HD 7870 bottlenecking

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I'm purchasing a HD 7870 graphics card, but i am worried that my Phenom II X4 965 BE will bottleneck the graphics card. If this is true, what CPU would you guys recommend. (Preferably AMD)

 

[jthill909]

No, it shouldn't, but if you want to upgrade, you could get an 8350. Has the same performance as a i5 3570k in game and the near-same multithreaded performance as a 3770k.

 

[Norlag]

The fx 6300 is a great card and I have seen it on sale for less than $130. It would certainly not bottleneck the 7870, and it overclocks well.

 

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