i3 2120 cpu bottleneck ?

[nddz]

in what games will this cpu bottleneck r9 270x or radeon hd 7870 ?

 

[gamer2321]

In CPU intensive games like Battlefield 4,

 

[nddz]

In CPU intensive games like Battlefield 4,

any other games besides that ?

 

[ingtar33]

depends. You see there is ALWAYS a bottleneck in your system, something will be the slowest part no matter what. So the i3 will often be a bottleneck, though you won't notice it because your fps will be really high so it doesn't matter much... but to give you an example of some titles where the i3 will bottleneck you... any game that's seriously threaded... like crysis 3 or battlefield 4. those games like "MOAR CORZ!"...

 

[envy14tpe]

You'll be fine. The i3 handles games pretty good, but quad cores are more desirable. I wouldn't be worried. I have seen many charts where the i3s hold up well.

 

[nddz]

depends. You see there is ALWAYS a bottleneck in your system, something will be the slowest part no matter what. So the i3 will often be a bottleneck, though you won't notice it because your fps will be really high so it doesn't matter much... but to give you an example of some titles where the i3 will bottleneck you... any game that's seriously threaded... like crysis 3 or battlefield 4. those games like "MOAR CORZ!"...

i will be playing games such as dota 2 , far cry 3 , tomb raider , AC4 should i not be worried and keep my i3 ?

 

[nddz]

You'll be fine. The i3 handles games pretty good, but quad cores are more desirable. I wouldn't be worried. I have seen many charts where the i3s hold up well.

i will be playing games such as dota 2 , far cry 3 , tomb raider , AC4 should i not be worried and keep my i3 ?

 

[ingtar33]

depends. You see there is ALWAYS a bottleneck in your system, something will be the slowest part no matter what. So the i3 will often be a bottleneck, though you won't notice it because your fps will be really high so it doesn't matter much... but to give you an example of some titles where the i3 will bottleneck you... any game that's seriously threaded... like crysis 3 or battlefield 4. those games like "MOAR CORZ!"...

i will be playing games such as dota 2 , far cry 3 , tomb raider , AC4 should i not be worried and keep my i3 ?

you shouldn't be worried. None of those games are seriously threaded.... even FC3 seems to top out around 3/4 cores... keep the i3, the only thing that will hurt you is when you're playing a terribly coded game like Total War: Rome 2 and the lack of the ability to overclock comes back to bite you.

 

[envy14tpe]

I agree. Don't worry about your i3. However, if you want to you can try to sell it and upgrade to a i5-3350p.

 

[Sangeet Khatri]

I don't see any games other than Far Cry 3 and Crysis to be bottlenecking it. The CPU is good enough for the 270x.

But if possible, consider upgrading to an i5 3350p as envy14tpe said.

But i3 is good enough for the 270x, so not much to worry there.