply Featuring Large 120mm Cooling Fan
High Quality Vantage RED Desktop PC Gaming Case with 3 x 120mm RED LED Cooling Fans.
SD Memory Card Reader Built Into Top of Case
Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN
4 X High Speed USB 2.0 Ports on Back Plus Further 2 On Top
8 Channel HD Audio
4 X SATA II 3GB/s Ports
1 X PCI Express X16 Slot
1 X PCI Express X1 Slot
1 X PCI Slot
2 X PS/2 Port (For Keyboard / Mouse)
1 X VGA Port
1 X HDMI Port (With Audio)
Dual Monitor Support
UK Mains Cable Included
All Relevant Driver Discs Included

Looks good. My only concern is the power supply. You might want to set aside some cash for a better one but it's worth testing with your current PSU. Check the info on your unit. Minimum requirements for the 660 is 24A on the 12v line and a 450w PSU.

 

[clutchc]

thanks

You should give best answer to Whitecat. He had the same answer... first.