Is this a bottleneck if so how much?

[hammad91]

Ok so my cpu is a amd a8-5500 at 3.2ghz quad core and I am thinking of upgrading the gpu to a GTX 970 so I want to know will this be a bottleneck if so how much fps? If its really bad can you give a good cpu to pair it up oh and my mobo is a MSI 2AE0. Thanks!

 

[DonQuixoteMC]

It depends on the resolution you'll play at and the games you play. Can you give us some examples?

Generally speaking, that is a pretty unbalanced combo. An i3 or better would be preferred.

 

[hammad91]

It depends on the resolution you'll play at and the games you play. Can you give us some examples?

Generally speaking, that is a pretty unbalanced combo. An i3 or better would be preferred.

I'll be playing at 1440x900 and I'll want it to be able to run watch dogs and battlefield hardline.

 

[DonQuixoteMC]

Okay, so that is a very small resolution to play at, all things considered. You will get VERY high framerate from the GPU, so you will absolutely run into a bottleneck. How bad? It's hard to say.

This is what I recommend, if you get the GTX 970, first order of business is to upgrade your monitor to take advantage of all that graphics power. Second would be to upgrade your CPU.

Alternately, you could keep your current monitor, spring for a cheaper GPU (R9 270 or 280/5) and upgrade your CPU with the difference. You wouldn't notice the weaker GPU at your current resolution, especially with the CPU bottleneck.

That's a tough call.

 

[hammad91]

Okay, so that is a very small resolution to play at, all things considered. You will get VERY high framerate from the GPU, so you will absolutely run into a bottleneck. How bad? It's hard to say.

This is what I recommend, if you get the GTX 970, first order of business is to upgrade your monitor to take advantage of all that graphics power. Second would be to upgrade your CPU.

Alternately, you could keep your current monitor, spring for a cheaper GPU (R9 270 or 280/5) and upgrade your CPU with the difference. You wouldn't notice the weaker GPU at your current resolution, especially with the CPU bottleneck.

That's a tough call.

So how much fps are we looking at if you had to make a guess oh and is a resolution bottleneck worse than a cpu bottleneck?

 

[iam2thecrowe]

It depends on the resolution you'll play at and the games you play. Can you give us some examples?

Generally speaking, that is a pretty unbalanced combo. An i3 or better would be preferred.

I'll be playing at 1440x900 and I'll want it to be able to run watch dogs and battlefield hardline.

At most i would put a gtx660 or r9 270 with that cpu at that resolution. Anything more and you probably wont notice the difference due to cpu bottleneck. If i were you id look at selling the cpu and mobo and changing to a platform more aimed at performance and building a more balanced rig.

 

[Ryan Souza]

iam2thecrowe, you are a 100% right. As an everyday cpu, that chip is great. As a gaming cpu, Its waaaay under powered.

 

[DonQuixoteMC]

Assuming you have a 60 Hz monitor, your monitor will be bottlenecking the GTX 970 by not allowing more than 60 frames per second to be shown. Your A8 will bottleneck your GTX 970 probably twenty-thirty FPS or so in BF4. I imagine you'll get around 30-40 FPS with that CPU.