Is this bottlenecking?

[Borky1051]

I have a 280x and i dont think i'm getting the performance ive seen people getting.I have a fx 4100 cpu, ive had it for about 2 1/5 years now and will probably upgrade to a 4670k or 4770k soon since ive been playing alot of arma 3 but still curios if my cpu is bottlenecking my gpu.

Thnx for replies.

[JuztBe]

Yes. Yes it is.

[Rorgash]

according to this benchmark, very possibly.. http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-4100+Quad-Core

 

[harrynowl]

It's nothing special CPU wise, some things don't care which CPU. In ARMA3 there is definitely a bottleneck with an FX4100.

 

I'd recommend a 4670k + Z87 D3H, will work fine for you

 

For now you can OC your FX4100 it will help a little.

[Theblasphemouscoffee]

Yes you are almost certianly being bottlenecked by that cpu

[antoainb]

The CPU is bottlencking the GPU. Maybe try to overclock it like @harrynowl said to get some more performance.

[Joshua Ondangan]

try overclocking it for now until you can buy some savy intel.

[SparkySamZa]

or upgrade to an FX8320 , then problem solved

[tank12up]

Yes yes it is why not try overclocking it but make sure that you have a good aftercooler,your psu wont be overloaded and your motherboard can handle it

[Sintezza]

ARMA is one of those games with a very bad optimized gaming engine  to use multiple cores, so yeah, the cpu is the bottleneck here, arma dayZ lol and wow, run better on an intel cpu. you will also be bottlenecked with an i5 or i7, but since intel cpu´s have a better single core performance, you will not realy notice this.

 

Overclocking does not realy help

[Prokart2000]

or upgrade to an FX8320 , then problem solved

no my non oced 8320 is a bottleneck

[Sintezza]

no my non oced 8320 is a bottleneck

 

indeed only option is intel i3 or i5

 

But i5 would offcourse be better in a wider spectrum of games then an i3. But just for ARMA it does not matter.

[flibberdipper]

God yes.

 

In my case, my CPU is being bottlenecked by my GPU.

[harrynowl]

or upgrade to an FX8320 , then problem solved

Not necessarily, ARMA doesn't use many cores so you'll get 15-20% at best.

 

With the higher IPC of Intel he'd gain a lot more

 

@tmcclelland455  No silly the GeForce 7025 is the boss of high end gaming

[flibberdipper]

Not necessarily, ARMA doesn't use many cores so you'll get 15-20% at best.

 

With the higher IPC of Intel he'd gain a lot more

 

@tmcclelland455  No silly the GeForce 7025 is the boss of high end gaming

Clearly. 7025 is bigger than 780, isn't it?

[harrynowl]

Clearly. 7025 is bigger than 780, isn't it?

yes it has 25 780s in at as you can tell by the extra 0.

[SparkySamZa]

no my non oced 8320 is a bottleneck

how on the earth is the 8320 a bottle neck that thing is pretty beast 

[Borky1051]

im thinking ill get the 4670k with the new gigabyte oc board thats said to be priced around 180$. For the time being until i upgrade i just want to know will i be able to overclock well with a GA-970A-D3P mother board. I'm going to go and buy the h100i unless someone recommends something else.