Razor88 :
It can't be a CPU bottleneck if it was working OK before you upgraded.
This statement is 100% accurate.
And7rey :
But when I am gaming the ram is just 2,50 GB used , I know that my CPU is bottlenecking my GPU but the games still wasn't so laggy like now, are you sure it's becouse the bottleneck?
The CPU isn't bottlenecking the GPU, it simply is hitting a wall because it only has 2 cores and no L3 cache.
GamerDrone :
Bottlenecking causes frame drops which causes lag... Its hard to explain in layman language but if u would have bought a GTX 780 then their would have been even more frame drops... Also the mobo's pcie port may also not support the GPU as well... Ur only way out is to upgrade ur CPU and mobo
Yes, it's extremely hard to explain in layman language because it's completely wrong. This whole bottlenecking boogeyman is absurd. With a faster card you should be getting at least the same frame rates as you were getting before. It's painfully apparent that SOMEONE reads a lot from people who only pretend to have a clue and then parrot it elsewhere to try to appear wise. A bottleneck means that the game cannot go faster because the CPU cannot go faster. Here are some things you should consider:
1) The card in this case is irrelevant. When people say that a certain CPU will bottleneck a card, it's not actually bottlenecking the card. Yes, the bottleneck will be greater on a higher end card because it's being forced to behave like a lower end card. So while the CPU is forcing 30fps for one which would otherwise be 50fps, it's forcing 30fps on the other card which would otherwise be 60fps. Hence, the bigger bottleneck, a loss of 30fps instead of 20fps. It doesn't mean that a higher end card will run at 20fps. To put it in layman's terms - That idea is just plain stupid.
2) Anyone who says that the 990FX is only for 8-core CPUs and the 970 is for 6-core CPUs is either clueless or outright lying. The differences between the 970 and 990FX are the number of PCI-Express lanes and the support of SLI. The 970 chipset only supports Crossfire while the 990FX supports both Crossfire and SLI. There is no "this is for 8 cores" or "this is for 6 cores" because the chipset was out before the first bulldozer chip! You should get the 990FX motherboard because you have an nVidia GPU and it will allow you to add a second nVidia GPU down the road if you wish. An AMD 970-based motherboard would only allow two AMD Radeon cards. Get the 990FX Extreme motherboard, the FX-6300 and 4 more gigabytes of RAM. All of your problems should disappear.
3) I don't know exactly what the problem is in your system but you shouldn't be losing fps from a faster card. You may have a motherboard issue, the card may be defective or you have a malware problem. Another thing to try is to completely remove all previous drivers and install them anew.
Beware those who speak like they know but have no credentials, they are the most dangerous thing on tomshardware because they spread misinformation and conjecture as fact. If you want my credentials, click my name and look at my badges. Good luck to you.
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