Can my monitor bottleneck my system?

[bungusboy81]

I have an HD 4400 and a (relatively) new 1080p 144hz monitor. I've noticed every game I played runs awfully even on my old resolution and refresh rate I used on my other monitor of 1280x800 and 60hz. Could my system be too weak for my monitor? I don't know much about monitors so I'm sorry if this is a common or stupid question.

 

Sorry if I'm using the word bottleneck incorrectly.

[Radium_Angel]

18 minutes ago, bungusboy81 said:

HD 4400

Are you talking about the built-in GPU to your processor?

[Shoopman]

Your monitor would be bottlenecking your system if you were exceeding 144 FPS in games because the monitor cannot show that many frames. You just have a weak system. Are you going to upgrade soon? I don't know of any (relevant) games that can hit 1080p 144Hz on a 7 year old iGPU.

[bungusboy81]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Are you talking about the built-in GPU to your processor?

Yes.

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, bungusboy81 said:

Yes.

Yikes, what are the rest of your specs?

[bungusboy81]

1 minute ago, Shoopman said:

That's the opposite of a bottleneck. Your monitor would be bottlenecking your system if you were exceeding 144 FPS in games because the monitor cannot show that many frames. You just have a weak system. Are you going to upgrade soon? I don't know of any (relevant) games that can hit 1080p 144Hz on a 7 year old iGPU.

Yes, my grandma should be able to get us a new computer near the end of April.

[bungusboy81]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

Yikes, what are the rest of your specs?

CPU: i3-4170

PSU: 300w

RAM: 8GB

Storage: 1TB HDD (Seagate Barracuda, I think?)

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, bungusboy81 said:

CPU: i3-4170

PSU: 300w

RAM: 8GB

Storage: 1TB HDD (Seagate Barracuda, I think?)

There's not a chance in Hades you can get even remotely close to what that monitor is capable of providing.

You need a MUCH better GPU

[bungusboy81]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

There's not a chance in Hades you can get even remotely close to what that monitor is capable of providing.

You need a MUCH better GPU

Well the new computer I want has these specs:

 

CPU: i5-10400F

GPU: GTX 1660 Super

RAM: 16GB

Storage: 1TB HDD

PSU: 500w (I can customize it to be either 300 or 500 but I wanted 500 because it's only like 20$ more and I can upgrade it later if I want)

 

would that be good enough?

[Radium_Angel]

3 minutes ago, bungusboy81 said:

Well the new computer I want has these specs:

 

CPU: i5-10400F

GPU: GTX 1660 Super

RAM: 16GB

Storage: 1TB HDD

PSU: 500w (I can customize it to be either 300 or 500 but I wanted 500 because it's only like 20$ more and I can upgrade it later if I want)

 

would that be good enough?

That's much better, yes

[bungusboy81]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

That's much better, yes

Alright, thank you!

[Downkey]

12 minutes ago, bungusboy81 said:

Well the new computer I want has these specs:

 

CPU: i5-10400F

GPU: GTX 1660 Super

RAM: 16GB

Storage: 1TB HDD

PSU: 500w (I can customize it to be either 300 or 500 but I wanted 500 because it's only like 20$ more and I can upgrade it later if I want)

 

would that be good enough?

Well good luck getting that GPU, also get an SSD.