Is my CPU bottlenecking my GPU?

[Shady Jervais]

I have a lanparty dk790fx couple with an AMD athlon 7750 x2 2.7GHz (OC 3.2) and I just picked up a R7 260x, and I noticed I wasn't hitting the framrates other people were for games. So is my CPU bottlenecking my GPU? and if it is, is there an AM2 processor that won't do it/ Can't afford to upgrade MOBO and CPU

 

[mapesdhs]

Very likely yes, though even the best possible CPU will likely limit it to some extent. An oc'd Athlon II X4 would be better, of course
a Phenon II 965 in order to have some L3. Be careful when choosing CPUs, some mbds don't support all possible AM2 options.

Ian.