Is 4 GHz good enough for gaming?

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Will I need a better processor or more overclock for gaming and music producing on my rig?

SPECS:
CPU: AMD Athlon x2 II 270 (Clocked at 4 GHz)

GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7770 XFX Core 1GB Edition

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P23 (FX)
 
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my take, it depends on what games you play. Some are cpu dependent, some are gpu dependent.
For me, just an example, i play BF3 regularly with my clan mates. i have afterburner osd so i see my temps, etc.
i own a 670 paired with a 4ghz i5 2500k.
and in the osd, i see that my gpu is at ~98%, so it is being utilized to the max. but my cpu's, utilization swings from 60-80%. So increasing my cpu clock wont help, at least for bf3. My gpu is my bottleneck for this game. I can be wrong, but that is how i decided to keep it @4ghz rather than 4.5, keep things cooler also.

the bottleneck is not that bad imo, i also play other games but mainly bf3, so i kept it at 4ghz. just my 2 cents
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Well if you don't want to play on high res like 1920x1080p, and all settings at max, then your rig is just fine. All low or medium, should be fine. :) But if you want to play at high res and high settings, like master blackbird said, upgrade the rest but the ram. :)
 
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you are ok ... and if you want to upgrade do it step by step , First get the Graphic card you want , and test it on your system , if you like the result , dont change the CPU .. and so on

If you have the Money for GTX 760 get one is a good card.

as I said , do it step by step , priorities first.

 
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An athlon would probably bottleneck a 760.
 
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I know but if he did it step by step he will end up with good system in few months .. better than getting a midrange card and cpu at once ...and ending up middle range

this step by step methods makes wonders and it works.
 
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heh, didn't think of it that way.
 
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and by the way , this Bottleneck is becoming more a gossip than reality , and is exaggerated a lot ..

keep in mind , The high end Laptops use 2.4Ghz Quad core i7 ONLY with 2x SLI GTX 780M thats between GTX770 and GTX 780 in performance , and you dont see any bottleneck even at 2.4 Ghz ... (I am not comparing to AMD here , talking about low Clocked i7 )

I was talking just GTX 760 .. if it bottleneck will be small and acceptable (my Guessing needs to be tested)
 
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Yeah, but a laptop i7 is still faster than an athlon. And By bottleneck I didn't mean all games., just for cpu intensive games.

 
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I said not comparing to Athlon :) ... and you are right ,games that rely on GPU wont get much bottleneck
 
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my take, it depends on what games you play. Some are cpu dependent, some are gpu dependent.
For me, just an example, i play BF3 regularly with my clan mates. i have afterburner osd so i see my temps, etc.
i own a 670 paired with a 4ghz i5 2500k.
and in the osd, i see that my gpu is at ~98%, so it is being utilized to the max. but my cpu's, utilization swings from 60-80%. So increasing my cpu clock wont help, at least for bf3. My gpu is my bottleneck for this game. I can be wrong, but that is how i decided to keep it @4ghz rather than 4.5, keep things cooler also.

the bottleneck is not that bad imo, i also play other games but mainly bf3, so i kept it at 4ghz. just my 2 cents
 
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That motherboard is definitely NOT one to be overclocking on.
Before you go spending $200 on a proper AMD board,you may want to switch platforms.
anything 1155 and up with 4 cores would be a serious improvementnt over AMD offerings.
ex: used p67 board and 2500K
It's also possible your cpu may unlock.However,you're on an MSI low-end board.
I wouldn't do it.
 
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