Will my cpu bottleneck this graphics card?

[Joewalk11]

Whill the Core i3 550 bottleneck the 750Ti SC?

Just wondering before I buy.

 

[rush21hit]

Something always bottlenecks something else. That's just the nature of PC.

Your 750Ti most likely will perform much better with, say an i7 6700K, but by how much? I'd guess about 15-20% better.
How much this correlates to actual gaming performance? Say you had about 60FPS on medium with your i3, my guess the i7 would gives about 70-75FPS better while still on medium.

So in this sense, it all down to this: if you are being comfortable enough to what you're at right now, why even bother?
Besides, rule of thumb on PC world; a better GPU would have more profound impact on graphical department long before CPU would.

tl;dr: it won't.

 

[maxalge]

Whill the Core i3 550 bottleneck the 750Ti SC?

Just wondering before I buy.

i suggest upgrading to an i7 compatible with your 1156 motherboard, an i7 860 for example along with a gtx 950 would make for a very respectable setup



that said, yes that i3 is dated and most likely would be the fps limiting factor


something like an i5 680 should pair much better with that 750 ti

 

[maxalge]

Something always bottlenecks something else. That's just the nature of PC.

Your 750Ti most likely will perform much better with, say an i7 6700K, but by how much? I'd guess about 15-20% better.
How much this correlates to actual gaming performance? Say you had about 60FPS on medium with your i3, my guess the i7 would gives about 70-75FPS better while still on medium.

So in this sense, it all down to this: if you are being comfortable enough to what you're at right now, why even bother?
Besides, rule of thumb on PC world; a better GPU would have more profound impact on graphical department long before CPU would.

tl;dr: it won't.

going from an i3 to an i5 can yield more than double the fps on some games, sometimes even more



if the cpu is the limiting factor, adding gpu power would do nothing

 

[rush21hit]

@maxalge: That is true, but consider this: people who bought GTX750Ti usually has either these factor;

-Under a very tight budget
-Not a very hefty PSU
-Small case
-simply not much options

In this sense, I'd assume OP has no plan to upgrade his CPU. Which is why I say; it won't even matter. Even I go so far to say if he has enough budget to get 980Ti, he should. Even if that means he won't change his PC spec.
A great GPU would still do a lot better than an entire spec overhaul by the same budget by degrading the GPU.

 

[Joewalk11]

Ok thanks for all the answers and yes, I am under a budget until I can get some more money and when I do ill be upgrading my cpu and mother board to this,

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($168.00 @ IJK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($133.00 @ Umart)

But for the time being Im going to go with the 750Ti just because the card in my pc has a pretty bad graphics card atm and This will be a big upgrade for the time being.

Thanks!