i3 2120 + GT 730 Bottleneck?

[BakphooN]

I want to know if there is a chance of there being a bottleneck in this setup.

i3 2120 @ 3.3 GHz
GT 730 2GB DDR5
4GB RAM

 

[maxalge]

I want to know if there is a chance of there being a bottleneck in this setup.

i3 2120 @ 3.3 GHz
GT 730 2GB DDR5
4GB RAM

yes the gpu is weak, the cpu can handle better

 

[BakphooN]

I want to know if there is a chance of there being a bottleneck in this setup.

i3 2120 @ 3.3 GHz
GT 730 2GB DDR5
4GB RAM

yes the gpu is weak, the cpu can handle better

so like, will it still give decent performance?

 

[sizzling]

Define decent? Older games from 5+ years ago should run ok on low settings but modern AAA games are not going to run well on that system. A 750 would be a better choice as the 730 is not really designed for gaming, its for desktop work where the cpu does not have integrated graphics. However 4gb RAM and an i3 2120 are going to stop you running more recent AAA games (last 5 years or more), just too weak.

 

[BakphooN]

Define decent? Older games from 5+ years ago should run ok on low settings but modern AAA games are not going to run well on that system. A 750 would be a better choice as the 730 is not really designed for gaming, its for desktop work where the cpu does not have integrated graphics. However 4gb RAM and an i3 2120 are going to stop you running more recent AAA games (last 5 years or more), just too weak.

Hmm. I already get around 40-50fps (1024x768) on CS:GO with an ATI Radeon 4300/4500 series GPU. I'm pretty sure that a 730 is way better than that, and I can expect 60+fps on high settings.

This video shows that it will give 60+fps on high settings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CteRqrUHFw&t=67s

 

[sizzling]

CS GO is not AAA and needs very little gpu power. When playing Cs go are any cpu threads staying at >95% (not total cpu usage)? It could be your cpu limiting your fps.

 

[BakphooN]

CS GO is not AAA and needs very little gpu power. When playing Cs go are any cpu threads staying at >95% (not total cpu usage)? It could be your cpu limiting your fps.

How do I find that? (sorry if I sound dumb xd)

 

[sizzling]

A program like MSIAfterburner can record what's going on while gaming.

 

[BakphooN]

A program like MSIAfterburner can record what's going on while gaming.

Okay. I don't want to download that right now, but, on the off chance if my CPU is limiting my fps, is there anyway to fix that?

 

[sizzling]

A program like MSIAfterburner can record what's going on while gaming.

Okay. I don't want to download that right now, but, on the off chance if my CPU is limiting my fps, is there anyway to fix that?

If its the CPU your only fix is a CPU upgrade but it also means a gpu upgrade wont give you more fps, you can only run higher settings at similar fps.

 

[BakphooN]

A program like MSIAfterburner can record what's going on while gaming.

Okay. I don't want to download that right now, but, on the off chance if my CPU is limiting my fps, is there anyway to fix that?

If its the CPU your only fix is a CPU upgrade but it also means a gpu upgrade wont give you more fps, you can only run higher settings at similar fps.

So I ran the game in windowed mode so I could see the CPU usage on the task manager simultaneously. It was 20-30%. Is that normal?

 

[sizzling]

Need individual cores, total usage is meaningless. You could have one thread/core hitting 100% while the others are doing very little, this would only show as 25% total usage yet the CPU is limiting. Also windowed mode gives different usages to normal full window.

 

[BakphooN]

Need individual cores, total usage is meaningless. You could have one thread/core hitting 100% while the others are doing very little, this would only show as 25% total usage yet the CPU is limiting. Also windowed mode gives different usages to normal full window.

I see. Any way I can see thread usage from the task manager? Like the exact percentage?

 

[sizzling]

Right click graph and show logical cores. I think that's correct as I am not at my pc at the moment.

 

[BakphooN]

Right click graph and show logical cores. I think that's correct as I am not at my pc at the moment.

Nothing happens when I right click. Should've mentioned that I am on Windows 7. My bad