CPU bottle neck GPU

[MrLegalAce]

I have a HIS Radeon 7850 2gb gddr5 and it feels like it is lacking in performance i also have a intel Q8200 could the CPU be bottle necking my GPU I just bought a Q9550 will that processor help my gpu? I play bf4 and cod ghost mainly

 

[lp231]

Yes the CPU is holding your system back.
the Q9550 has 12MB of L2 cache, larger than Q8200 which has 4MB of L2 cache. It should help a bit
but I doubt it.

 

[Jenish J]

No, you wont see much of a difference with both of these processors anyway. It wont be worth for the money you spend in buying Q9550.

 

[MrLegalAce]

Okay with my current Q8200 i get around 40-50 fps on high but it is still lagging what could it be?

 

[Jenish J]

Okay with my current Q8200 i get around 40-50 fps on high but it is still lagging what could it be?

Are your drivers up-to-date?

 

[MrLegalAce]

the drivers for the gpu are i dont know about the cpu im new to pc

 

[Jenish J]

the drivers for the gpu are i dont know about the cpu im new to pc

try downloading 'geforce experience' and updating your drivers for gpu with it.

 

[Jenish J]

the drivers for the gpu are i dont know about the cpu im new to pc

try downloading 'geforce experience' and updating your drivers for gpu with it.

 

[MrLegalAce]

i cant use that you have to ha a nvidia gpu i have amd

 

[Jenish J]

Yeah sorry, go to amd website and check for updates
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/auto-detect-tool

 

[MrLegalAce]

yeah my gpu has 13.11 beta (the newest)

 

[photonboy]

40-50FPS is reasonable for the PC you have.

I'm not sure what you mean by "lagging" though. Stutter? Feels sluggish?

If you have VSYNC ON you may wish to turn it off. You'll get screen tearing but less lag (less sluggish).

Unless you want to spend money on better hardware, your other option is to LOWER the quality settings.

Tweak anti-aliasing, Shadows etc (or drop from a "HIGH" to "MEDIUM" preset).

64-bit Windows and RAM:
You'll have issues unless you have both 64-bit Windows and 4GB of System RAM. You probably do but just checking.

 

[MrLegalAce]

i have 64 bit and 8gb ram and it does it even at the lowest setting with every extra setting off thats what i dont under stand and yeah more like stuttering and stuff

 

[MrLegalAce]

i have 64 bit and 8gb ram and it does it even at the lowest setting with every extra setting off thats what i dont under stand and yeah more like stuttering and stuff