Component bottlenecking

[lizziemc12]

I have used a few bottleneck calculators online and get different numbers. Can anyone tell me if my parts are still good for today's games. I have an Intel i7 11700KF and a GeForce RTX 2060 6G. Is this a good combo as some calculators tell me it's not and others tell me it's fine. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

I mean its really up to the performance you get in the games you play? Are you happy with the performance?

 

Generally the bottleneck calculators aren't great.

[thrasher_565]

depends on game or application. thowing a faster gpu with that cpu will get more fps but how much more fps would you get with a different cpu.

 

 

[lizziemc12]

12 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

depends on game or application. thowing a faster gpu with that cpu will get more fps but how much more fps would you get with a different cpu.

 

 

Is the CPU or the GPU the better of the two 

[thrasher_565]

8 minutes ago, lizziemc12 said:

Is the CPU or the GPU the better of the two 

i think you want a faster gpu then cpu other way around you get lag.

most top gpus are bottle necked by the cpu for a few years.

 

but it depends like some games are more cpu heavy some are gpu heavy and most are both. same gose for ram and vram. if your hitting say 40-60 fps and no lag then who cares imo.

[191x7]

17 minutes ago, lizziemc12 said:

Is the CPU or the GPU the better of the two 

It's not that simple and the bottleneck calculators online are terrible (mostly made to profit from ads and sponsors/sales).

 

The CPU bottlenecks a GPU if it can't prepare as many frames as a GPU can render on a given resolution.

 

A 11700KF does not bottleneck an RTX 2060 on 1080p or 1440p. But it would bottleneck a 4070 on 1080p...

Meaning - you have room to upgrade your GPU with a 1080p monitor, but then you should also get a 1440p screen...

[lizziemc12]

53 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

i think you want a faster gpu then cpu other way around you get lag.

most top gpus are bottle necked by the cpu for a few years.

 

but it depends like some games are more cpu heavy some are gpu heavy and most are both. same gose for ram and vram. if your hitting say 40-60 fps and no lag then who cares imo.

If I'm getting to the high end of vram usage should I upgrade even if everything else is good 

[thrasher_565]

4 minutes ago, lizziemc12 said:

If I'm getting to the high end of vram usage should I upgrade even if everything else is good 

i dont think you need to upgrade unless you have a problem. a game that you dont get the fps you want with the settings you have then upgrade if not then dont. the longer you save the better the jump in upgrade will be.

[lizziemc12]

2 hours ago, thrasher_565 said:

i dont think you need to upgrade unless you have a problem. a game that you dont get the fps you want with the settings you have then upgrade if not then dont. the longer you save the better the jump in upgrade will be.

Is there somewhere that you might recommend that will tell me when I need to upgrade my GPU if it will still be compatible with my CPU as it will then be quite a few generations old

[Alex Atkin UK]

3 hours ago, lizziemc12 said:

Is there somewhere that you might recommend that will tell me when I need to upgrade my GPU if it will still be compatible with my CPU as it will then be quite a few generations old

Not really, as it depends entirely on each individual game and nobody can compare every single different combination of hardware.

 

Like you said, VRAM is becoming an issue with even 8GB cards limiting in some games, but the longer you can hold off, the cheaper a decent replacement will be.

 

It always comes back to how you feel about how games are performing.  Do you feel some are stuttering more than they should be?  Are you unhappy with the graphical settings you are using and don't want to reduce them any further to keep VRAM usage under control?

[thrasher_565]

7 hours ago, lizziemc12 said:

Is there somewhere that you might recommend that will tell me when I need to upgrade my GPU if it will still be compatible with my CPU as it will then be quite a few generations old

no not with out more details.