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Will i have a bottleneck?

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hello i want to buy the GTX 980 in a few months from now. i was wondering if my PC can handle it without bottleneck.

 

my specs:

core i7 930 D0 OC to 4.01

GIGABYTE X58A-UD3R 

10 GIGS OF RAM

current GPU- HD 5850 VAPOR X

Sea Sonic 620W

thanks guys!

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Sure it can!

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Your CPU may cause bottlenecks in certain games.

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how will it affect my gaming?

It depends on the games you're playing. In CPU intensive areas, your CPU may cause the 980 to not hit its full potential, either causing frame dips or lower than "normal" frame rates(other than what is caused by the GPU).

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It depends on the games you're playing. In CPU intensive areas, your CPU may cause the 980 to not hit its full potential, either causing frame dips or lower than "normal" frame rates(other than what is caused by the GPU).

what games are we talking about?

the witcher 3? gta v?

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what games are we talking about?

the witcher 3? gta v?

Crysis 3, Battlefield 4, GTA 5, Witcher 3, etc. If you plan to play Cities Skyline, you may also see a bottleneck there - I'm not going to tell you what kind of performance you should expect because I don't know for sure - all I'm saying is you might see lower than "normal" frame rates in certain games.

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what games are we talking about?

the witcher 3? gta v?

No not those games that much, mostly things like Arma 3 which is really badly optimized so runs bad on most PC's anyway. I would just do the upgrade and feel the POWA!

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Crysis 3, Battlefield 4, GTA 5, Witcher 3, etc. If you plan to play Cities Skyline, you may also see a bottleneck there - I'm not going to tell you what kind of performance you should expect because I don't know for sure - all I'm saying is you might see lower than "normal" frame rates in certain games.

so i will get 10 lower fps something in the average range.

No not those games that much, mostly things like Arma 3 which is really badly optimized so runs bad on most PC's anyway. I would just do the upgrade and feel the POWA!

yes the upgrade is a must have :) 

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