Does a better GPU help increase fps in this scenario?

[John Nguyener]

Let's say I am playing a game with my GTX 960 and i5-3570k @4.5 GHz. There are other things going on in the background like rendering a video, streaming, etc, any cpu tasks. Will a 970 helps increase my fps in this situation?

 

[DireMe]

970 is a stronger card, so it should get you more fps, yes

 

[iamacow]

eh... it depends. Like for video rendering yes a power powerful card will cut some time off. streaming won't make a difference even at 4k and most cpu tasks will have zero impact when comparing a low end card to a high end. As for games, yes you will see a benefit of using a more powerful card, thus more FPS.

 

[DireMe]

Oh, yes... Silly me, I meant games, as for streaming and stuff I dont know

 

[John Nguyener]

Um, but what if these tasks made the game drop fps, would a better gpu help with higher fps than a lower end gpu is what i'm asking.

 

[k1114]

If the video renderer is using the gpu then no matter what gpu you have, your fps will drop because it will hog all the resources it can get. If it's cpu tasks and your fps drops, then it's a cpu issue and gpu won't matter. Gaming is one of those tasks that uses everything and if one thing is being used you're going to drop fps and there is no piggybacking on another piece of hardware. Everything has a different job hence why different components exist.

 

[iamacow]

Are you recording with Nvidia Shadowplay?