What's causing bottleneck?

[amadino13]

Hey everyone! I was playing Battlefield 4 the other day on my computer. I've been getting around 100fps. I'm just wondering what could cause a bottleneck and how would you be able to fix it. I'm running a 8120 @4.5 ghz, 8gb ram @1600 and gtx 780 @1163mhz. My guess would be the cpu since its the oldest in my rig. Would upgrading to a 8320 or even 8350 make a noticeable difference? Or what about a 9370? Full specs are in my signature. Thank you for all your help. 

[Shd0w2]

If you have an 780, go to an 8350, unless you can only get the 8320

[helping]

Hey everyone! I was playing Battlefield 4 the other day on my computer. I've been getting around 100fps. I'm just wondering what could cause a bottleneck and how would you be able to fix it. I'm running a 8120 @4.5 ghz, 8gb ram @1600 and gtx 780 @1163mhz. My guess would be the cpu since its the oldest in my rig. Would upgrading to a 8320 or even 8350 make a noticeable difference? Or what about a 9370? Full specs are in my signature. Thank you for all your help. 

Your motherboard can probably support the 9xxx sku CPUs. The 8120 clocked at 4.5Ghz is probably around the equivalence in performance to a 4.1~4.2Ghz clocked 8350. 

 

I wouldn't bother, but it's up to you. 

[DudeWazap]

You will see about a 10-15% performance increase if you were to upgrade to an 8350. Maybe even more after overclocking. I would go with an 8350 if you can afford it.

[mk005]

In general the 8120 at that frequency will not bottleneck a single gpu set up, especially in battlefield 4 where mantle was just released.  100FPS on ultra with a single gpu is at the upper end of the benchmarks for that game.  I seriously doubt a new CPU would help your set up.

[LukaP]

get another GPU and SLI. will affect FPS waay more than getting a new CPU

[harrynowl]

Hey everyone! I was playing Battlefield 4 the other day on my computer. I've been getting around 100fps. I'm just wondering what could cause a bottleneck and how would you be able to fix it. I'm running a 8120 @4.5 ghz, 8gb ram @1600 and gtx 780 @1163mhz. My guess would be the cpu since its the oldest in my rig. Would upgrading to a 8320 or even 8350 make a noticeable difference? Or what about a 9370? Full specs are in my signature. Thank you for all your help. 

Do you really need more than 100FPS in BF4 that warrants an upgrade? Unless you're playing competitively I'm not seeing it.

[Faa]

Your cpu isnt bottlenecking if your gpu is sitting at 99% all the time. Monitor your gpu loads with playclaw 5 if it sits at 99% you don't have any bottleneck and you'll be needing a 2nd card if you want more frames.
 

 

If you have an 780, go to an 8350, unless you can only get the 8320

There's only a 7% IPC difference, that isn't worth it.