Overclocking CPU = bottlenecking GPU

[Empire24453]

DO you think that by overclocking my i7 10700K to 5.1ghz it bottlenecking my 1660TI 

 

Lets say the game is GPU heavy and my GPU is around 80% to max of almost 100% 

[Tan3l6]

No, why do you even imply that?

10700K is in another league. 1660Ti is a yoke. At least in this context.

[Empire24453]

Just doing my own troubleshotting to the fact that while running MSFS and with the Fenix A320 payware the CPU is high very high at 60% and at times higher then 80%

 

ENd of the day when flying somrthing else I do not get that proplem 

[Stahlmann]

Your bottleneck IS the GPU. You won't achieve anything by overclocking your CPU. If you want more performance overclock your GPU.

[Le_Taken]

I wouldn't believe a 1660ti would bottleneck a 10th gen i7, it isn't really powerfull enough to outrun the cpu, it might depend rho if the game is cpu intensive though 

[Empire24453]

SO best bet to put the CPU back down to 4.8ghz then right? 

[Tan3l6]

Just now, Empire24453 said:

SO best bet to put the CPU back down to 4.8ghz then right? 

If the temps @5.1 bother you, then surely.

[Levent]

Reducing CPU overclock wont reduce your GPU bottleneck, if your primary bottleneck is your GPU (which it is).

[Stahlmann]

4 minutes ago, Empire24453 said:

SO best bet to put the CPU back down to 4.8ghz then right? 

No, don't underclock. That would be stupid.

 

EVERY PC has a bottleneck and for most PCs that's the GPU. Even with my 5600x and 3080 build my GPU is still the bottleneck in pretty much any game i throw at it. It's pretty easy to find out what is the bottleneck.

 

If your GPU runs at or around 99% or higher when gaming, then it's the bottleneck. If it's under 95%, then something else is limiting your performance, likely the CPU.

[Empire24453]

4 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

If the temps @5.1 bother you, then surely.

Temps is not worring, MAx is 68c mostly around 50c

 

3 minutes ago, Levent said:

Reducing CPU overclock wont reduce your GPU bottleneck, if your primary bottleneck is your GPU (which it is).

SInce I OC my CPU I have seen better performance 

 

 

ENd of the day I say it's just a simple payware Fenix A320 that is just made badly as it's using allot. everything else is all good. 

 

MSFS2020 is always makes my GPU running high at over 90% to 100%

[Mister Woof]

52 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

Your bottleneck IS the GPU. You won't achieve anything by overclocking your CPU. If you want more performance overclock your GPU.

Depends. In most games overclocking a CPU even with a general GPU limitation, it should smooth out the FPS lows. There are always scenes of heavy CPU loading and most GPUs catch a little break, even a 1660ti. The OC would help reduce that.