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I have a i5-9600k and an RTX 2080 and I believe that my CPU is bottlenecking my GPU. When I looked at the usage while playing counter strike global offensive, my CPU Usage was about 70-80 percent and my GPU Usage was running at about 40%. Is my CPU Bottlenecking my GPU? For clarification, I am playing on 1080p 144 Hz monitor and my CPU is not overclocked. Your help would be appreciated!

Question: i'm looking to start upgrading my pc I've searched alot and decided to buy a fxf rx 5700 8gb thic 3 but whenever i search i7-3820 plus rx 5700 they say it bottlenecks the gpu by 60% and by the stats they show it performs in games worst than my current gpu gtx 960 2gb , i can run gta all high 60 fps and acording to the test bench i saw only writen in text but they claim 40 fps high with that graphic card and in the other hand i saw a guy on youtube running my processor in red dead ultra settings 60 fps with a rtx , i don't know in what i belive i wana build a pc but im on a budget i wana start on a graphic card first and then build my way up while i still play video games my current config I7-3820 Asus p9x79pro Ddr3 32gb ram can add more i have another 32 stored 850w power supply Ssd Water cooler 4k monitor Plz i really need help cus the bottleneck calculators are all lies and the 3 websites i saw seem sketchy i can clock the processor to 3,80 maybe : I did another question befor for a rx 5500 but it was a bit outdated and wanted gpu for the next years , and i won't be able to upgrade my pc for the next 5 or 6 months because next upgrade i will need to replace motherboard ram cpu and cooler

I need help! Current build: i5-7600k GTX 1060 6gb Samsung evo 970 16gb single channel ddr4 2400 mhz (will UPgrade to dual channel) 1 tb seagate hdd 500w cooler master 80+ psu Cooler master k480 mid tower case I can feel my pc is getting dated as many games get frame drops and my current build is not really suitable for streaming I hardly get 40fps in Apex Legends while streaming at 720p, need help for an upgrade path which fits my budget. Will be Mainly used for streaming on YouTube and content creation tasks such as editing photos and videos. Budget (including currency): ₹40,000-50,000 Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: mostly games included in xbox game pass and ea access like battlefield 5,star wars, apex legends and occasionally csgo and valorant I want to stream Youtube/twitch edit 4k footage shot on Sony a7III

I bought my pc about a year ago, had a friend help me put it together, Its a i5 9600K overclocked to 4.3 in windows but it bios says 3.7 with a MSI 2070 GamingZ with 16gb of corsair ram clocked at 3000 mhz on a Asus Prime b350m-a I know this board only supports 2666mhz ive order some new ram just waiting for it to come in, but I havent overclocked the ram is only at 2300mhz in the bios but when I go into windows it says its at 1329mhz. While im playing game such as League,overwatch,COD,minecraft, some more high intense games as well my cpu is using 90% to 100% in higher demanding games and 40% to 50% in less demanding games, while my 2070 isnt evening using 20% in higher intense games, I just want to know if something is bottlenecking the GPU from ramping up or in some cases even use it. Looking to play games at a Average to High FPS with my Gpu usage being higher and less stress on my CPU. ANY HELP WOULD BE APERICATED AND OPEN TO ANWSER ANY QUESTIONS

Hi. I've been looking around for a solution since I bought the card 3 days ago and its driving me crazy!! I have a problem with my MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO My setup is: MSI GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO. X570-F Gaming. 16GB G.Skillz 3200mhz XMP, two sticks, A2-B2 slot. 850W PSU. Ryzen 5 3600 with a Noctua NH-U12S mounted, which has two fans mounted as well. Fractal Design Focus G case with two intake fans infront, 2 outtake fans on top Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD M.2 2280 - 1TB for my games CPU is not overclocked. In most games like GTA V, Cyberpunk and Rust the games performance is very bad compared to what I thought. GPU usage is approx. 50% in all games, and CPU is about 50% too. GTA V with max settings on 1440p I get roughly 60fps, dips to 45fps. Changing settings don't really do a difference. I play without V Sync and Frame Scaling. Cyberpunk is also about 45fps in the city and about 70fps outside town. Rust roams about 60-70fps most places. Runs pretty well with my Valve Index, in Half Life: Alyx. Only got mild lag spikes a few times throughout two hours of VR adventure. My RX 5700XT ran games better than this RTX 3080. What is up with that? I've tried removing driver with DDU in safe mode, and installing it again. I've changed PSU cables so the GPU has 3 separate cables. Can this be a driver issue? My current driver is version 460.89 I did a userbenchmark test as well Asus ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING Performance Results - UserBenchmark

If I post this in the wrong section sorry. I want to get a new gpu cause my actual one isn't working And I'm thinking of getting a gtx 1050 ti From asus of 4gb and I don't know if the CPU it's gonna bottleneck

i want another nvme drive, but i wonder if butting my 2060 in 8x will hurt gaming performance a lot or not.

Hi there, I don t know if im writting this topic where is supposed to be, but i hope i can get some answers (pretty please). I am wondering if my pc is bottle necking. I will write down my specs bellow: CPU: I5 9600K COOLER: Noctua NH-D15 GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2060 SUPER MB: Asus Prime Z390P RAM: 8x2 GB 3200 MHZ KLEVV SSD: ADATA SU630 240 GB (OS) SSD LEXAR PROFESSIONAL NM700 M.2 2280 1TB (Where i keep my games) I also have a WD BLUE HDD 1TB (idk its name). MONITOR: MSI OPTIX G24 144 GHZ (G-SYNC WITH FREE SYNC ACTIVATED) Now, im having troubles during gaming, more exactly, when im playing COD Warzone. I have about 130-140 fps depending on the area where i am, but from time to time I see some lag spikes, like stuttering which is annoying. Now, my temps are about 70-75 on all cores, maybe 78 top during Warzone. I also see some spikes/stutterings when I play RDR 2 (which is cracked, not original) for the first 5 minutes, but after that everything is fine, like my pc takes some time to stretch it self. I also overclocked my cpu at 5ghz. My cpu has 100% utilisation during gaming (which i don t know if its bad or not). I am wondering what is wrong with my pc, cuz i don t know if its supposed to lag at any time. Also, my internet is shitty (I live in UK and i have the shittiest internet - Talk Talk). Apart from my internet provider, what could it be? Bad overclocking? Maybe i didn t set the values well? My cpu is bottle necking because of the gpu or vice-versa? What should I check? How do I check if my pc is bottlenecking? I also mention that i just bought the 1tb SSD and i just transferred the games from the HDD from SSD, i didn t reinstall them on the new device. Sorry if my narative is all over the place, but im too tired to concentrate. Hope you can understand what i ve written without getting a headache. Can you please help me? Thank you! Alex.

Hey Guys, I am running at lowest 40fps and at most 80fps on the new black ops (Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War) - keeping in note that only 5gbs out of the 8gbs of vram is being used on good settings - and I have the following specs; CPU: i5-9600k GPU: RTX 2070 Ram: 32gb 3200MHz My friend averages around 80-90 fps on the same settings with the following specs; CPU: i7-7700 GPU: GTX 1660 Ram: 16gb ??MHz I suspect a cpu bottleneck, would I correct by thinking that? If so, what can you recommend on replacing the cpu with. Edit: All drivers updated and CPU usage (Task Manager) 80-100% in-game. Thanks for the help, Dr.

I'm currently gaming on a system that has a 3070 and a Ryzen 9 5900. Every game runs phenomenally, accept, Assassins creed odyssey which is al I've been playing recently. Its runs at a fun 25 fps. This is on both low and high graphics settings, which made me think it was a CPU bottleneck but there is no way that my 5900 is getting bottlenecked so I'm confused what the problem could be. Some other things to note are that when you press F1 in game it shows you your fps and gpu/cpu consumption. And my cpu has about 70-80 percent, and my gpu is only running at 40-45 percent. Also ive made sure that v and g sync are off in both the game and nvidia control panel. So I'm just confused why this game in particular wont go past 30 fps.

Whenever I play a game, in specific Far Cry 6 because that is the only game I have played since I have built this PC, but that's besides the point. Whenever I play, my CPU usage is at around 25%-30%, and my GPU usage is at 100%. The specs in my PC are as follows: ----------------------------------------------- NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 16GB (2x8) 3200MHz 512 GB NVMe SSD (around 2500MB/s) Windows 11 Home ----------------------------------------------- I am not sure is Far Cry 6 is just a very GPU intensive game, or if my system has a GPU bottleneck. I still get around 80 FPS on completely max settings in Far Cry 6 on 1080p, but I am just wondering if the RTX 3060 is not powerful enough for the Ryzen 7 5700G. Thanks, Alex

Hey , i recenlty got a good deal for a 3060ti for just 370€ and until it arives i wondered if my system will be bottlenecked Current setup I7 9700k at stock Gtx 1070 swapping this one out 16gb corsair ddr4 3200 mhz An m2 ssd 500gb Windows 10 I did read about it a bit but couldnt find any answers , some say its a bottleneck some say ist fine Sorry for the bad english^^

Hey there! I recently upgraded my GPU from a 1050ti to a 1070 amp edition by Zotac. My CPU is a i7-4770 (ancient I know) and im running 16 GB of RAM. I have a 650W psu which i think should be up to the job. First it all seemed well, games were running as expected and there were no issues to speak off. However, couple of days ago i started noticing very lacking performance in more demanding games (that i not often play) like PUBG. The graphics settings barely influenced the performance but turning OFF Vsync made the fps go to precisely 60fps on low enough settings... Weirdly the problem also occured in Assetto Corsa, which was running perfectly on the highest settings on my 1050ti. It feels like a mix of low fps and some kind of rubberbanding. I checked MSI afterburner and my cpu was only used like 30% which for me spoke against a cpu bottleneck. My gpu usage however is unusually high even in Assetto (roughly 80%). I then tried messing around with the pagefile, reinstalling the graphicsdriver, resetting the settings in Nvidea Control Panel and checked for any apps that might be hindering my performance but nothing came out of it all. Do you think im dealing with a CPU bottleneck or that there is another (perhaps hardware-related) issue. Thank you to anyone trying to help! Kind Regards, Jonas.

Hey, This is my current build: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Graymac_12/saved/#view=LHkHzy In rust I get about 55-65 FPS on rust, 75-80 if I'm not near any bases. Task manager says my CPU generally runs at 45% and GPU generally at 35%. I'm wondering if it is worth it to get a Ryzen 5 5600x, or if it is just not worth it to upgrade. Userbenchmark said my computer is running at the expected levels. Thanks

ive just purchased a new motherboard, CPU and ram combo for my computer. I7 12700k, ASUS TUF Z690 Plus wifi and 23 gigs of CL18 ram from team group @ 3600. will my GTX 1080FE bottleneck? As I'm wanting to wait for the 40 series GPU's to come out instead of blowing my money on a 3080 now. cheers,

If I am running something like minecraft with shader it maxes my GPU while my CPU is only at about 40%. It does this to GPU in other games like warzone and destiny 2. Is this just because I run high settings or is it a bottleneck? I am only curious since I am thinking changing the MOBO and CPU to be a 12th gen 12700K and maybe depending on my budget then upgrading to DDR5, but then it would probably be a bottle neck on the GPU so I might just upgrade to 40 series in the end anyway. This would be in like a year-ish time. (Also Pep the set up if you want to it took a lot of time and money to get.) Pcpartpicker list: https://pcpartpicker.com/b/GMGcCJ

Hello and thank you for reading, 2nd post here and new builder (just upgrading from 1st PC I picked and assembled). I'm following up from my first post here which was in Troubleshooting 1. Budget & Location: 650$ in Romania (Retail prices are usually higher here. e.g. : 5800x3D costs 456$ compared to Amazon's 345$ according to Part Picker) I might be able to increase the budget if it's worth it...but I really don't see the advantage of having to pay the huge prices for new AM5/Intel motherboards and DDR5. 2. Aim Gaming, I mostly play RPG's and World of Warcraft / 3. Monitors 1 main monitor - Newly bought Samsung Odyssey: 144 refresh rate , 27 inch 1440p , Freesync (2nd one used for browser when i'm not using it for work stuff) 4. Current specs ( XMP profile enabled) : CPU: AMD ryzen 2700x / GPU: Rtx 3080 10gb / RAM :16 gb C14 2400 Mhz / PSU :Seasonic G12 GC Series, 80 PLUS® Gold, 850W / Motherboard(Updated BIOS 2 weeks ago): Asus X370A 5. Need for Upgrade: I found a good price on a 3080 and bought it, even though I knew it was a bit of a bottleneck for my current CPU 2700x, but now I feel that's much worse as I seem to have very bad FPS when trying to play in 1440p Ultra High ( game settings don't seem to make that much of a difference) because I like to play crap like Fallout, Skyrim, WoW, Cyberpunk ...big open worlds that are CPU driven apparently.. I was thinking of buying new 3200 mhz CL16 ram (which are supported by the motherboard) and is the stock frequency for the 5800x3D which could also run on the motherboard and I would hope to keep me going for a couple more years... OR I could wait for prices to drop for the AM5/ wait for budget AM5 boards (because I really don't want to invest in expensive Motherboards) which would also have PCI E 4 for the GPU (as I am currently running on PCI 3) , however I don't think the price of DDR5 RAM is going down any time soon or at least, not to an acceptable level for myself, but the performance and better future proofing might be worth it? Sorry if I rambled, but I find it confusing and stressful because I don't have much experience with the parts and don't know the future technology's potential that well for my needs...

I am looking into buying a 3070ti,I have a Ryzen 5 3600 and a 1080p 144hz Monitor. I was wondering if that would cause any bottleneck and if so would overclocking the CPU help at all? (I'm kind of a noob at this stuff)

Would a R5 3600 paired with a RX 6750 XT bottleneck at 1440p?

I received a Ryzen 9 7900X and currently have a 3080 TI. I game in both 1080P and 4k. Will I see any limitations or “bottlenecks” with this duo?

Hello I'm thinking of building a new pc and first and foremost I was wondering of the newest gen of Ryzen is worth it. As well as if that cpu and a 3060 would be a possible bottleneck. Thanks

I am thinking about buying an Intel Core i3-13100F but i don't know if it's worth it. I am suffering from low FPS in some games, like CS:GO, beamng.drive and Minecraft in the newer versions, please help me. I really need an FPS boost. I took all possible measures in the game's options and priority settings in the task manager. Nothing works good enough to satisfy my needs. It is not overclocked and i don't want anything to do with overclocking. Thanks in advance, Topesz.

So i've got a Ryzen 5 2600x CPU with a EVGA RTX 2070 XC GAMING GPU, 16GB corsair vengeance 3000Mhz RAM on a MSI B450 A-Pro motherboard. I dont really get high FPS in games and people tell me that my CPU is bottlenecking my GPU's performance by alot, and that a upgrade to the Ryzen 7 3700x would be a major 25-50% FPS boost. Anyone that has a good understanding about this problem? Thank you in advance!

Hello friends, My friend want to upgrade his computer because his graphics card seems to be dying. So we were wondering if upgrading to a gtx 1660 6gb will be bottle necked by his i5-4690k? Thanks in advance for the help

https://www.userbenchmark.com/PCGame/FPS-Estimates-Grand-Theft-Auto-V/3727/153864.347462.Max.1080p.0 only a few settings high some lows, i get 40 fps, same resolution, same gpu basically. why is my fps so bad? i have 8086k, close enough to 8700k, yet that. why qnd how do i fix it?