Is this a bottleneck?

[Simon_16]

Hey everyone
These are my computer specs:
AMD FX-4300 3.8 GHz
12 Gb DDR3 RAM
MSI 760GM-P34(FX) motherboard

I wan to know if a an EVGA GTX 960 FTW would cause a bottleneck, and if so, does a EVGA GTX 750 Ti FTW cause a bottleneck too?

Thank you

 

[Barty1884]

Your FX4300 will likely bottleneck a GTX 960 in certain situations, but not too bad. The 960 was a pretty poor investment, even when new on a price to performance ratio though. Unless you can find one used for pretty cheap, something like an RX460, 470, 480 or a GTX1060 may be a better use of funds - but more of a significant bottleneck from the FX4300.

It's unlikely to bottleneck a 750ti though, the 750ti isn't all that powerful.

 

[Simon_16]

Your FX4300 will likely bottleneck a GTX 960 in certain situations, but not too bad. The 960 was a pretty poor investment, even when new on a price to performance ratio though. Unless you can find one used for pretty cheap, something like an RX460, 470, 480 or a GTX1060 may be a better use of funds - but more of a significant bottleneck from the FX4300.

It's unlikely to bottleneck a 750ti though, the 750ti isn't all that powerful.

Thanks, and also just to make sure, the only thing a bottleneck actually does is reduce and limit the performane right? It won't make my system crash? Because one of my friends once told me that and I wasn't sure if it was real...

 

[Barty1884]

A bottleneck essentially means one component will be maxed out (in it's ability) before the other component can get close.
Can result in stuttering, FPS drops etc - worst cases, some lockups or slight freezing, but should not cause crashes.

In this case, your FX4300 would reach 100% usage and have no more to give before a 960, RX4xx or GTX1060 gets close to maxing out.
A bottleneck, in & of itself, will not cause system crashes.

 

[Simon_16]

A bottleneck essentially means one component will be maxed out (in it's ability) before the other component can get close.
Can result in stuttering, FPS drops etc - worst cases, some lockups or slight freezing, but should not cause crashes.

In this case, your FX4300 would reach 100% usage and have no more to give before a 960, RX4xx or GTX1060 gets close to maxing out.
A bottleneck, in & of itself, will not cause system crashes.

thank you very much