intel core 2 duo 2.80 ghz the bottleneck with gtx 650 video card

isperow

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I'm thinking of buying a gtx650 Will it bottleneck my pc? following settings on my pc: intel core 2 Duo CPU E7400 @ 2.80 ghz, 415 w power, know that your pc is old wheel more games like need for speed without stalling, knowing that in my notbook ACER fought very (sorry for my english, I'm using google translator)
 

St0rm_KILL3r

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Yes, core 2 duo will bottleneck gtx 650. But buying any gpu better than that will be worthless as it will be even more bottlenecked. So either stick with gtx 650 or buy hd 7770 which is better.
 

isperow

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but will it give much bottleneck?
 

MrProper

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Yes it will, i had e8500 paired with gtx 550ti and it bt like in games that used more than 2 cores: bad company 2, bf3, crysis etc..I reccomend to oc ur cpu those are very good overclockers i got mine from 3,16 to 4ghz with evo 212 cooler. really strong silicone