What Would Bottleneck An HD 7950?

[RubyRoks]

So i'm goofing off on PC Parts Picker and i saw that a 7950 was 219.99-ish. a good rule of thumb is to buy a CPU that's about equal price to the GPU. But i was wondering how bad of a CPU this card would be able to perform decently.
thanks for the input if you choose to reply

[ThePcMasterRace]

I5 4670k for ur budget but u can get away with a fx 6300

[_ASSASSIN_]

 a good rule of thumb is to buy a CPU that's about equal price to the GPU. But i was wondering how bad of a CPU this card would be able to perform decently.

that's a bad rule of thumb, typically you want to spend more with the GPU than CPU.

[Ryan Leech]

An i7 4770K could bottleneck it. So you should get an FX 6300

[Recon-UK]

Throw water on it, i reckon that would bottleneck the 7950.

[RubyRoks]

An i7 4770K could bottleneck it. So you should get an FX 6300

I'm talking about how LOW PERFROMING of a CPU i could get

I know the 4770k could easily get more out of a better card, but i want to know if a Sandy-i3 or worse would be too low end

[ohJey]

Something below a Athlon x4 / Phenom ii x4 would bottleneck it pretty significantly

[Recon-UK]

Pentium D 930?

[Jerakl]

An Intel 4004

[AMICLG]

I'm talking about how LOW PERFROMING of a CPU i could get

I know the 4770k could easily get more out of a better card, but i want to know if a Sandy-i3 or worse would be too low end

You could but CPU bound games would bottlenecked, a FX-6300 is the same price and can be overclocked plus it has more cores.

[Recon-UK]

An Intel 4004

But it's intel, no bottlenecks here son.

Does that come in an Extreme edition SKU?

[nsyedhasan]

I would get something like a FX 6300 for that. If you want something better I would go with the FX 8320.

[Ryan Leech]

I'm talking about how LOW PERFROMING of a CPU i could get

I know the 4770k could easily get more out of a better card, but i want to know if a Sandy-i3 or worse would be too low end

A sandy i3 is just fine for any game besides ARMA.

[Jerakl]

But it's intel, no bottlenecks here son.

Does that come in an Extreme edition SKU?

The extremist.

[Tr3vor]

An Intel 4004

 

 

That CPU was not used in PCs at all, you're lowest choice would probably be an 8088

[Recon-UK]

The extremist.

[Recon-UK]

That CPU was not used in PCs at all, you're lowest choice would probably be an 8088

Fucking dreams all ruined.

[Jerakl]

That CPU was not used in PCs at all, you're lowest choice would probably be an 8088

"commercially available"

I don't care if it wasn't in a PC. It would still bottleneck a 7950.

[nosirrah123]

A better rule of thumb is to buy a 4670k if your GPU is 250+, or a 6300 or i3 if it's less than 250.

[Ober1kenobi]

In All Seriousness,

Go watch Austin Evans video with the i3 4130 and the i5 4670k (at stock speeds im guessing)

He tested a 7950 in that video with both CPU's and the i3 barely bottlenecks it. like barely

[Tr3vor]

"commercially available"

I don't care if it wasn't in a PC. It would still bottleneck a 7950.

 

Ok then, how about a single transistor? 

or a tube?

[Jerakl]

Ok then, how about a single transistor? 

or a tube?

How about an atom?

[gasho]

In All Seriousness,

Go watch Austin Evans video with the i3 4130 and the i5 4670k (at stock speeds im guessing)

He tested a 7950 in that video with both CPU's and the i3 barely bottlenecks it. like barely

I'm running a i3 2120 with a 7950 Boost @ 1Ghz and 5.5Ghz Mem Clock and the GPU is on 100% Utilization in BF4 so the little i3 is not throttling the 7950 .

[RubyRoks]

In All Seriousness,

Go watch Austin Evans video with the i3 4130 and the i5 4670k (at stock speeds im guessing)

He tested a 7950 in that video with both CPU's and the i3 barely bottlenecks it. like barely

the 4130 would outperform the 2120 i'm looking at EASILY, so it'd be harder to judge from that comparison.