new cpu not much more fps

[brockyy]

so i had a Pentium g630 a few hours ago and installed my core i5 2500s and in skyrim i was getting 31 fps with 100 mods and a enb
and with the new cpu im getting the same?

2 more cores and 4 threads? and not a difference? im i doing something wrong or was my Pentium just that good

 

[daswilhelm]

what GPU are you using?

 

[drbones8472]

Its not that your old CPU was "just that good" Its that Skyrim uses Video Card power far more then CPU Power. If you want more FPS in that game, and most games nowadays, a GPU Upgrade is usually a better choice.

 

[brockyy]

Its not that your old CPU was "just that good" Its that Skyrim uses Video Card power far more then CPU Power. If you want more FPS in that game, and most games nowadays, a GPU Upgrade is usually a better choice.

oh gotcha i say this cus my friend is using a Pentium G3258 with a gtx 750 ti (the same gpu i have) and hes getting 60 fps 1080p at medium settings (with witcher 3 and thats all i care about at this point) so i was just thinking ill get the same or better with my i5? I mean.. logic

 

[Karadjgne]

Skyrim is heavily single threaded, basically it uses just 1 core, any spillover going to a 2nd core or at most a 3rd. In games such as this, core speed is going to show more, so the higher core speed of the g3258 (I'm guessing it's got a decent oc) is what's making the difference. The engine skyrim (and fallout) uses is all about the cpu, very little to do with gpu when compared to other engines.

I'm running 130+ mods, most of which are 4k textures, town, fauna & flora, etc, an enb for weather on a 3570k @ 4.3GHz with a gtx660ti. Maxed out everything I see 64% gpu usage when staring at high grass and 54% cpu usage on 1 core. I don't get spillover. Constant 59-60 fps, no matter what.

Even with 3.7Ghz vrs 2.7Ghz of the old processor, the only thing that's changed is the enb is now smoother. Enb's are high cpu usage and the settings, textures etc have basically capped out on that 750ti. You'll only see raised fps now by lowering things such as sight distances, and especially shadows. Your new cpu has the speed to raise the fps but is now being limited by the gpu.

 

[brockyy]

Skyrim is heavily single threaded, basically it uses just 1 core, any spillover going to a 2nd core or at most a 3rd. In games such as this, core speed is going to show more, so the higher core speed of the g3258 (I'm guessing it's got a decent oc) is what's making the difference. The engine skyrim (and fallout) uses is all about the cpu, very little to do with gpu when compared to other engines.

I'm running 130+ mods, most of which are 4k textures, town, fauna & flora, etc, an enb for weather on a 3570k @ 4.3GHz with a gtx660ti. Maxed out everything I see 64% gpu usage when staring at high grass and 54% cpu usage on 1 core. I don't get spillover. Constant 59-60 fps, no matter what.

Even with 3.7Ghz vrs 2.7Ghz of the old processor, the only thing that's changed is the enb is now smoother. Enb's are high cpu usage and the settings, textures etc have basically capped out on that 750ti. You'll only see raised fps now by lowering things such as sight distances, and especially shadows. Your new cpu has the speed to raise the fps but is now being limited by the gpu.

If i got the new evga gtx 950 would that work better with my cpu?

cus it sounds like your saying my gpu is bottleneck-ing my cpu

 

[daswilhelm]

go for the 960, the price between that and the 950 isn't much.

 

[Karadjgne]

An i5 2500 can handle any current gpu, although with its age, its missing some instruction sets and a few tweaks that are the natural progression of Intel cpu's. So you'll loose a few fps when compared to a Haswell or skylake under identical conditions. But thats about it. The 2500 is still a viable 4core cpu that'll hold its own. There's honestly only 1 thing bottlenecking you letting that cpu loose, your budget. If you are thinking of gpu upgrade, get what you can justifiably afford, be it a gtx960, r9 290, gtx970 or a r9 390. Choice is yours.

The gtx750/750ti is the bottom rung gpu of the gaming gpu ladder. It's better than an igpu, better than its predecessors, better than the other low power gpus, but none of those would be considered a gaming gpu.

Back in the day, that 2500 was a $200 cpu. A good gpu match would be something from 1x-2x that price, so $200-$400