Is my system bottlenecking?

[Rafeeqalmas]

Hi guys, I need your help. I recently changed my graphic card from GT 9600 to R7 260X. I see the performance difference in my system but not that much. So I have the doubt that, Is my system facing bottleneck prob?

 

My System config,

 

Core2 Duo E7400 @ 2.80GHz.

4GB ddr2 ram

500gb HDD

2GB R7 260X graphic card.

 

Help me guys. Thanks in advance.

[Lingrah]

Yes that CPU is bottlenecking your graphics card by quite a bit.

Also the DDR 2 RAM is slowing you down in heavy tasks. That RAM is almost as slow as your grandma.

(BTW welcome to the forums )

[dragoon20005]

yes your CPU and RAM are the culprits

[Rafeeqalmas]

yes your CPU and RAM are the culprits

 

Yes that CPU is bottlenecking your graphics card by quite a bit.

Also the DDR 2 RAM is slowing you down in heavy tasks. That RAM is almost as slow as your grandma.

(BTW welcome to the forums )

Thanks for support. Pls suggest me in this. Shall I upgrade my processor by now or shall I wait for release of skylake architecture based processor in 2nd half of 2015. Why Im asking this because the processor im using is old one, I think pentium series. If I upgrade now, then in few months this will get old, because completely new architecture based processor will be out at the time. So whats your suggestion. Thanks in advance

[dragoon20005]

Thanks for support. Pls suggest me in this. Shall I upgrade my processor by now or shall I wait for release of skylake architecture based processor in 2nd half of 2015. Why Im asking this because the processor im using is old one, I think pentium series. If I upgrade now, then in few months this will get old, because completely new architecture based processor will be out at the time. So whats your suggestion. Thanks in advance

what is your budget of the new CPU,Mobo and RAM?

 

if you can afford now

 

just wait a while longer for Skylake

[MeepLikesToBuildPc's]

you know, that if you are on a tight budget you can do this:

buy a 775 core 2 quad (so you dont have to change your mobo)

and buy another 4gb of ddr2 so you have 8GB memory

that will keep you up and running for a little while if you dont have so much money

[Rafeeqalmas]

what is your budget of the new CPU,Mobo and RAM?

 

if you can afford now

 

just wait a while longer for Skylake

My budget for processor is $200 to $250.

[Analog]

Thanks for support. Pls suggest me in this. Shall I upgrade my processor by now or shall I wait for release of skylake architecture based processor in 2nd half of 2015. Why Im asking this because the processor im using is old one, I think pentium series. If I upgrade now, then in few months this will get old, because completely new architecture based processor will be out at the time. So whats your suggestion. Thanks in advance

 

Desktop Skylake is coming in Q1 2016! Next year is Broadwell, and mobile Skylake in Q3 of 2015. Also Skylake focuses primarily on power efficiency and better on-board graphics more than anything else. The IPC will increase with around 5-10% at best. If you want to upgrade now, just do it, there is always something around the corner, especially on the mainstream Intel platform with its yearly upgrade cycles. 

[MatejAustria]

Thanks for support. Pls suggest me in this. Shall I upgrade my processor by now or shall I wait for release of skylake architecture based processor in 2nd half of 2015. Why Im asking this because the processor im using is old one, I think pentium series. If I upgrade now, then in few months this will get old, because completely new architecture based processor will be out at the time. So whats your suggestion. Thanks in advance

CPU: http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/4429667_-pentium-g3258-box-sockel-1150-22nm-bx80646g3258-intel.html

Mainboard: http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/4052814_-h81m-e-asus.html

RAM: http://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/3248412_-entertainment-8gb-ddr3-pc3-10600-cl9-ae38g1339u2-amd.html

 

Those components cost about 150$

You can buy a better mainboard, if you want to overclock the shit out of it

[Rafeeqalmas]

Desktop Skylake is coming in Q1 2016! Next year is Broadwell, and mobile Skylake in Q3 of 2015. Also Skylake focuses primarily on power efficiency and better on-board graphics more than anything else. The IPC will increase with around 5-10% at best. If you want to upgrade now, just do it, there is always something around the corner, especially on the mainstream Intel platform with its yearly upgrade cycles. 

Thanks for reply. So you saying both broadwell and skylake will perform same with some power efficiency and slightly better performance. So then shall I go with broadwell?

[Analog]

Thanks for reply. So you saying both broadwell and skylake will perform same with some power efficiency and slightly better performance. So then shall I go with broadwell?

 

What I am saying is that there is no point of waiting an entire year for the unlocked desktop Skylake processors if you are in need of an upgrade now, which you obviously are. An i5 4690K will be plenty fast an will not bottleneck even two of those cards.