Will I bottleneck my GPU?

[kalaixeluniverse]

I currently own an AMD A10-9700 on a MSI a320m motherboard. I'm planning on buying a gtx 1060, but will I be able to make use 100% of the card or will it bottleneck?

 

[guanyu210379]

The limitation is variable depending on the game.
processor heavy games will be bottlenecked quite a lot.
BTW, GTX1060 comes in 2 variants, the 3GB and 6GB variant. The difference is not only on the VRAM size but also in performance. GTX1060 6GB is quite a lot more superior.
For 1060 3GB, A10 9700 is not yet fully bad but for 1060 6GB, I would upgrade the processor first.

 

[volkgren]

You will be limited by your CPU (a.k.a. bottlenecked). A GTX 1050 Ti would probably be a better use of your money, but you could always get the GTX 1060 and then buy a Ryzen CPU later to get the full use of your 1060.

 

[guanyu210379]

I do not think you as user can bottleneck gtx1060 6GB....well unless you are comparing the speed of GTX1060 doing bit-coin mining and you have to do it by hand (pen and paper)

Your A10-9700 processor is a bottleneck to most new games for almost everything faster than 1050ti.

 

[kalaixeluniverse]

You will be limited by your CPU (a.k.a. bottlenecked). A GTX 1050 Ti would probably be a better use of your money, but you could always get the GTX 1060 and then buy a Ryzen CPU later to get the full use of your 1060.

Oh okay i see, would it be limited a lot or it's still good to use without a lot of limitations?

 

[guanyu210379]

The limitation is variable depending on the game.
processor heavy games will be bottlenecked quite a lot.
BTW, GTX1060 comes in 2 variants, the 3GB and 6GB variant. The difference is not only on the VRAM size but also in performance. GTX1060 6GB is quite a lot more superior.
For 1060 3GB, A10 9700 is not yet fully bad but for 1060 6GB, I would upgrade the processor first.

 

[maxalge]

You will be limited by your CPU (a.k.a. bottlenecked). A GTX 1050 Ti would probably be a better use of your money, but you could always get the GTX 1060 and then buy a Ryzen CPU later to get the full use of your 1060.

Oh okay i see, would it be limited a lot or it's still good to use without a lot of limitations?

the newer and more cpu heavy the game the worse the a10 will perform, thus limiting the 1060 further killing the reason for getting more gpu power



you want at least a ryzen 1600 for a 1060