Will an older CPU (AMD Phenom II X4 830) bottleneck a GTX 960?

[Jovs]

This is just a short question that I wanted to ask. I'm currently upgrading another computer and the computer itself has an Phenom II X4 830. The card that is going to be put in it is a Asus Strix GTX 960 4GB.


If there is any issues, then there is no choice but to upgrade the CPU then.
Thanks.

 

[nimbian]

This will depend on the game itself but in general I would say yes. That CPU is a dual core running at 2.8hz which is slow not to mention the architectural differences that have come over the years.

 

[neieus]

This will depend on the game itself but in general I would say yes. That CPU is a dual core running at 2.8hz which is slow not to mention the architectural differences that have come over the years.

Well the CPU is actually a true quad core however there will still be a bottleneck depending on the game.

 

[Jovs]

This will depend on the game itself but in general I would say yes. That CPU is a dual core running at 2.8hz which is slow not to mention the architectural differences that have come over the years.

Well the CPU is actually a true quad core however there will still be a bottleneck depending on the game.

The person typically plays CS:GO, TF2, Ark etc.

 

[madmatt30]

The phenom will limit a 960 in so much as you won't see a big fps increase, most stuff will be limited by the CPU in that respect.
What you will get is a fairly sizeable increase in graphics quality.
Meaning depending on what old card is currently in there you'll be able to up the settings with no actual loss in fps.

 

[Jovs]

The phenom will limit a 960 in so much as you won't see a big fps increase, most stuff will be limited by the CPU in that respect.
What you will get is a fairly sizeable increase in graphics quality.
Meaning depending on what old card is currently in there you'll be able to up the settings with no actual loss in fps.

I understand that. It's just temporary so by December they should have an FX 8320 CPU in there I believe. But as I said, will it run games like CS:GO and ARK a bit better?